Take back the internet!
About

- Safari AdBlocker is the only 64-bit ad blocker built for Mac OS X 10.5+ to integrate directly into Safari, for minimum disruption to your browsing experience
- Safari AdBlocker supports the use of AdBlock Plus subscriptions (url's with the prefix "abp:") - and will be updated automatically, each week
- For a list of current AdBlock Plus subscriptions, head on over to: http://adblockplus.org/en/subscriptions
Important
- Safari Adblocker requires SIMBL (for Snow Leopard 64bit support), which is conveniently included in the installer.
- The installer will detect if it needs to install SIMBL (Snow Leopard, or Leopard version), and will do so if it is required.
Main Features
- Adblock Plus subscription support
- Convenient contextual menu to enable/disable
- Right-click to block/whitelist url's, images, frames, and Flash
- Automatic updating courtesy of Sparkle
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Old Versions
- Version 1.1 - Mac OS X 10.5+ (733kb)
- Version 1.0.1 - Mac OS X 10.5+ (725kb)
- Version 1.0 - Mac OS X 10.5+ (668kb)
History
- October 29, 2009 - Version 1.1.1 - added contextual menu option to enable/disable Safari AdBlocker when right-clicking on flash elements, fixed bug - when exporting filters after manually adding (new filters would not be exported, added ads blocked total/session, removed unnessesary code
- October 26, 2009 - Version 1.1 - added contextual menu option to enable/disable Safari AdBlocker, added contextual menu option to block url's, added contextual menu item to Whitelist url, image, frame and Flash. added option to update subscription weekly, added option to export filters, changed subscriptions file name to "Subscription.txt", removed a lot of console debug errors
- October 24, 2009 - Version 1.0.1 - fixed Leopard support, fixed automatic downloading of default subscription on first run, fixed subscriptions/filters not being saved, fixed "update now" button
- October 24, 2009 - Version 1.0 - Initial release
Screenshots
Usage notes
- Install Safari AdBlocker from the installer, and access preferences through Safari's preference menu.
Whitelisting
- To whitelist an element, use the convenient contextual menu, or alternatively manually add your filter and prefix it with "@@"
e.g: to whitelist the domain http://www.apple.com
add the following to your filters:
@@http://www.apple.com - **Note: whitelisting an element, overides all the block settings!
System Requirements
- Mac OS X 10.5+
- For pre leopard adblocking management, use SafariBlock
Installation Info
- Safari Adblock requires SIMBL, and is installed into the folder /Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/
- All of Safari Adblocker preferences are stored as keys in Safari's preference file ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist (with the prefix "AdBlocker")
- Subscriptions are saved to the file ~/Library/Application Support/Safari Adblocker/Subscription.txt
- Manually configured filters are saved to the file ~/Library/Application Support/Safari Adblocker/Filters.plist
How to Uninstall
- delete the folder:
- If your feeling a little adventurous: (you don't need to do this...)
- delete all keys with the prefix "adblocker" from the file:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist
and the bundle:
/Library Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/Safari AdBlocker.bundle
Credits
- Safari Adblock was built using source code from SafariBlock (Apache 2.0 license), and uses SIMBL to inject code into Safari.
Donate
- Please consider giving a donation, to help with development costs.
- Its really up to you what you think Safari Adblock is worth - personally i think a donation of $10 - $15 is a fair amount.
Google Code
- Source-code is available here under the Apache License, Version 2.0



