Select “Utilities” from the Library and then double-click the “Run AppleScript” action. Select “Service” as the document type and click “Choose.”Īt the Service Input Screen, change the “Service receives selected” input box to “no input.”Ĭhange the application field from “any application” to “Safari.”

I chose to use the F16 Function Key but a Keyboard Shortcut (i.e., Control-Alt-C) could be used to do the same thing.īelow are the steps I used to create the Service and assign the Function Key. Now when I encounter a site with Flash content, I simply press F16 and the content is opened in Chrome. To streamline this process I cobbled together some AppleScript, created a Service using Automator, and assigned a Function Key to run the Service. Since I no longer had Flash on my Mac when I encountered a site with Flash content I would copy the site’s URL, paste it into Google Chrome (which has Flash built into the application) and then open the site in Chrome. I, like many, have found that Flash causes stability problems on my Mac and have removed it.

His step-by-step instructions for this ingenious solution are below: Mac Geek Gab listener James wrote in with an awesome tip for users who wish to remove Adobe Flash from their Macs but still be able to occasionally access Flash content.

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