Title: Using image uploader on a Mac
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Using image uploader on a Mac

 *  [lctkw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lctkw/)
 * (@lctkw)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-image-uploader-on-a-mac/)
 * I am currently unable to use the flash uploader (it does not appear as an option)
   with any browser on my Mac – it works fine with Windows-based browsers, however.
   I understand that it is disabled when WordPress detects a Mac client and mod_security
   in use (any explanation why, btw?), and I have been able to get flash uploader
   to appear (and work) by commenting out these lines from /wp-admin/includes/media.
   php, as described [here](http://www.benmarsh.co.uk/2008/04/15/fixing-the-wordpress-25-flash-uploader-on-mac/).
 *     ```
       771: if ( false !== strpos(strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']), ‘mac’) && apache_mod_loaded(’mod_security’) )
       772:     $flash = false;
       ```
   
 * That said, I’m hoping to tweak my settings on the server side so that I don’t
   have to keep editing my media.php whenever it gets updated. I’ve tried adding
   various combinations of the following to my .htaccess file, but no luck. Anyone
   has any suggestions?
 *     ```
       <IfModule mod_security.c>
         <Files async-upload.php>
           SecFilterEngine Off
           SecFilterScanPOST Off
         </Files>
       </IfModule>
       <IfModule security_module>
         <Files async-upload.php>
           SecFilterEngine Off
           SecFilterScanPOST Off
         </Files>
       </IfModule>
       <IfModule security2_module>
         <Files async-upload.php>
           SecFilterEngine Off
           SecFilterScanPOST Off
         </Files>
       </IfModule>
       ```
   

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## Tags

 * [flash](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/flash/)
 * [image](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/image/)
 * [mac](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mac/)
 * [media](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/media/)
 * [mod_security](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mod_security/)

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 * Last reply from: [lctkw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lctkw/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-image-uploader-on-a-mac/)
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