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Safari 11 Released for macOS Sierra and OS X El Capitan
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There should be an option to turn it off or on in Privacy. My guess is HS Safari will only have it
Cannot get any BBC Radio content to play. Turned off the auto-play block - no difference. This is definitely something to do with Safari 11 as I was able to play it prior to the update.
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Sorted. The "Stop auto play" feature seems to block the Play button from working. As soon as I changed it to "allow auto-play" the content played as expected.
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Sorted. The "Stop auto play" feature seems to block the Play button from working. As soon as I changed it to "allow auto-play" the content played as expected.
Has the Safari 11 update been pulled?
Tried to install along with Pages, Numbers, etc. updates on a Mac Pro, and then got a message that the source file was no longer available. Now it doesn't show up in the Updates section on the App Store.
Installed fine on a MacBook Pro earlier. Wonder if something got borked in this version for desktops?
Tried to install along with Pages, Numbers, etc. updates on a Mac Pro, and then got a message that the source file was no longer available. Now it doesn't show up in the Updates section on the App Store.
Installed fine on a MacBook Pro earlier. Wonder if something got borked in this version for desktops?
See post number 21 in this thread. Like you, it didn’t show up in MAS for me.
I saw that post. My issue is different.
Would prefer to know what broke before forcing an update.
For got sake, is this some kind of a bad joke? Safari 11 is still not supported 4k on sites like YouTube.
Don't put your hopes up for this to happen anytime soon.
YouTube only provides 4k streams compressed with their open and reportedly patent free codec, VP9. Apple does not support VP9 however they do support other equally impressive codec's such as HEVC. While Apple will never reveal it's reasons for avoiding VP9 I imagine they fear submarine patents and believe they already support a better alternative.
Your best bet is waiting for YouTube to provide 4k streams in HEVC.
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Handy little button in the toolbar options:
Have you seen an option for this in the HS betas?
This at the link I provided says it is the default setting and makes no mention of High Sierra.
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I like the new support for WebRTC and WebGL 2.0, but they seem to have removed the security feature that had Safari warn you before letting a website use WebGL in Safari’s security preferences. It’s a minor thing, and could have just been for its development, but I liked knowing when a website wanted to use these properties.
Did I miss a way to restore this setting?
Did I miss a way to restore this setting?
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Mavericks hasn't gotten any updates (aside from iTunes) in a year. Even Yosemite doesn't get Safari 11.
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With the release of High Sierra next week, Yosemite will no longer receive any Safari or other security updates. It's time to upgrade!
I was using AdBlock Ultimate + Ghostery. Does adguard take care of everything or would you still keep ghostery?
I think Adguard alone will cover you. I believe this came up in the Adguard thread and the dev. said the same.
Thanks! Gonna give it a try. I used the link you provided but it says trial ends in 13 days?
The extension is free. I think what you are seeing is the "Adguard for Mac" application which is different and paid VPN adblock service. You just want the free extension.
See this at the bottom of the extension settings. If you toggle that switch you won't see the ad for the pro version any more.
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Safari's Content Blocking is a plugin framework; you can install a plugin that is given the URL (and maybe a few other particulars) about each new bit of content Safari is about to load, and that plugin can give a yes/no response - if it says yes, the content is loaded as normal, if it says no, Safari treats that bit of content as if it failed to load. And the same mechanism exists on iOS. But, in either case, you have to choose and install a compatible plugin on your own (there are many available).
The mechanism can be used for ad blockers, but also for, say, more elaborate/fine-grained parental controls or NSFW filters, etc. It was a way for Apple to make ad blockers possible (without jury-rigging), while staying out of the ad blocking business themselves, so advertisers can't get upset at Apple, and so all sorts of people can't get outraged that Apple is blocking their sites - Apple only provides the gun, it's up to the end-users and the plugin writers whether/how it gets used. It's also useful for, say, "turning off" all those obnoxious "Share to Facebook", "Share to Twitter", "Share to Ad Nauseam", buttons found on many web pages. Or keeping Facebook from tracking you around the Internet. And so on.
I think it's finally time for me to update my Mac mini from Mavericks to High Sierra. However I think I'll wait a few weeks or months until Apple irons out all the kinks.
Given all the deep changes coming with High Sierra (ref: https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/everything-you-need-know-about-carbon-copy-cloner-and-apfs) I will patiently wait until x.x.1 or even x.x.2 arrives before wiping out my systems to start with a clean slate for the new APFS.
Btw, finally we will have a simply shortcut to lock our systems without having to fight with the "Require password after sleep of screen saver begins" feature! (2017, about time!)
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