Hi, i bought about a month ago the new MBPR and i found out that the safari browser is better than chrome for my needs. Before i buy my new laptop i was a google chrome user on the windows platform and i installed the adblock extension. So i had no ads. Now on safari i also installed the adblock extension but the youtube ads are still there. The ads from other websites are blocked. Is there any way to block the ads from youtube using safari? I would really appreciate your help here.
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Let me know if you find a way. That BS annoys me to death. If anything, it makes me NOT want to buy their stuff.
I use the youtube5 plugin, which blocks the adverts by virtue of not supporting them.
As far as I'm aware all normal youtube videos work fine with the plugin (unlike Youtubes own HTML5 player). As a bonus it also makes it easy to download videos.
As far as I'm aware all normal youtube videos work fine with the plugin (unlike Youtubes own HTML5 player). As a bonus it also makes it easy to download videos.
I found the only downside to it was that you couldn't click on annotations within a video, you would have to reload it in flash. Navigating within long videos is also a pain
Clicktoflash and youtube 5, along with youtube html5 "beta" opt in on youtube itself, And I have never seen an ad..
True, but I never use that "feature" anyway. Tradeoff I guess.
True, but I never use that "feature" anyway. Tradeoff I guess.
+ Google tracking your every move anyway
AdBlock will work on Safari soon like the Dev stated.
I use the youtube center safari plugin. Blocks out all the ads and has a few other customizable tweaks too.
Can you be more specific where exactly to add this?
/etc/hosts
Is a file
you then copy past those addresses at the bottom of the file and save it.
You serious?
/ > root
etc/ > folder in root
host > file in etc
Well actually I suppose it might be hidden by default.
Just use the Finder "Go to..." and copy paste
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I dont have such file....
The only way is through terminal.
http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/07/edit-hosts-file-mac-os-x/
Right. Just open a terminal and execute
sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts
Open Finder then hit shift-command-g and paste /etc/hosts in the box and return and you will see the hosts file. You can then edit it with TextEdit.
You can also use Gas Mask to make a backup and modify your hosts file... Works great!
https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/29949/gas-mask
https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/29949/gas-mask
I use a hardware solution
I have and Adtrap box sitting between my NetGear 6300ac router and ISP which results in eliminating over 95% of ads including youtube ads. And since it is attached to my router which provides wifi to my house, all of my iOS devices are similarly ad-free.
It is not an inexpensive solution but it is software independent so I can use any browser I choose. I find it to be worth every penny.
http://www.getadtrap.com/
I have and Adtrap box sitting between my NetGear 6300ac router and ISP which results in eliminating over 95% of ads including youtube ads. And since it is attached to my router which provides wifi to my house, all of my iOS devices are similarly ad-free.
It is not an inexpensive solution but it is software independent so I can use any browser I choose. I find it to be worth every penny.
http://www.getadtrap.com/
