# Mac Flash 9 Debug Player - can it be broken?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mac-flash-9-debug-player-can-it-be-broken/276101>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 22, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mac-flash-9-debug-player-can-it-be-broken/276101 "2008-11-22T18:01:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mac-flash-9-debug-player-can-it-be-broken/276101/1 "2008-11-22T18:01:16Z")

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I’m trying to determine if this is a unique case, or if others can confirm this. On Mac PowerPC OS X 10.4.11, Safari and FireFox - I usually run the 9r124 or 9r151 debug player plug-ins.

Every few weeks to a month or so, the players seem to choke - they appear to stall the browser, and rendering comes to a halt. This isn’t due to memory leaks or run-time exceptions, it seems the players break down. I’ll reinstall the players, and everything is good to go for a finite amount of time.

I realize there could be many factors here, but am curious as to whether this has happened to anyone else? I’m not sure how a player can eventually become disabled - is this possible?