i've been using flash player on mac safari many years , i've never had problem updating flash player. time keeps telling me quit safari , dashboard before can continue. problem these 2 things stopped , not running. it's bad enough have have (bloated) flash player in first place @ least flash player should install without issues. i've done countless upgrades of flash player , it's never done before. help. i feel pain , have solution should work. have been battling several weeks now, gave up, , wrapped call apple engineer hour or ago. come find out, regardless of o/s tells in activity monitor safari, dashboard, or both "not" running, these processes in fact being called. seems that, @ least in case, on up-to-date os x / safari combo, , weather channel widget installed, never newest adobe flash player update install. remove weather channel widget, adobe flash update process again work normally. makes absolutly no sense, , apple engineer able reproduce ...