[boomana]

First off, I admit I know nothing about computers and don't much care to learn beyond how to do what I want. Here's my situation:

I used to have a PowerBook G4 until it took a drop and bounce across my driveway. I just bought a MacBook Pro to replace it. One of my guilty pleasures is doing the jigsaw puzzle of the day on addictinggames.com. With my new computer, I can't. I just get a white box where my puzzle used to be. I'm assuming I need to download something to get it back, but what?

Thanks for any help.

 

[GlendaleViper]

Do you know what language the program uses for the software? If it's a non-download game, it's likely using Flash or Java to run the thing. You may want to check to see if those are updated.

The Mac updater proactively looks for new Java editions, but you'll have to grab flash from the Macromedia/Adobe website.

 

[blessingx]

Maybe you should link to the game so we can see. If this is played in your browser (Safari, etc.), perhaps you need to install a plugin - say Flash - or try a different browser (Firefox, Opera, etc.).

 

[nibiyabi]

Try opening the page in Firefox and you will probably get prompted to download Java/Flash.

 

[boomana]

I just ran an update (have J2SE 5.0), and downloaded the lastest Flash plug-in. I never had trouble using Safari before. Here's a link. The Shockwave thing comes on as well as the ads, but then no puzzle, just white space.

http://www.addictinggames.com/dailyjigsaw.html

 

[Wodgy]

The short answer is you can't, without fiddling.

To play Jigsaw of the Day, you need Shockwave Player (the older, heavier predecessor to Flash). Because it's older and not used as much any more, Adobe/Macromedia has not gotten around to porting Shockwave Player to Intel Macs. See here for details:
http://www.adobe.com/go/82216d24

That link gives you instructions for changing your browser to "Rosetta emulation mode", which would let you play the game. Unfortunately, that's not something I recommend, because you have to remember to turn Rosetta emulation mode off afterwards or your browser experience will be slowed down and take up a lot more memory. If you're really addicted to this game, make a copy of Safari, rename it to "Safari (Rosetta)", then follow the instructions given in the link above for the copy. Don't use the copy for general browsing, just for playing the game.

 

[grawk]

Shockwave works just fine on my mac, weird. I am running the safari 3 beta...

 

[boomana]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wodgy /img/forum/go_quote.gif The short answer is you can't, without fiddling. To play Jigsaw of the Day, you need Shockwave Player (the older, heavier predecessor to Flash). Because it's older and not used as much any more, Adobe/Macromedia has not gotten around to porting Shockwave Player to Intel Macs. See here for details: http://www.adobe.com/go/82216d24 That link gives you instructions for changing your browser to "Rosetta emulation mode", which would let you play the game. Unfortunately, that's not something I recommend, because you have to remember to turn Rosetta emulation mode off afterwards or your browser experience will be slowed down and take up a lot more memory. If you're really addicted to this game, make a copy of Safari, rename it to "Safari (Rosetta)", then follow the instructions given in the link above for the copy. Don't use the copy for general browsing, just for playing the game.

Thanks, Wodgy. I can live without the jigsaw puzzle, and the fiddling seems more trouble than it's worth for me. Thanks for the info. At least I won't be wondering what I'm doing wrong...which is usually the case.

 

[Macromedia]

Works for me with tiger(10.4) and safari. Then again I'm running a old G4 iMac.

 

[grawk]

I just realized I was on my g4 when it worked.

 

[JMcMasterJ]

Yeah, the new intel macs don't support shockwave. Flash has basically made Director obsolete.

 

[boomana]

It's alright, grawk, he's just a misled brother, as evidenced by his need to post similar comments in two separate threads.

 

[nibiyabi]

I think you meant Apple+Click, but we get the idea.

 

[edwardsean]

Is it true that the new intel macs don't support shockwave? Will this change in the future?

 

[krmathis]

Quote:

Originally Posted by edwardsean /img/forum/go_quote.gif Is it true that the new intel macs don't support shockwave? Will this change in the future?

Well, its the other way around!

Shockwave don't support Intel Mac's. Maybe Adobe don't find Mac's worth it? Huh