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There’s also an option to force the use of a secure https connection if that option is turned on in the main app, and stats about what is blocked on each site you visit. When you click on the option, there’s a note that the developers are working on reenabling the feature, which will hopefully happen soon. You’ll notice there’s a Hide Element option in the toolbar button’s options too, but it’s not enabled currently. However, there’s a ‘Disable All Categories’ toggle that can be turned off and used to turn certain categories back on selectively. By default, whitelisting disables all rules for a site. From here, you can whitelist any site you visit. Individual website settings are managed from a 1Blocker button that’s installed in Safari’s toolbar.

Regional rules have German and Russian-specific blockers, and Custom rules allow for user-defined whitelisting, site and cookie blocking, page element hiding, and forcing https connections using the ‘New Rule’ button at the bottom of the window.ġBlocker provides per-site customization from Safari’s toolbar. The General category includes a total of six sets of rules that are divided into Block Ads, Block Trackers, Block Annoyances, Block Widgets, Block Comments, and Block Adult Sites.

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1 The top section of the detail view also includes a search field and stats that report the total number of block and hide rules in the category plus the total number of rules you have enabled and disabled for that category. The right pane, which can be hidden using the button at the bottom of the left-hand pane, is a detail view that lists each of the rules in the selected set. Across the top of the pane is a segmented control that divides the app’s rule sets into General, Regional, and Custom categories.

The left pane provides access to sets of blocking rules that can be toggled on and off.

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With the latest update to 1Blocker’s Mac app, that same functionality has been brought to the Mac along with a redesign of the app’s UI and a new subscription-based business model.ġBlocker for Mac has a brand new two-pane design. 2018 saw the release of 1Blocker X on iOS, which split blocking rules into multiple categories to get around rule limits imposed by the OS.

The iOS version was followed by a Mac version the next year. Add to those, things like trackers and bitcoin mining code, and even if you don’t block a single ad, there is still plenty to block.ġBlocker has been one of my favorite utilities since it was introduced with iOS 9 and content blockers were new to iOS. Comments, share buttons, and social media badges are only a few of the many annoyances found on sites these days. The other reason to use 1Blocker is that content blockers like it manage more than just ads. Where that line is varies subjectively by person, but that’s precisely why having a flexible ad blocker like 1Blocker is crucial. I don’t have an issue with most advertising, but there’s a line that is crossed too often and ruins the reading experience of many sites. I wish I didn’t feel like I needed an ad blocker, but so much of the Internet is junked up with intrusive, distracting advertising, that it’s virtually impossible to use some websites.

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