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. Download the Silverlight 2.0 DMG file from Microsoftģ. 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. I don't have a NetFlix account to test, so do you know that what you download from NetFlix lives in the Internet Plug-In folder Even if it does live as an Internet Plug-In it would not be in use when one is not using NetFlix. It functions as a standalone application so far as I can tell. 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. Silverlight doesn't exist as an Internet Plug-In. 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).
