Install Adblock Plus 1.12.3 for Safari (Safari 6 or higher required) This is an emergency release, only for Safari, which fixes compatibility with Safari 10. Starting with Safari 10 Technical Preview Release 11, Apple made a change which broke Adblock Plus. Safari 10 was then released before our fix could be released normally. Adblock Plus for Safari is a totally free ad blocker that allows you to block annoying ads on your favorite websites and video channels. Simply install the app, and see the web in a better way. No more pop-ups, banners or autoplay ads. The Adblock Plus app for Mac supports great websites with Acce. Adblock Plus, the most popular ad blocker on Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Android and iOS. Block pop-ups and annoying ads on websites like Facebook and YouTube. If you need the previous version of Adblock Plus for Safari, check out the app's version history which includes all versions available to download. Download prior versions of Adblock Plus for Safari for Mac. All previous versions of Adblock Plus for Safari are virus-free and free to download at Uptodown. Adblock Plus for Safari.
AdBlock for Safari is a fast and powerful ad blocking Mac app that speeds up web browsing by removing ads and reducing loading times of web pages. AdBlock starts blocking annoying ads on millions of websites from the moment you install it.
Interacting with the AdBlock for Safari Mac app
- AdBlock menu icon - located on the top menu bar - which has app information (version information & debug data), the ability to manage filter lists and quick access to allowlisted sites in AdBlock’s Settings window. This only displays when the AdBlock app is open.
- AdBlock browser icon - located on the Safari toolbar - where AdBlock can be paused, sites or pages can be allowlisted (i.e. “Allow ads”), quick access to the AdBlock Settings window and a link to AdBlock Help. This will appear even if the AdBlock app is closed.
- The AdBlock app icon - located in the Applications folder and/or on the Dock - this opens the AdBlock Settings window where AdBlock can be upgraded, filter lists can be managed and allowlisted sites (sites where ads are allowed to appear) can be added or removed.
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Filter lists in the AdBlock for Safari Mac app
The Mac app uses Apple's Safari content blocking to block ads. In this respect, it's the same as our iOS app. Apple's content blocking mechanism doesn't understand the standard syntax that is used in standard filter lists. Instead, it uses a special content blocking syntax. Before a filter list can be used with the AdBlock app, it needs to be converted to the content blocking format. EasyList, Acceptable Ads, and Anti-Circumvention have all been converted.
You may find that AdBlock for Safari blocks fewer ads than AdBlock on Chrome, Firefox or Edge. This is because Apple imposes a 50,000 rule limit on the number of filter rules a content blocker can use at one time. While 50,000 sounds like a large number, in reality, it’s easy to run up against that limit with just a few filter lists. EasyList, for example, has more than 40,000 rules by itself. We could add more content blockers to the app, each with its own 50,000-rule limit but that adds significantly more complexity. Moreover, content blockers don't work well with each other, particularly when allowlisting rules are also being used.
There are three options for filter lists in the Mac app:
- Advanced ad blocking (i.e. Anti-circumvention filter list) -- available with the Gold upgrade
- Block annoying ads, pop-ups (i.e. EasyList filter list)
- Allow some non-intrusive ads (i.e. Acceptable Ads filter list)
To learn more about each filter list and how to subscribe to each, please see this article: Introduction to Filter Lists.
Manually updating AdBlock's filter lists
AdBlock's filter lists update themselves automatically when the app is open. Websites change their ads often, however, and it can be a day or so before the filter lists catch up.
If you start seeing ads that should be blocked, a good first step is to manually update, especially if you see that the last update was more than a day ago.
How to update filter lists in the AdBlock app via the Mac menu bar icon:
Click the AdBlock icon in the MacOS menu bar and select Update Filter Lists. This will open the app window and automatically check for any updates.
How to update filter lists in the AdBlock app via the app window:
Click the AdBlock icon on the Safari toolbar. Select Settings to open the AdBlock app window, select the Filter Lists tab and click on Update Filter Lists.
OR
Click the AdBlock icon in the Dock or Applications folder to open the AdBlock app window, then select the Filter Lists tab and click on Update Filter Lists.
Managing AdBlock in the Dock
If an app is open on your Mac it will appear on the Dock. To keep an icon in the Dock, right-click (or Ctrl + click) on the icon in the Dock and go to Options > Keep in Dock.
To ensure the app icon does not appear on the Dock when closed, first make sure to uncheck System Preferences > Dock > Show recent applications in Dock. Unchecking this setting will prevent any closed apps from appearing on the Dock.
To remove an AdBlock icon that had previously been added to the Dock, right-click (or Ctrl + click) on the icon in the Dock and go to Options > Remove from Dock.
For additional tips, please see Apple’s article: Use the Dock on Mac.
Managing the AdBlock icon on the Safari toolbar
If the AdBlock icon does not appear on the Safari toolbar, go to Safari > Preferences > Extensions and make sure the option for the AdBlock Icon is selected.
If the AdBlock Icon is selected and still does not appear in the toolbar, in Safari go to View > Customize Toolbar… and drag the AdBlock icon to the toolbar.
If you need troubleshooting assistance with the AdBlock for Safari Mac app, please see this article: Troubleshooting the AdBlock for Safari Mac App or reach out to us at help@getadblock.com.
