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Browsers do not play music on MySpace

Sep 21, 2011 5:02AM PDT

A friend on Facebook gave me a link to her songs on MySpace. When I
click on "Play", a new window with music player opens, the ad (Flash)
loads correctly but the player does not load. In 2-3 minutes it shows
"player temporarily unavailable". This is the same on 4 different
browsers. I've run Onyx on full maintenance and no luck. However, the
new admin account has Safari playing music OK; therefore, I have
problems on the main account. Uninstalling and reinstalling Flash player did not help. Resetting SMC did not help. Any suggestions on what to clean
up/trash/rebuild?The computer is 2.66 GHz 17" MacBook Pro, 4 GB RAM, OS 10.7.1, Office 2011, TimeWarner Cable

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You say that admin account works.
Sep 21, 2011 5:03AM PDT

Try making a new account and try it in that new account.

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misunderstanding
Sep 21, 2011 5:51AM PDT

I said that the new test admin account works but not the main one. Now tried DW from an external HD. Found and repaired an error in the volume but no luck again in playing music on MySpace.

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(NT) So why not move to a new account?
Sep 21, 2011 5:55AM PDT
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Thought about it
Sep 21, 2011 8:34AM PDT

The home account contains a lot of customizations, understandably, that are not present in the new one. I am mostly worried about internet bookmarks and passwords, plus Office customizations. Will try to figure out what can I replace in the home account from the test one. Thinking about replacing all Apple- and Adobe-related preferences first. If that works, no more worries. Another option is to get the whole home folder Library from a clone of my work computer that is nearly identical to the home one. Would love to repair the home account though, to understand what happened. Looks like this is not a standard problem...

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problem solved
Sep 21, 2011 5:23PM PDT

Copied whatever was in the work computer home folder about the browsers and their preferences. All fine now.

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(NT) Rough fix but good idea.
Sep 24, 2011 2:25AM PDT
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Thanks!
Sep 24, 2011 5:42AM PDT

To be exact, most copied files came from the folder home>Library>Application support. Preferences in the preference folder were also replaced. Needless to say, all was done when booted from an external FireWire drive.

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Two more things for others...
Oct 8, 2011 5:43AM PDT

1. Some of the browser settings are actually stored in the main Library: in Applications Support and Caches. These should also be changed.
2. Recently got a problem with Firefox 7.0.1 crashing on quit. No change seemed to help. However, when I switched to "open in 32-bit mode" in get info window, it started behaving as usual. This is on MBP 2009 "supporting" 64 bit architecture. It still does not like it even under Lion. A MacPro 2011 has no issue with this.