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Use Safari extensions on your Mac

Safari extensions enhance and customise the browsing experience on your Mac. Here's how to install them, uninstall them or share them across devices.

Safari extensions add functionality to Safari, so you can explore the web the way you want. Extensions can show helpful information about a web page, display news headlines, help you use your favourite services, change the appearance of web pages and much more. Extensions are a great way to personalise your browsing experience.

Install extensions

Turn on extensions, turn off extensions, uninstall extensions, share extensions across devices.

Use the App Store to conveniently download and install Safari extensions. All extensions in the App Store are reviewed, signed and hosted by Apple for your security, and they’re automatically kept up to date.

Start by installing the latest macOS updates You need Safari 12 or later to get Safari extensions from the App Store.

Open Safari and choose Safari > Safari Extensions from the menu bar.

The App Store opens to the Safari Extensions page. To download and install an extension, click Get or click the price. You may be asked to sign in with your Apple ID.

Click Install.

After the extension has been installed, click Open and follow the onscreen instructions provided by the extension.

After installing an extension, follow these steps to turn it on.

Choose Safari > Settings (or Preferences).

Click Extensions.

Tick the box next to the extension's name. Find out what to do if you can't turn on extensions .

If you’re browsing privately, or using a profile or web app

When browsing in a private window in macOS Sonoma or later, all extensions that require website access will be turned off by default.

Choose Safari > Settings.

Select the extension in the sidebar, then select “Allow in Private Browsing” on the right.

Whether you’re browsing privately or not, you can also restrict the extension’s access to certain websites. Click the Edit Websites button to view the extension in Websites settings. From there you can allow access, deny access or require that websites ask you for access.

When using Safari profiles , extensions for the default profile are managed in the main Extensions tab of Safari settings. Extensions for other profiles are managed in the Profiles tab, which has its own Extensions tab for each profile. By default, extensions are turned off for each new profile.

Choose Safari > Settings (or Preferences), then click Extensions.

To turn off an extension, untick its box.

If you can't determine what an extension does, or you don't expect to use it again, you should uninstall it.

To uninstall an extension, select the extension and click the Uninstall button.

Starting with macOS Ventura, iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, you can share extensions across your Mac, iPhone and iPad:

On your Mac, open Safari and choose Safari > Settings, then click Extensions. Select “Share across devices” at the bottom of the window.

On your iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > Safari > Extensions, then turn on Share Across Devices.

To uninstall an extension from all devices, you must uninstall it on each device.

Safari no longer supports most web plug-ins. To load web pages more quickly, save energy and strengthen security, Safari is optimised for content that uses the HTML5 web standard, which doesn't require a plug-in. To enhance and customise your browsing experience, use Safari extensions instead of web plug-ins.

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Apple releases Safari 5 with extensions, expanded HTML5 support

The update is available for download from Apple's website or via Software Update on Mac OS X. Safari 5 is a 39.1MB update.

"Safari continues to lead the pack in performance, innovation and standards support," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "Safari now runs on over 200 million devices worldwide and its open source WebKit engine runs on over 500 million devices."

Available for both Mac and Windows, Safari 5 includes improved developer tools and supports a number of new HTML5 technologies that allow developers to create rich, dynamic websites.

The latest version of Apple's Web browser also includes Safari Reader, which makes it easy to read single and multi-page articles on the web by presenting them in a new, scrollable view without any additional content or clutter. When Safari 5 detects an article, users can click on the Reader icon in the Smart Address Field to display the entire article for clear, uninterrupted reading with options to enlarge, print or send via email.

Powered by the Nitro JavaScript engine, Apple said Safari 5 on the Mac runs JavaScript 30 percent faster than Safari 4, three percent faster than Chrome 5.0, and over twice as fast as Firefox 3.6. Safari 5 loads new pages faster using Domain Name System (DNS) prefetching, and improves the caching of previously viewed pages to return to them more quickly.

Safari 5 adds more than a dozen powerful HTML5 features that allow web developers to create media-rich experiences, including full screen playback and closed captions for HTML5 video. Other new HTML5 features in Safari 5 include HTML5 Geolocation, HTML5 sectioning elements, HTML5 draggable attribute, HTML5 forms validation, HTML5 Ruby, HTML5 AJAX History, EventSource and WebSocket.

The new, free Safari Developer Program allows developers to customize and enhance Safari 5 with extensions based on standard web technologies like HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. The Extension Builder, new in Safari 5, simplifies the development, installation and packaging of extensions. For enhanced security and stability, Safari Extensions are sandboxed, signed with a digital certificate from Apple and run solely in the browser.

The details match a support document published over the weekend that suggested the release of Safari 5 for Mac and Windows was imminent.

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Apple Adds HTML5 Extensions to Safari

By Ed Sutherland • 6:29 am, July 28, 2010

To further promote HTML5 as the future of web graphics, Apple has swung open the door for extensions to the public. While introduced in June to developers , Safari 5.0.1 now can be downloaded. The Cupertino, Calif. company also opened its Safari Extensions Gallery, joining the ranks of Firefox and other browsers extending the basic browser.

Bing, Twitter and the New York Times are among the first extensions available for Safari. “We’re thrilled to see so many leading developers creating great extensions and think our users are going to love being able to customize Safari,” said Brian Croll, Apple’s vice president of OS X Product Marketing.

Safari Extensions are built with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript web standards. They are available for download at the extensions.apple.com site.

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Safari extension “Vinegar” replaces YouTube player with HTML5 based player to remove bloat

Safari extensions allow users to personalize their web browsing experience on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. App Store offers several extensions to alleviate that web browsing via Apple’s native browser. A Safari extension for YouTube “Vinegar” is updated with new features and improvements to make video streaming more enjoyable. 

Vinegar allows users to stream videos on YouTube ad-free, offers Picture-in-Picture mode, and prevents the platform from tracking users’ play, pause, and seek activities. YouTube videos continue to play, even when the user switches to another browser tab and can choose the audio-only steel to play music when Safari is in the background. The developer says that like the YouTube5, the new Vinegar Safari extension fixes several issues with the YouTube player. 

now the YouTube player situation has gotten bad enough that we need another extension to fix it. That’s where Vinegar comes in. Vinegar also replaces the YouTube player (written in who-knows-what) with a minimal HTML <video>  tag.

Download Vinegar, Safari extension, to alleviate video streaming experience on YouTube 

Developers usually offer more features in their mobile apps than on their web apps. Similarly, the web version of YouTube also comes with limitations. But the latest update of Vinegar brings new capabilities for users to enjoy the mobile features on the web. The release notes read:

• Toggle video autoplay on youtube.com (Vinegar will never autoplay embedded videos on other websites).
• Show/hide the quality switcher toolbar on youtube.com (the toolbar will always be hidden on other websites).
• