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The new MacBook Air, which debuted earlier in the week, is the first Flash-less system from Apple.

Other systems will follow suit as the company clears out inventory of Mac desktops and notebooks that include Flash.

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Mac users will still be able to install Flash themselves, and Apple has done nothing to block Flash from running.

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The move also puts an end to Apple supplying Flash security updates to Mac OS X users as part of the operating systems patch process.

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Instead, users will have to know about, locate, download and install those fixes themselves.

Thats not smart, said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Security.

What Apple is doing is separating themselves from the security community, said Storms, who didnt cotton to Apples decision.

Adobe said that with Apple not patching Flash, Mac users are on their own for now.

Adobe recommends that users download the most up-to-date version of Adobe Flash Player from Adobe.com, a spokeswoman said.

Adobe plans to produce an auto-update notification feature in a future release of Flash Player for the Mac but declined to set a release date.

The feature would be similar to whats now offered to Windows users.

People running Mozillas Firefox or Google s Chrome will have an edge during the interim.

Chrome, meanwhile, automatically upgrades Flash Player in the background.

While Evans made no mention of Apples anti-Flash stance, Storms saw the decision as another example of the rocky relationship between Apple and Adobe over the technology.

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