This technique may be applicable to other applications w/installation checks.

Silverlight should now install without any problems! Now close that Finder window and run the. This removes the CPU check that prevents the install. Browse to: Contents > Resources and then Right-click on “ InstallationCheck” and choose to “ Move to Trash” pkg file on your desktop and choose “ Show Package Contents”ĥ. Copy the pkg file ( Silverlight2.0.pkg ) to your desktop.Ĥ. In most cases it will be right at the top of your browser. The download space will vary based on the browser you use. Download the Silverlight 2.0 DMG file from Microsoftģ. Step 4: Open the downloads page on your browser and open the Silverlight.dmg file.

This recipe explains how to remove the CPU check in the installation package.ġ. This can be a bummer since Netflix for OSX only works using the Silverlight 2.0 framework. If your a Mac user running an older PowerPC setup (ie G5 or older system) or are running OSX on windows hardware, you prob noticed you can’t install Silverlight 2.0 due to the processor check. Open up your Applications folder by using the 'GoApplications' command, find 'Microsoft Silverlight' and double-click it.

Find the 'Silverlight' folder and drag it to the trash. This is a quickie guide on how to install Microsoft’s Silverlight 2.0+ browser plugin for non-Intel based systems running OSX (including PowerPC and Hackintosh setups, ie Atom cpus and AMD). Open up the 'Library' folder, then inside that the 'Application Support' folder, and finally the 'Microsoft' folder.

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