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What's the current best ad blocker for Safari? I don't mind paying money as long as it isn't crazy priced - something like Wipr for example seems reasonably priced if in fact that turns out to be the answer you guys give.
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I’m setting up my very first Mac and it looks like some of my contacts have been migrated across from my iPhone but not all of them - what’s the best way to go about fixing this?
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Apr 20, 2022 13:37
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some kinda jackal posted:Do you have multiple address book “services” on your phone? E.g., iCloud, Gmail, etc? They should all be iCloud as far as I can tell.
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Apr 20, 2022 14:10
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I fixed the problem by sharing the missing contacts one by one via airdrop from my phone. I’ve ended up with duplicate contacts now that I’ve had to join up using the link contacts function but it’s all working correctly now.
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Apr 20, 2022 16:05
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I don’t really see an issue given that M1 based macs have been out for a year now; and everything before that had the gpu grunt of a mouldy potato. I just hope more devs decide to port now.
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May 5, 2022 04:15
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Several of them are very good, I’m using wipr - but there are limitations on what can be done with safari. In Normal usage you won’t notice the difference but although I use Safari for most stuff; I use Firefox with ublock origin specifically for any seedy underbelly type stuff - filez; porn; etc. those sites require a more aggressive touch and nothing is better than Firefox for the specific niche of controlling exactly what gets loaded.
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Jun 4, 2022 12:41
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MacOS Ventura will allow Linux VMs to use Rosetta to run X86 apps: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/06/macos-ventura-will-extend-rosetta-support-to-linux-virtual-machines/ This seems like it would be a pretty big deal for a lot of folk.
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Jun 8, 2022 05:09
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Safari has an odd bug where there is massive keyboard lag when you try and type out a post on SA - SA is the only site where this happens. But I’ve been using the iOS forums app on my Mac and I prefer it to the web browser.
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Jun 28, 2022 19:00
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TraderStav posted:That's really weird, I haven't had that happen at all. Typing out right now without it. What other circumstances does this bug show up? There are absolutely no other circumstances. It only happens when typing a post on Something awful (and apparently only when you have an AS Mac). It doesn’t happen when using the iPad app on MacOS.
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Jun 29, 2022 05:14
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Just use the iPad awful app on your Mac if you have an AS mac. It’s great.
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Jul 2, 2022 09:08
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Last Chance posted:Does the text scaling feature on the Awful app work? I tried it on my Mac Studio but stuff was too small and I don’t have access to that machine try and change it right now It does; I have it set to 200% on my Apple studio display and the text is the perfect size.
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Jul 2, 2022 16:24
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I’ve just resigned myself to the fact that I need to have 3 web browsers. Safari for most general usage because I like the UI and the ecosystem support; Firefox for websites that need intensive decrapifying; and a chromium based browser specifically for a web platform my company uses that covers pretty much all HR type stuff - personal details, payslips, vacation applications, and all training modules.
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Jul 5, 2022 01:22
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If the external drive is formatted as exFAT you can just plug and play - most external drives and usb sticks and stuff come formatted as exFAT specifically so they can be used cross platform. If it’s NTFS, that is more complicated - I believe there is third party software to at least read NTFS on macOS (or is it that macOS can read NTFS but not write to it without software?) but ideally you’d move the data off it, reformat as exFAT and move it back.
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Jul 20, 2022 18:22
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I have to say I like the look and feel of safari more. I tend to use safari for most sites and Firefox for sites that require intensive decrapifying.
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Jul 29, 2022 04:16
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I’ve had a Mac for a few months now and The only time I’ve ever had anything stop or start on me when putting on my AirPods max was videos playing in an open tab - YouTube/Netflix etc automatically pausing and resuming when I take the headphones off for a sec then put them back on which is pretty cool.
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Aug 8, 2022 02:10
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Data Graham posted:I used to write big thick how-to books on MacOS (and FreeBSD but that's another story). I made it a whole point to have a good explanation up my sleeve for any UI/UX argument that came up in the old-timey workplace OS Wars. In most cases it was real easy to explain why the Mac way was better, especially since I had coworkers who had worked at Apple in the 80s/90s so they had the old-time religion. I mean when you think about it super casual users are probably going to just install apps via the App Store, and the dmg thing is kinda a vestigial process that apple hasn’t changed because it’s what people are used to and they’d rather you use the App Store anyhow. For what it’s worth, I bought my first Mac a few months ago having never used the OS before outside of the occasional 2 min play sessions in stores and I found the process super easy and convenient Double click the icon, and it brings up a box where you drag the thing onto the other thing. Significantly more straight forward than installing stuff in windows.
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Aug 10, 2022 13:06
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Is work forcing you to use outlook or something? I hated it on windows, always used mailspring. Now that I’m on a Mac I just use mail, it’s great.
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Aug 15, 2022 22:59
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I’ve been happy with wipr; plus Firefox with noscript and Adblock plus for sites that need heavy duty decrapifying
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Sep 28, 2022 12:08
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101 posted:I believe uBlock Origin is preferred over Adblock Plus I actually meant ublock origin, no idea why I typed Adblock plus, I haven’t used it in like a decade.
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Sep 28, 2022 12:32
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Before I bought my Mac I was using mailspring - it has a Mac version as well (the app has always had a Mac like feel, I suspect the Mac version came first.) I was always pretty happy with it.
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Oct 3, 2022 07:06
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Badly Jester posted:What do all of these mail apps even do that Thunderbird doesn't? Thunderbird is fine if you want to cosplay as a PC from 2003 I guess.
