Remove the plugin by Dragging any of the.If the Mac User already has Silverlight installed on his Mac but has problems using the Silverlight/Pivot Viewer component within our Web Application then kindly take the following steps in Removing Silverlight plugins on Macintosh:įind the plugin by Navigating to your Internet Plug-Ins directory: Mac users usually had a problem with our Silverlight/Pivot Viewer component within our Web Application. Mac User might have to install Silverlight, uninstall silverlight, and then install silverlight again. Some of my colleagues also gave the following steps but it only worked for some Mac Users therefore it's still unpredictable. After installing Silverlight, and ensuring that the Silverlight/Pivot Viewer in Perls Web Application shows up properly, you could check the checkbox for 'Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps.' if you want the 'Resume' feature for your Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) or a higher version of Mac Operating Systems Go to 'General' Tab within System Preferences.Įnsure that the checkbox for 'Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps.' is unchecked. If you have a Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) or a higher version of Mac Operating Systems then go to the Mac OS's System Preference. Therefore, it might be a good idea if we turn off the 'Resume' feature temporarily in order to install Silverlight. However, the 'Resume' feature may be a stumbling block when it comes to installing Silverlight. Recall the state of applications and files just before you quit which would allow you to open them up again, and just pick up from where you left off. The Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) and higher versions of Mac Operating Systems seem to have the feature called 'Resume' which ensures that the Mac system will For users who have Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) or a higher version of Mac Operating Systems. Moreover, Silverlight might only start working after the user restarts the Mac after a number of times. In a lot of the cases a mac user has to separately install Silverlight for the various browsers ( i.e. It's so unpredictable how Silverlight installs on the Macs. However, most people have to install silverlight, and restart the machine a number of times.

The Mac users of our application usually have trouble with installing Silverlight.įor some Silverlight installs in the Mac with ease. Our ASP.NET C# web application is used in the following environment.

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