Ad blockers have become more and more popular with web users as many people rebel against advertising overload on web sites. But one very popular ad blocker has been missing in action for Safari in macOS: uBlock Origin. Safari users, including myself, have often searched in vain for quite a long time for a version of uBlock Origin for the Mac.
Jul 30, 2018 AdBlock has been downloaded more than 250 million times and is used by more than 65 million people worldwide. Now, AdBlock has created a powerful ad blocker that’s available as a Mac app. AdBlock for Safari s a powerful and simple-to-use ad blocker. It stops annoying pop-ups, removes autoplay video ads and blocks obnoxious audio ads.
Thankfully, our long wait has come to an end and there really is a version of uBlock Origin for macOS. Download uBlock Origin for Safari The uBlock Origin for Safari is up now, and you also have the option to for Safari as well. As I write this post the current release is 1.10.0-alpha.2. But be sure to check the release page regularly to keep uBlock Origin up to date as development progresses. [ Beware the and see why these.|. ] Please note that since this is an early version of uBlock Origin for Safari, you might encounter some bugs while using it.
But if you’ve been waiting a long time for uBlock Origin for Safari then it’s probably worth installing on your Mac. What’s the difference between uBlock and uBlock Origin?
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This subreddit is not endorsed or sponsored by Apple Inc. First of all, I have no connection whatsoever with any of the ad blocker developers. I badly wanted to know which was the fastest ad blocking solution available on the Mac, and couldn't find any recent tests on the web. Theverge.com average load time: • No ad blockers: 4,3s • 1Blocker: 3,58s • Adblock Plus: 7,74s • AdGuard: 2,95s • Ghostery: 2,09s • Ka-Block!: 1,93s • uBlock Origin: 2,55s • Wipr: 3,06s WINNER: Ka-Block! (55% decrease in page load speed), runner-ups: Ghostery & uBlock Origin Hotnews.ro average load time: • No ad blockers: 6,17s • 1Blocker: 6,12s • Adblock Plus: 5,42s • AdGuard: 4,14s • Ghostery: 3,04s • Ka-Block!: 2,93s • uBlock Origin: 3,24s • Wipr: 4,17s WINNER: Ka-Block! (52% decrease in page load speed), runner-ups: Ghostery & uBlock Origin NOTES • System and methodology: 2015 MacBook Pro Retina, MacOS High Sierra, Safari 11.1, high-speed WiFi connection, battery plugged in, no other open apps. For each website load I restarted the browser, opened a new private window, cleared the cache and entered Web Inspector, which shows page load time.