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    Adblocker that works with Catalina

    I had to get a new (second hand)laptop. Sadly I could not reinstall my old settings from timemashine. However I got most thing updated just fine BUT I can't get any adblocker that is still working with Catalina. on the App Store "at least 11. . . is needed" and on the Adblock website itself the...
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    Survey: What's your main browser on macOS Big Sur?

    Fell free to comment your reasons, and how flexible you are at switching. Does ad blockers such as the uBlock Origin and paid free extensions in Safari such as the Dark Reader play a role here?
  3. kende.tamas

    Safari extensions are not working, Mac got infected?

    Dear Macrumors community, you are my only hope. Several ad-filtering extensions installed through the Mac App Store are not working in Sarafi 14.0.2 under Bis Sur 11.1. The issue is not persistent in other user accounts on my macbook. I did chat to apple support for hours, eventually I was...
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    Which „working“ Safari Adblocker?

    Hey guys using my iPhone 11 Pro Max and all these ads especially cookie banner stuff is so annoying. Which adblocker can you recommend that is doing its job so far so good?
  5. jakeuten

    AdBlock causing YouTube errors when trying to load videos in Safari

    I have a 2020 MBP and am noticing that when using Safari with Adblock enabled YouTube spits out errors when clicking on videos. When I disable Adblock, all is good. Has anyone else noticed this behavior and can anyone recommend a fix outside of using Chrome or Firefox? I prefer the battery life...
  6. baryon

    What's with with Safari 12 and adblockers?

    I was surprised that Safari 12 made Adblock Plus and uBlock useless, though I did find one that works: uBlock Origin. Does anyone know why this is, what made Apple think this was a good idea? Are they doing it because advertisers are pressuring Apple to block adblockers? Now it seems...
  7. purple panda power puff

    Irritating issue with macbook after uninstalling an adblocker...

    Hey, so about a week ago i installed a free adblocker to get rid of the youtube ads you have to skip through after having about 2 months of 2 minute plus ads that i couldn't skip through (generally the same one too) so then i noticed not long after that when clicking on a video it won't start...
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    iPhone AdBlocker 2 (Cydia) vs. Minimal Hosts Blocker (Cydia) vs AdBlock Plus (App Store)

    Recently got caught with the http://www.best-iphone6s.com popup and was wondering if any of these three would prevent this from happening in the future. Also, is one preferred over the others?