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Downgrade Silverlight on OS X
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Downgrade Silverlight on OS X

Sucks when a Silverlight update breaks Netflix. This should be all you need to re-install the previous version and keep you going until a fix is released.

  1. Download the previous version from a trusted source. You can find the preivous version by visiting the Release History page and Googling for it. For example "Silverlight for Mac 5.1.20913.0" was available on the Techspot site.

  2. Close all browsers, including this tab/window.

  3. Delete each of the following files and folders. You can browse to each of the paths by pressing SHIFT+CMD+G and entering the path.

    /var/db/receipts/com.microsoft.SilverlightInstaller.bom
    /var/db/receipts/com.microsoft.SilverlightInstaller.plist /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Silverlight.plugin ~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight

  4. Now open up the file you downloaded in step 1 and run the Silverlight installer.

If all went well Netflix should now work just fine. If not, you'll need spend some time on Google.

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