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vs40

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Jan 9, 2016
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With ⌥ + right click on the link you get the option to "open link in new private window", but after 18.4 update it opens just a blank private window.
Any ideas?

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For now I made BTT action, so it copies URL, opens new private window and paste+enter.
 
For now I made BTT action, so it copies URL, opens new private window and paste+enter.
Did you ever find the culprit for this? I'm thinking it could be a bug in an extension, but I disabled them all and rebooted, and it still is opening a blank private window.
 
Same thing here.
Disabling extensions + rebooting doesn't help.
Tried tinkering with safari settings, like changing privacy and other things. Didn't help either.
AI doesn't help too. Looks like not a lot of people use it.
 
@UMadBro Just curious which extensions you have. AdGuard or Wipr? If there's a common extension, then maybe that is the cause. I have noticed that even disabling extensions sometimes doesn't completely take them out of the equation.
 
Did you ever find the culprit for this? I'm thinking it could be a bug in an extension, but I disabled them all and rebooted, and it still is opening a blank private window.
Nope :(
I have only AdGuard extension in Safari, but disabling doesn't help.
Also the latest Safari 18.5 update didn't changed anything.
Still using a BTT action as a workaround.
 
@UMadBro Just curious which extensions you have. AdGuard or Wipr? If there's a common extension, then maybe that is the cause. I have noticed that even disabling extensions sometimes doesn't completely take them out of the equation.
You're spot on. I do have an AdGuard app. Disabling it doesn't help, just like the OP.
All I can say is that after I updated my MacOS in May (it was an April update) suddenly I was unable to open links in private tabs.
I also tried creating new users in Safari. Didn't help either.
 
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