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Model A1286. Released February 2011 / 2.0, 2.2, or 2.3 GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7 Processor

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Facebook videos are black

On my macbook pro only, facebook videos don't work. They appear as a black square (no audio either). Embedded youtube videos work just fine though.

I tried both Chrome and Safari and got the same results. Any ideas how to fix this? Thank you!!

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I found the solution! Apparently my problem was account-specific.

When other people logged into facebook on my laptop they could watch the videos, I just couldn't watch it on my laptop.

So I put an "s" in the URL right after http, which would make it https://www.facebook.com/ And it worked! Apparently it needed a secure URL for it to work. Interesting.

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Neither of these worked unfortunately. And it's only facebook videos. Youtube, Skype, iSight, vimeo, flash games, they all work! Just not facebook. I tried contacting facebook and they never replied.

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I found the solution! Apparently my problem was account-specific.

When other people logged into facebook on my laptop they could watch the videos, I just couldn't watch it on my laptop.

So I put an "s" in the URL right after http, which would make it https://www.facebook.com/ And it worked! Apparently it needed a secure URL for it to work. Interesting.

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Log in to https://facebook.com - delete cache, check this link

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Just try to update Adobe Flash Player.

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