Had a long chat with Netflix. Turns out we don’t need to download Silverlight if we have the latest OS from Apple, which I do as their movies will work with HTML5….HOWEVER, only on Apple machines circa 2011 or later. None of my Mac’s are that new. Below is the transcript that relates the solutions. I told them I would cancel until I upgraded to a newer machine.
John > On Apr 18, 2016, at 8:48 AM, Bill Rising <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 18, 2016, at 08:44, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I just started the 30 day trial to Netflix, it works fine on the TV, works >> fine on the iPad BUT trying to use on the Mac I am told to add the Microsoft >> Silverlight Plug-in???? > > Ugh. Pure evil. > >> Why? >> >> What is Silverlight? Why should we Mac owners have to use a Microsoft >> product to watch a Netflix video? > > Silverlight used to get used for streaming media. > >> >> Not sure I will continue because of this nonsense… > > You might try using Chrome instead of Safari. I say this because Amazon pops > up the same message when trying to use their streaming library on my Mac. > > FWIW, the last time I downloaded it on my Mac, it caused all sorts of bad > behavior.... lockups, beachballs, etc. Upon removal, my Mac was back to > normal. > > Don't install it. > > Bill > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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