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    Macbook Air and Flash

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by ral, Nov 13, 2010.

  1. ral

    ral Notebook Evangelist

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    I read on the net, that installing Adobe flash will reduce the battery life of my MBA by 33%. I can live without flash. I mean it is nice to watch a YouTube video every now and than... but I can live without that.

    I searched other threads here and cannot get an answer.

    1. Is the info on Flash and battery life true?

    2. Is there a way of installing Flash and enabling and disabling it?

    Thanks all.
     
    ral, Nov 13, 2010
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  2. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    1. You'll get differing answers depending who you ask. Personally I believe it to be true.

    2. Nothing to my knowledge......but of course that doesn't mean there isn't.
     
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  4. ral

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    Thanks. I was hoping to stay with Safari. Will give it a look.
     
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  6. ral

    ral Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks. That is cool.

    I bit of a dumb question... being able to turn off flash means being able to solve the battery issue?
     
    ral, Nov 13, 2010
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    ClickToFlash

    is what you want. flash videos/ads won't load unless you click on them. best way to go.
     
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  8. ral

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    Thanks again.
     
    ral, Nov 13, 2010
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