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Where to browse Safari (13) extensions?

Paco II

Paco II

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I’m putting this here as it is specific to Safari 13, but mods should relocate as necessary. I’m trying to give Safari a try after ignoring it for years to competitors Firefox and Chrome. What I am struggling with is finding extensions for it. The App Store does not appear to have a dedicated section listing all Safari extensions, or if it does, I am missing it. I found a ‘Story’ that listed a handful, but that is it. So, how do I browse all available extensions for Safari?
 
Paco II said:
I’m putting this here as it is specific to Safari 13, but mods should relocate as necessary. I’m trying to give Safari a try after ignoring it for years to competitors Firefox and Chrome. What I am struggling with is finding extensions for it. The App Store does not appear to have a dedicated section listing all Safari extensions, or if it does, I am missing it. I found a ‘Story’ that listed a handful, but that is it. So, how do I browse all available extensions for Safari?
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Go to the App Store on an iOS/iPadOS device and search for “Safari extensions” (without quotes). I just did that and found lots of extensions.
 
Can you please clarify. Doesn't that only return results for iOS? This thread is about macOS.


revmacian said:
Go to the App Store on an iOS/iPadOS device and search for “Safari extensions” (without quotes). I just did that and found lots of extensions.
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Paco II said:
Thanks. As mentioned, this story only lists a handful of app extensions. This can't be all of them. Right?
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I'm seeing 78 extensions listed in the macOs App Store.
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How are you finding them please? What is your search criteria?

 
Oh my gosh, have I been overlooking that?! I am not near my computer right now but will try that later. Thanks for pointing that out! I am so used to just going to the app store directly.

Peadogie said:
See my edited original post.
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I've had a chance to take a look, and I appreciate the info @Peadogie shared, however that appears to only list some Safari extensions. For example, there is one called "BackTrack for Safari" (I have no association with the app) which I happened to find googling around. It is not listed on the page shown when selecting "Safari Extensions". That leads me to believe there are likely others, perhaps many others, that exist and compatible with Safari 13 but which aren't shown on that 'official' page. That is quite frustrating from a discovery perspective.
 
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Paco II said:
I've had a chance to take a look, and I appreciate the info @Peadogie shared, however that appears to only list some Safari extensions. For example, there is one called "BackTrack for Safari" (I have no association with the app) which I happened to find googling around. It is not listed on the page shown when selecting "Safari Extensions". That leads me to believe there are likely others, perhaps many others, that exist and compatible with Safari 13 but which aren't shown on that 'official' page. That is quite frustrating from a discovery perspective.
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I did a search in the App Store and "BackTrack for Safari" is available there. Go figure.
 
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Let me add, in case someone finds issue with this thread, that sometimes it is fun to browse, and not just search for something specific that is needed. It is unfortunate that Apple has not seen fit to have a proper directory for all Safari App Extensions.
 
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