Using NordVPN can speed up your internet connection to prevent buffering on Netflix as it re-routes traffic around Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that throttle your bandwidth when streaming. Note that if you’re experiencing buffering on Netflix or slow streaming speeds, you might find that using a VPN helps. Often, these streaming issues can be fixed with a few of the solutions suggested here. The most common Netflix playback issues on macOS are things such as cache problems, plugin failure error messages, a black screen with no player controls, external monitor issues, mysterious n8151, n80 error codes and other problems caused by adware. This means there’s also no official way to download Netflix content on a Mac although there are workarounds to watch Netflix offline and download shows on a Mac.

Unfortunately there’s no official Netflix app for Macs so Netflix streaming problems via a web browser are very common on macOS. Without Office, maybe only Office 2013, these instructions still work.There’s nothing more frustrating than kicking-back to watch a movie or TV series and finding that Netflix is not working properly on your Mac. I haven't yet found a way to stop it with Office installed. Upon installing Office 2013, Silverlight gets installed and the updates in Microsoft Update persist. Update (2015 09 17): If you have Microsoft Office installed, this won't work. To fix this issue, I followed the removal directions in the following article from Microsoft's Support website: How to clean a corrupted Silverlight installation and then reinstall Silverlight.Īfter doing the complete removal from the 'Let me fix it myself' section, Silverlight has not once showed up in my Windows Update.

However, it appears that Windows 7's service packs now 'preload' portions of Silverlight, making it show up in Windows Update even when not technically fully installed.

I had a clean installation of Windows 7, upgraded to whatever the latest service pack is as of this writing and I'd refused to install Silverlight. Having not used Windows for quite some time this was very annoying to me as well. I recently had this issue also, after installing a Windows 7 VM for work.

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