Mac OS X icon   Plug-ins included with Safari

Plug-ins make it possible to display certain types of media, such as movies, in web pages. Safari includes several plug-ins.

Java Plug-ins

Safari includes two Java plug-ins to support Java applets: the Java Applet Plugin enabler and the Java 1.3.1 Plug-in. These plug-ins let these file types work with Safari.

Description (filename extension) MIME Type
Basic Java applets (javaapplet) application/x-java-vm

Java 1.3.1 applets (javaAppletTags) application/x-java-vm

The QuickTime Plug-in

QuickTime lets you view a many types of media content in web pages. Safari includes the QuickTime Plugin, version 6.0.2, which lets these file types work with Safari.

Description (filename extension) MIME Type
FLC Animation (flc, fli) video/flc

AIFF Audio (aiff, aif, aifc) audio/x-aiff
audio/aiff

AU Audio (au, snd, ulw) audio/basic

MacPaint Image (pntg, pnt, mac) image/x-macpaint

Microsoft Video (avi, vfw) video/msvideo
video/avi
video/x-msvideo

MIDI (midi, mid, smf, kar) audio/mid
audio/x-midi
audio/midi

MP3 Audio (mp3) audio/x-mpeg
audio/mpeg

Photoshop Image (psd) image/x-photoshop

PICT Image (pict, pic, pct) image/pic
image/x-pict

PNG Image (png) image/png
image/x-png

QCP Audio (qcp) audio/vnd.qcelp

QuickTime Image (qtif, qti) image/x-quicktime

QuickTime Movie (mov, qt) video/quicktime

Real Time Streaming Protocol (rtsp, rts) application/x-rtsp

Session Description Protocol (sdp) application/sdp

Targa Truevision Image (targa, tga) image/x-targa

TIFF Image (tif, tiff) image/x-tiff
image/tiff

WAV Audio (wav) audio/wav
audio/x-wav

Windows BMP Image (bmp) image/x-bmp

Shockwave Flash Plug-ins

Safari includes the Shockwave Flash NP-PPC plug-in, version 6.0 r29, that supports Shockwave Flash media in web pages.

Description (filename extension) MIME Type
FutureSplash Player (spl) application/futuresplash

Shockwave Flash (swf) application/x-shockwave-flash