Some people are always bothered: how to obtain flash files(SWF) if first, they do not have any existed ones saved in computer, and second, they have no any idea how to make one by themselves either?

The answer is: rip flash from internet!

You may be surfing on the internet the whole day but still wondering: where are flashes that I can rip? Take it easy, they are actually everywhere around you, the glittery banners, the floating commercials, the built-in games, etc.

Ok, next let us talk about it in details of how to rip flash from a site.

Step 1: We need a tool. The tool that can assist to rip flashes with ease. In order to demonstrate it well, we kindly selected two tools and will put them in a comparison in the next steps.

Moyea Free Flash Downloader Vs Sothink SWF Catcher: Interface

Sothink SWF Catcher scores 1 point: stretchable interface.

Moyea Free Flash Downloader Vs Sothink SWF Catcher: Program Launch – the former is an individual program which can be launched from the desktop icon shotcut, while the latter can only be found in the context menu(the right-click menu).

Moyea Free Flash Downloader scores 1 point: desktop icon shotcut

Step 2: Enter the webpage URL where you feel it contains flashes.

Moyea Free Flash Downloader Vs Sothink SWF Catcher: Operation – the former is ok to directly input URL manually, while the latter is not.

Moyea Free Flash Downloader scores 1 point: manually input URL

Step 3: The program will automatically list all the flashes found.

Moyea Free Flash Downloader Vs Sothink SWF Catcher: Flash Info – the former rips flash with complete info including name, URL, and preview, while the latter lacks URL and right-click menu.

Moyea Free Flash Downloader scores 1 point: complete flash info

Step 4: Rip flashes you have selected and open the saving folder for immediate review.

Moyea Free Flash Downloader Vs Sothink SWF Catcher: Rip Flash – the former ‘s context menu is very convenient to rip flash and open the target folder for immediate review, which the latter is only with the rip flash function.

Moyea Free Flash Downloader scores 1 point: diverse rip flash options

Conclusion: to rip flash from internet is actually very easy if you find the right tool. Try it and have fun!

Flash SWF cache under Firefox is a headache indeed. If you use Windows, this problem can be solved by adding a time stamp or version parameter. But the problem still remains if you use Mac OS.

Any solutions? Of course we do, just scroll down and you will know how:

1. Open Firefox;

2. Type “about:config” in Address Bar;

3. Agree the warning and continue;

4. Find “browser.cache.disk.enable”, double click to set it as “false”;

5. Close Firefox and reopen it;

6. Done!

Nevertheless, flash SWF cache is not always a bad thing because sometimes you may want to save those useful and pretty animations from your IE cache and then convert them to other video formats with SWF to Video Converter. Or just use a Free Flash Downloader to download any online SWF files you like!

The Dev version of Chrome for Mac is available for downloading long time ago, however, it doesn’t support flash playback. Now, comes the good news! The latest Chrome for Mac gradually begins to support flash by manual settings.

Here are the procedures:

1. Download the newest Chrome for Mac;

2. Unzip the downloaded Chrome-Mac.zip file;

3. Use parameter “-enable-plugins” to open the flash plugin in terminal. For example, suppose your folder is under “Downloads” folder, the command is like this:

~/Downloads/chrome-mac/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium –enable-plugins(don’t forget the “~” in the very beginning);

4. Done!

Now enjoy the smooth flash playback on your Google Chrome broswer and have fun!

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