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Ad Blocker - Any native apps out there I can use?
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You're right, I did not notice that last time I checked. My bad.
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Why are many of my Firefox Add-Ons not listed there? For example, I have uBlock Origin running, but it's not there?Hello again Leons
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If you follow these steps you can get that set up:
1 - Show network monitor.
2 - Window > Rules
3 - Click the plus symbol, then select 'New Rule Group Subscription'
4 - Enter the URL to his block list: https://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?showintro=0;hostformat=hosts (search for the URL yourself online if you prefer of course).
That will create a system wide block on a huge amount of ad servers. If it ever breaks a website or stops you logging in to something, you should go back to the same place in the application and deactivate the list with a switch temporarily.
Just downloaded 1Blockr for Safari on MacBook M1. Runs well and blocks a lot of ads!
The latest update of AdBlock Pro seems to have solved this. It's also M1 native build.
iv tried a few of the recommended ad blockers on here and they all seem to work fairly well but for whatever reason there's only one ad I always get on a site and that's a "Mybookie" ad I can't figure out how to block it smh
Hi All,
My M1 MBA I've been having issues with ADGUARD with safari. (Crashes, sluggishness and battery.)
I've turn't it off recently, to see if it really is ADGUARD that is causing my MBA to pink screen crash/restart, on top of the weird battery behaviour and sluggish safari. Give it a week and I'll be able to definitely say if that's the case hopefully.
Shame its turn't off though, Youtube on safari isn now coming up with a ton of adverts all of a sudden
I just checked, and the ADGUARD app on the MacBook is not a native M1 app, but needs to run through rosetta.
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3 Questions:
Q1) Ad Blocker - Are there any native apps out there I can use?
Q2) Is there any way to identify before downloading?
The App Store descriptions can be very vague marketing blurb.
Q3) Are there any Ad Blockers you have been using on M1 MacBooks, that have been behaving themselves ok?
Hope you cn advise
Martin
Firefox
The ARM-native Firefox runs remarkably good. I always found it kind of janky on my last couple of Intel Macs, but it's super smooth on my M1 MBA.
Hi All,
Many thanks again for all the advice on this forum
Update - Week 1:
Well, one week on, with ADGUARD turn't off:
1. Safari still really fast compared to when ADGUARD was running.
2. However, I had only one pink screen crash at end of this week, instead of every couple of days.
- Gaud dammit! So there is something else going on.
- On investigation, I have changed my external monitor refresh rate to Hub recommended 60Hz - no crashes since....
3. Also installed Malwarebytes - My Mac had ZERO malware on it, so not that causing crashes and sluggishness.
I'll give it one week more, and see if anymore pink screen crashes.
If no more crashes, then I'll look to install an Ad blocker then.
Best wishes
Martin
Many thanks again for all the advice on this forum
Update - Week 1:
Well, one week on, with ADGUARD turn't off:
1. Safari still really fast compared to when ADGUARD was running.
2. However, I had only one pink screen crash at end of this week, instead of every couple of days.
- Gaud dammit! So there is something else going on.
- On investigation, I have changed my external monitor refresh rate to Hub recommended 60Hz - no crashes since....
3. Also installed Malwarebytes - My Mac had ZERO malware on it, so not that causing crashes and sluggishness.
I'll give it one week more, and see if anymore pink screen crashes.
If no more crashes, then I'll look to install an Ad blocker then.
Best wishes
Martin
Suspect so as my own M1 MPB has been flawless with or without AdGuard's extension. I also run everything through a strong VPN which complicates the networking further.
Here's what I think, boot into Recovery and reinstall macOS that should fix any inconsistency in the OS. Drop Malwarebytes as is becoming too intrusive. Bitdefender has a free, standalone on demand scanner on the Mac App store that will pickup any malware.
The pink screen crashes have no relevance to AdGuard, likely more your setup and or hardware. If it was the case there would be far more posts on the subject.
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