Poor video streaming and download speed on Mac

Hello all,

I am on a WLAN connection and have recently been having a problem streaming video on my 13-inch 2008 MacBook (mostly from Bloomberg.com). The videos I try to play will stop to buffer quite frequently. My other devices are unaffected however, and YouTube streams smoothly too, even in HD.

Here is a link to a speed test I have conducted on my MacBook. My other devices have been giving more or less the same reading.



Obviously this is not due to a low connection speed. I am deducing it's an issue with my MacBook because as I said my other devices are unaffected and stream the video smoothly without any trouble. So is anyone sure why this is happening?

Are your other machines using WiFi or ethernet? What you can do for now is try plugging in ethernet to your macbook and see if the connection is the same or improves.

I was thinking maybe its their server not you

blairtechguy said:

Are your other machines using WiFi or ethernet? What you can do for now is try plugging in ethernet to your macbook and see if the connection is the same or improves.

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I tried that, videos still buffer. Even the speed test gives the same result.

safarisurfer said:

I was thinking maybe its their server not you

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Only it works fine on my other devices. Do you mean the server is biased against Macs or something?

Without more info did you update your plugins ?

osxx said:

Without more info did you update your plugins ?

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Sorry, I don't follow...

Safari > Help > Installed plug-ins ( are these current )

osxx said:

Safari > Help > Installed plug-ins ( are these current )

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I checked that and updated Flash Player from 10.1 to 10.3 and QuickTime from 7.6.9 to 7.7 - still no change.