A possible fix for no sound in Flash on Intel Macs

Mar 15, '06 06:31:00AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

I'm not sure if this problem is exclusive to Intel Macintoshes, but I first noticed it after an iTunes update; my Flash plugin had completely lost its sound.

Luckily, I found an extremely strange but workable fix in the Macromedia forums -- but you need GarageBand in order to implement it. Open GarageBand, and do something that generates music — I opened the piano keyboard and played a couple notes from the Star Wars theme. Quit.

You've most likely now got your Flash sound back.

Why this fix works, I have absolutely no idea. I imagine GarageBand might be doing something behind the scenes, but this has to be one of the more odd fixes I've ever run across. (But one of the most difficult fixes to find — thus the post here.)

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