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Posted by Ben Goldman
Ben Goldman
14,626 Points

Mac problems with Treehouse videos

I just started using a Mac, and now, when watching Treehouse videos, I am unable to fast forward/rewind or skip around in the video. Does anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it? I can't seem to find anything about it online.

Thanks.

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

what browser are you using

6 Answers

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

try using google chrome. Im on a mac using google chrome v37.0.2062.122 and everything is working for me

Justin Horner
Justin Horner
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Justin Horner
Justin Horner
Treehouse Guest Teacher

+1 for using Chrome on a Mac. Everything is working fine for me.

Ben Goldman
Ben Goldman
14,626 Points
Ben Goldman
Ben Goldman
14,626 Points

Wow, that's strange. I was using Chrome. I switched to Safari and the video didn't run at all. Now I'm using Firefox, and I'm able to skip around the video. Although, the video lags a lot and sometimes just starts over. I'm afraid to try it in IE. Lol.

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

maybe try updating chrome

Ben Goldman
Ben Goldman
14,626 Points

Good call, Stone. However, my browser is up to date and I'm still having the issue. Thanks, though.

James Ingmire
James Ingmire
11,901 Points
James Ingmire
James Ingmire
11,901 Points

I have had a different problem with the videos for a couple months now. I can skip video's etc however the timeline at the bottom of videos will not hide/fade after a few seconds like it used to, is this a change in the code recently or is it my browser that seem to have this glitch/needs updating suddenly? Just annoying when trying to read code at the bottom of the video sometimes.

Anyone else have this issue?

Steve Smith
Steve Smith
12,955 Points
Steve Smith
Steve Smith
12,955 Points

I'm running a Mac with OS X 10.9 and Safari and haven't had any trouble. Make sure you're running an up to date OS (or as up to date as your machine will run), and make sure you've run Software Update and downloaded any and all available updates.

If you're using Firefox or Chrome, make sure you've got the latest version.

Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points
Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

Hey Ben,

I have had a problem similar to this a few months ago, the (fullscreen) button disappeared underneath the media

bar on Treehouse videos, I found out a week later. I thought it had disappeared entirely ! and following the videos

became too much of a challenge.

A moderator after (playing with browsers) suggested maybe other apps were conflicting with the browser itself.

So I deleted a few of my newer developer apps and extensions and my browser was so much faster and had

fewer bugs.

Really. Awesome. Advice. =)

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

maybe other apps were conflicting with the browser itself. So I deleted a few of my newer developer apps and extensions and my browser was so much faster and had fewer bugs.

+1 Good advice.

Ben Goldman
Ben Goldman
14,626 Points
Ben Goldman
Ben Goldman
14,626 Points

I should also note that when I watch Treehouse videos on my PC, as opposed to the Mac I'm currently using, there isn't any problem. In both I'm using the same chrome browser settings and extensions. This makes me think it's a Mac compatibility issue?

Steve Smith
Steve Smith
12,955 Points

What Mac and what version of OSX are you running? Is it up to date? Are you running any third party extensions on the machine itself (not just browser add-ons or extensions) that might be conflicting? Anti-virus, firewall, any evidence of malware?

I can't be a Mac compatibility issue as the videos play fine for me on a Mac, all seem to be developed on Macs, and if there was an issue specifically with Macs there would be an awful lot of people here complaining about it, so there must be an issue with something that's specific to your Mac. If you create a new user profile in OSX and view the videos in Safari - do you see the same issues there?