I think Flash is broken. Videos won't load, etc.?

Question

I use Firefox, latest version, on a Mac with OS X. It was fine the other day, I shut it down, restarted yesterday and suddenly Flash content wasn't working (at least I assume it's Flash).
Videos won't load (neither Youtube, nor BBC iPlayer), and an experiment to check seems that browser games (Newgrounds, Kongregate, etc) won't load either.
When checking Youtube, the Comments wouldn't load either.
I tried going to the Adobe site to reinstall Flash, but the problem won't let me click the link to download it.

Please help.
Thanks.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

Ari · Answer

This is what you are suppose to do:
First clear internet browser's History and Cookies.
Update, Adobe flash player, Adobe Shockwave Player, Java, Browser and if needed your Mac.
Restart computer I hope videos will work.

Note: for security, browser could turn off Java specially Firefox. You can find the solution on Firefox website if you got any.

inukjuak90 · Answer

The answer is simple!
  
Your ''Cache'' (Temp Internet Files), "Virtual Memory'' and/or "PageFiling'' may be full 
and cannot take anymore.  Simply delete your Cache (plus "Cookies" and "History"),
then clear your Memory with a shutdown & reboot.  Afterwards, you will freak at how 
good and trouble-free YouTube will be.  Also, if you have an 'Adblock', try disabling it.
  
→  Tools  →  Options  →  Privacy ('key')  →  Clear Now
[x] Browsing History
[x] Cache
[x] Cookies
[x] Offline Website Data
[x] Authenticated Sessions
→  Clear Private Data Now

Don't forget to totally shutdown and reboot afterwards.

:-)

Anonymous · Answer

So..
If you need to download Adobe Falsh Player you can get it here for free http://bitly.com/1p3PQb6
If you have problems to watch videos on youtube or facebook you need to install the latest version of Adobe Flash Player.

I think Flash is broken. Videos won't load, etc.?

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