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Oct 5, 2022 03:11
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Microsoft is a poo poo company that’s been making all of its products worse for years and eventually ruins any good product it either accidentally creates (windows phone) or manages to get its hands on (outlook for iOS). It’s important to remember that outlook for iOS is not an offshoot of Microsoft outlook; it was originally a third party email app that Microsoft bought and rebranded before apparently now slowly destroying it.
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Oct 17, 2022 09:56
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Anyone in this thread who upgraded to Ventura and also plays WoW? Have you encountered any issues?
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Oct 25, 2022 04:18
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I also went with Wipr, and I’ve been pretty happy with it.
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Oct 26, 2022 18:32
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You’ve also got libre office as a free perfectly good alternative to MS office if pages and numbers don’t meet your needs.
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Dec 6, 2022 05:17
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Tayter Swift posted:What's the good option for ad blocking these days? Setapp switched over to AdLock and it breaks too many sites to be useful. I like wipr. But I also maintain a Firefox install with noscript and ublock origin for sites that require a sledgehammer approach to decrapifying.
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Dec 10, 2022 06:55
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Warbird posted:Ublock Origin is the only real answer here unless you’re on a phone where you can’t install it. That’s definitely the best adblocker but it isn’t available on safari, which is the best web browsing experience overall on a Mac. In the 6 months since I’ve switched from a PC to a Mac I’ve been perfectly happy with Safari + WIPR. I don’t see ads on any of the normal sites I use, nor do they break; and that includes ads in things like twitch and YouTube (every once in a while video ads appear but I open the wipr app and manually do an update and they go away again). The only time I need more than that is the really seedy sites like porn and filez-ing the odd tv show (and the modern streaming era has largely eliminated the need for that - the only show now that I don’t have any way of watching the same day as it airs in the US is the flash) which is what I have my Firefox install for. I wouldn’t use Firefox as my regular daily driver, I like safari by far the most.
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Dec 10, 2022 18:00
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Warbird posted:Huh, no kidding? I just use Chrome so it’s never been a going concern. I’ve been debating moving to Firefox but there hasn’t been enough of a reason to move over for me, though the new manifest business may do the trick. Safari is enough of a pain in the rear end on iOS that I’ve never bothered on a laptop. I was a chrome (and then later Chromium edge) user for many years, but between Google having had a rapid heel turn over the past decade or so and becoming a company I don’t want anything to do with or anywhere near my data; and Microsoft increasingly losing their mind to the point where edge is full of even more bullshit than chrome (and one of the reasons I bought a Mac) I wanted to find an alternative. Vivaldi is the only other real option as far as chromium browsers go but I can’t stand it. I don’t think chrome or edge have the performance advantage they used to once upon a time, the others have caught up. I’ve been very happy with Safari. Chrome and edge are going to be making some changes shortly which will impact the functionality ad blockers. I don’t know how much of a big deal this will be in practice given that Safari + Wipr works fine and Safari has always been more limited in what add ons can do; but if you want to use the absolute best ad blocker and take the hardest possible line as far as decrapifying the internet goes Firefox is your only real option. I don’t think that’s necessary for general web usage though.
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Microsoft is no longer in my life other than as my email provider, which I’ve neglected to change because it’s so much work. Might get around to it one of these days.
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Dec 11, 2022 06:18
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The only people who need to clear browser history are teens trying to keep their porn habits from their parents and chrome has a special browser mode just for them, so it’s not really a thing any more. Not to mention the shift from having a single user account on a family PC 20 years ago to the modern era of everyone having their own personal devices or at least personal user account.
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I use Wipr and YouTube ad blocking works fine. Every once in a while I have to launch the Wipr app and manually update it. Make sure you’ve got all the advanced extensions enabled for Wipr I guess?
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Dec 13, 2022 05:25
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There are so many variables with webpage performance I don’t think the average person using a modern browser on a modern computer with a high speed internet connection is going to tell the difference in the real world. Things are very different now than they were when the first salvos in the war to overthrow IE6 were launched. Differentiation for me comes down to UI preferences, features and OS interoperability, privacy and security.
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Dec 17, 2022 01:47
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VLC has become the thing that everyone uses because it’s what they’ve always used and it’s on every platform. There was probably a time when it was ahead of the competition but that time has long passed. IINA is much better on macOS, and there are better options for windows users as well.
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powderific posted:Has anyone run into Safari being slow with text input (specifically on the forums)? On my M1 air I have no issues in safari, but for whatever reason on my 16" m1 macbook pro the text input lags. It's slow enough that it throws off my typing — reminds me of using vnc over a slow connection or something. It's really weird and annoying. Chrome works fine. Yes, this is a bug specific to apple silicon Macs (and I think only the ones using pro/max/ultra?) and it only affects the Something Awful forums for some strange reason. Best workaround is to use the forums app (which is honestly a nicer experience than the web browser anyway).
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actionjackson posted:with IINA is there a reason why it still shows the MacOS menu bar when in full screen? that's kind of distracting. It doesn’t do that for me?
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ThermoPhysical posted:What are the better Windows options? I’ll give IINA a try on Mac. Back when I had a pc I found I preferred the built in media player in windows 11.
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ThermoPhysical posted:Windows 11 is why I'm using my Mac more! Windows in general from 8-11 is one of the reasons why I bought a Mac and hosed Microsoft off forever too. I don’t use playlists so I’m not sure.
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I'm stuck on 10 unless Microsoft wants to buy me a new PC that doesn't suck. Though I use VLC on Windows since I'm not sure what else is out there, honestly. Did that have playlists?
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I think it’s weird to use web based solutions when something free and open source and fully featured like libreoffice exists. It’s far and away the gold standard for ‘office software that isn’t Microsoft office’.
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Surely using doc files would be pretty niche these days? Docx and xlsx have been the default file formats of MS office for more than a decade.
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