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AdBlock Plus not working

lec0rsaire said:
It works perfectly for me. I just opened YT and loaded video after video from CNBC which always has forced ads on every clip. Try deleting your entire Safari cache and try again. Preferences/Advanced/Show Developer menu/Empty Cache.
You will lose your history of course.
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I'm doing everything! ITS NOT WORKING!!!!
[doublepost=1538878545][/doublepost]@lec0rsaire When I download that file and put it into the folder, it doesn't do anything. It just forces me back to the
Safari Extensions Gallery! You can't even install it from there.
 
lec0rsaire said:
It works perfectly for me. I just opened YT and loaded video after video from CNBC which always has forced ads on every clip. Try deleting your entire Safari cache and try again. Preferences/Advanced/Show Developer menu/Empty Cache.
You will lose your history of course.
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CNBC is NOT youtube!
 
nn88 said:
I'm doing everything! ITS NOT WORKING!!!!
[doublepost=1538878545][/doublepost]@lec0rsaire When I download that file and put it into the folder, it doesn't do anything. It just forces me back to the
Safari Extensions Gallery! You can't even install it from there.
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Here's proof.
Screen Shot 2018-10-07 at 5.39.26 PM.png
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nn88 said:
I'm doing everything! ITS NOT WORKING!!!!
[doublepost=1538878545][/doublepost]@lec0rsaire When I download that file and put it into the folder, it doesn't do anything. It just forces me back to the
Safari Extensions Gallery! You can't even install it from there.
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Here's even more proof. It is working for me. There must be some way you can get it to work.Screen Shot 2018-10-07 at 5.39.34 PM.png
 
Im using the legacy Adblock (not the plus) and it works fine for me too.
 
lec0rsaire said:
Here's proof.
View attachment 792998
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Here's even more proof. It is working for me. There must be some way you can get it to work.View attachment 792999
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I don't know what to tell you. I'm using Ad Block 2.70, ABP 2.0.3, uBlock Origin 1.16.0 on Safari Version 12.0 and Mac OS 10.14 and NONE of it works. I still get ads on Youtube.

I've tried them all individually and separately. I don't know what to do...
 
UPDATE:

....smh...I figured it out.

The website specific content blocking was disabled for some sites but not all sites

dammit!
 
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nn88 said:
UPDATE:

....smh...I figured it out.

The website specific content blocking was disabled for some sites but not all sites

dammit!
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Oh! You mean like the sites they consider to not have obnoxious ads right? Glad it’s working.
 
Apple made changes to the way extensions work on safari 12 that's why add block is not working, you can download a working version from the App Store, however it's very slow on some sites like youtube. I'm using add block on google chrome until a better solution for safari becomes available.
 
abcdefg12345 said:
Apple made changes to the way extensions work on safari 12 that's why add block is not working, you can download a working version from the App Store, however it's very slow on some sites like youtube. I'm using add block on google chrome until a better solution for safari becomes available.
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Trying to switch to Safari from Chrome right now and after going to Mojave realizing this is a bit of an issue.

Looks like both uBlock and AdBlock require these Mac App Store applications, and each have very poor reviews due to lack of features and behavior.

What gives? Were these groups caught by surprise on this? Why would Apple get in the middle of users and adblocking on Safari?
 
Back in Safari 10, Apple started encouraging developers to move to the Safari App Extension Platform. These are written more like native apps, and the reason Apple prefers this method is that they are more secure and put less strain on CPU and memory, making Safari even more efficient. Then in Safari 12, Apple has started turning off the legacy extensions and they will disappear completely by the end of 2018.

The problem is that ad blockers like uBlock Origin were written as web apps, so they were quite easy to port versions to different browsers. It is probably quite unlikely that uBlock Origin will be updated for the new extensions. It has not had any updates to the Safari extension for months, and Safari on the Mac is a relatively small marketshare. For whatever reason, Apple has decided not to use the WebExtension API, the cross browser standard used by Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and even Edge.

It is a shame, because I love using Safari. It is so lightweight, fast, nice and minimal, the tracking prevention is great, and it syncs great with my iOS devices, but the lack of ad blocker support is bugging me. I am just using Safari with ads at the moment, using reader mode on blogs, and I pay for YouTube Premium, so ads on YouTube is not a problem for me. I did try AdBlock Plus from the Mac App Store, and another ad blocker, but that slowed my browsing, so I will hold off for now.
 
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Note that Adblock is different from AdblockPlus. After updating to Mojave, I had to uninstall Adblock, then install AdblockPlus. And with ADP, you have to have both the app and its control panel running. Works fine for me this way.Screen Shot 2018-10-11 at 8.38.53 AM.png
 
nn88 said:
I don't know if I'm not being clear.

THIS. DID. NOT. WORK. ON. YOUTUBE!
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Very clear. But, perhaps you need to find out what is different about your situation, because Wipr works perfectly for me and I would guess many other people. So, what are we supposed to do to help you?
 
With Safari 12 all my adblocking stopped working and surfing the web became horrible with the ads. YouTube became unwatchable, gross. So I got Abblockplus from the app store and that took care of the ads but now Safari is next to unusable because it is so slow and I constantly get beachballs.

I had to switch to Chrome, which I rather not use. I'm hoping for a fix.
 
8CoreWhore said:
With Safari 12 all my adblocking stopped working and surfing the web became horrible with the ads. YouTube became unwatchable, gross. So I got Abblockplus from the app store and that took care of the ads but now Safari is next to unusable because it is so slow and I constantly get beachballs.

I had to switch to Chrome, which I rather not use. I'm hoping for a fix.
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Spend the $2 for Wipr. It works extremely well (I don't think it has let ads through for me, including YouTube) and doesn't slow down Safari at all.
 
Do all of these apps require display of the app in the dock? Ublock’s app seems to display in dock which is not what I want.
 
I use Wipr. It work great so far. So great that sometimes they block some part of some websites I want to see. Don't know if it work for youtube cause I'm premium on this one.
 
maverick808 said:
That really doesn't sound great at all.
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it essentially block stuff on sites who sell things. You can always whitelist them. Otherwise, I never saw an intrusive ads or even pops up who tell me to désactivante my blocker to access to a certain website. For now, it is way better than adBlock plus was.
 
AdBlock Plus on Safari High Sierra is working like Molasses on my iMac 5K 2014 on some websites. STINKS!
 
DotCom2 said:
AdBlock Plus on Safari High Sierra is working like Molasses on my iMac 5K 2014 on some websites. STINKS!
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Same here. I have the same iMac and it does slow things down but it's still better than seeing those flashing bright colored, scrolling ads IMHO.
 
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