Adblock Plus 3.8.1 for Opera · 2020-02-25 17:00 by Sebastian Noack
Adblock Plus Safari Mac
When releasing Adblock Plus 3.8 we ran into an issue with the Opera Addons website that prevented us from making the new version available on Opera (core#132). This issue has been resolved now, and we finally were able to deliver the update on Opera as Adblock Plus 3.8.1. Other than a minor change required for submission on Opera Addons this build is identical to what has been released as Adblock Plus 3.8 for other browsers.
Adblock Plus 2.0.6 for Safari released · 2019-05-13 15:02 by Dean Murphy
In this update we have updated the filter lists.
Changes
- Updated filter lists
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Adblock Plus 2.0.5 for Safari released · 2019-04-23 11:59 by Dean Murphy
Install Adblock Plus for Safari 2.0.5
In this update we have improved the speed and performance issues that were affecting some websites.
Changes
- Performance improvements and bug fixes for filter lists
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Adblock Plus 2.0.4 for Safari released · 2019-02-19 09:57 by Dean Murphy
Install Adblock Plus 2.0.4 for Safari
In this update we have fixed the speed and performance issues that were present in the previous version.
Changes
- Performance improvements and bug fixes for filter lists
- Upgraded whitelist mechanism to work with new filter lists
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Adblock Plus 2.0.3 for Safari released · 2018-10-04 10:29 by Dean Murphy
Changes
- Updated filter lists
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Adblock Plus 2.0.2 for Safari released · 2018-10-02 14:53 by Dean Murphy
Changes
- Added logic to update filter lists between app updates
- Fixed filter list not loading on initial install in rare instances
- Updated filter lists
- Updated Deployment target from 10.12 to 10.12.6
- Updated on-boarding styling
- Updated on-boarding for legacy users to see toolbar installation procedure
- Updated Toolbar Extension hover text
- Updated Toolbar Extension descrpiton
- Updated Toolbar & Content Blocker Extension names
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Adblock Plus 2.0.1 for Safari released · 2018-09-19 18:05 by Dean Murphy
Adblock Plus 2.0.1 has been made from the ground up to support Safari’s native content blocking engine, which is required for ad blocking to function as of Safari 12.0.
The main advantage of using the new content blocking APIs are the significant improvements to the speed and performance of ad blocking capabilities. Using these APIs also means there’s still some ground work to be done to improve the accuracy of what’s being blocked. We’ll be working over time to better optimize our filter list generation to provide a great ad blocking experience.
As this is a newly-built native macOS app, some features from the previous version aren’t available just yet but will be re-introduced with ongoing development.
Changes
- Added filter list management
- Added user controlled whitelisting
- Added ‘Help Page’ with support/social links
- Added user controlled whitelisting in toolbar extension UI
- Added on-boarding instructions
- Added automated removal of legacy ABP extension
- Fixed whitelist UI not updating in some instances
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Adblock Plus 1.12.5 for Safari released · 2018-08-01 06:00 by Sebastian Noack
Changes
- Restored limited compatibility with Safari 12, and prepared to notify users to migrate to our new Safari App Extension (issue 6786).
- Worked around an issue with pre-rendered tabs that caused ads not to be blocked and potentially other issues, in an edge case scenario (issue 3200).
- Fixed key-based whitelisting, which was broken since the previous release (issue 4902).
- Improved Content Blockers support (issue 5464).
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Adblock Plus 1.12.4 for Chrome, Opera and Safari released · 2016-10-26 14:06 by Archive
Install Adblock Plus 1.12.4 for Chrome
Install Adblock Plus 1.12.4 for Opera
Install Adblock Plus 1.12.4 for Safari (Safari 6 or higher required)
Changes
- Stopped the “Block Element” dialog from suggesting filters based on huge URLs, since they often made Adblock Plus become unresponsive (issue 4330).
- WebSocket connections are now considered to be of type
$websocketinstead of$other(issue 4448). For more information see Wladimir’s blog post. - Removed the features section from the first-run page (issue 4295, issue 4294).
Chrome/Opera-only changes
- Fixed a bug relating to how the document domain is determined, especially after redirects (issue 4386).
- Added a workaround to fix
$sitekeywhitelisting for requests made directly after a redirection (issue 4483). - Improved WebSocket blocking capabilities (issue 4372).
Safari-only changes
- Fixed YouTube ad blocking on Safari 6 (issue 4351).
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Adblock Plus 1.12.3 for Safari released · 2016-09-21 13:17 by Archive
Install Adblock Plus 1.12.3 for Safari (Safari 6 or higher required)
This is an emergency release, only for Safari, which fixes compatibility with Safari 10. Starting with Safari 10 Technical Preview Release 11, Apple made a change which broke Adblock Plus. Safari 10 was then released before our fix (issue 4150) could be released normally. As a result we are forced to perform this emergency release.
Builds for Chrome and Opera were generated as well. But since there were no changes compared to the previous release, we didn’t upload these to their respective web stores.
Safari-only changes
- Adapted
Event.initEvent()calls for compatibility with Safari 10 (issue 4150).
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