![]() ![]() Click the + button and choose Add Extension…. You’ll be presented with a window, and if you’ve never built an extension before it will be blank. Once the Develop menu is enabled, open it and select Show Extension Builder. The Develop menu needs to be enabled to use the Extension Builder, which can be enabled from Safari → Preferences → Advanced → Show Develop menu in menu bar. xar Code language: CSS ( css ) Add safariextension to Extension Builder So begins how to install any extension blocked by Safari: However, not all extensions are available there and it is soon to be discontinued anyway with App Extensions the only way forward. This article presumes you’ve checked whether your extension exists in an Apple-approved form elsewhere, for example if you’ve installed uBlock Origin from uBlock0.safariextz you’ll get the message that the extension was removed, but it is available to download from the Safari Extensions Gallery (here’s a link to get uBlock Origin without going through this process). It requires manually installing the extension, so you won’t get automatic updates for it in the future, but it’s still perfectly usable and is the only way to get certain functionality until developers update their extensions for you (which some might not even do). If the extension you’re looking to install isn’t available on the Safari Extensions Gallery or App Store, not all hope is lost. Here’s links to some popular extensions which would have brought this message up, but now work fine if installed through the gallery! Extension With Mojave now being released, some extension developers have released extensions through an Apple-approved process. You can find new and updated extensions in the App Store or from developers’ websites. But I think that some folks are overcomplicating the issue a bit by worrying about having “the best” ad blocker.Some of your extensions are no longer supported in Safari More at Reddit uBlock and Ghostery for my 5K iMacĪs you can tell from the thread above, there’s some confusion as to which ad blocker to choose for Safari. So last 3-4 months I’ve set up my lists and no need to switch really.” I’ve been a long-time uBlock user and switched to uBlock Origin mainly due to it’s speed, ability to block large media request (great feature with some sites!) and no issues with sites I’m using plus works great with YouTube. Tomnavratil: “…if it works for you, blocks the ads well, doesn’t break sites and it’s resource efficient – no need to switch. So I have a few that I sometimes have to switch between. I notice that some adblockers break certain websites, yet don’t work at all for videos or another website. Impert0r15: “Wow, this is amazing! Why wasn’t I using this one before.” Can’t figure out why just this site is getting through.” I don’t think I’d seen a popup in years because I switched. Hoobleton: “I’ve switched to uBlock Origin recently and generally it’s doing pretty well but one website is managing to push through popups. Furthermore it doesn’t consume as much energy as Adblock.” Blocks YouTube ads, has great lists for privacy / malware detection as well and allows you to tweak it to your liking for example by blocking large chunks of media some sites use.” Tomnavratil: “ uBlock Origin works the best. His fellow Apple redditors responded with their thoughts: Recently switched over from chrome and used to use ublock but heard the safari version isn’t as good. ![]()
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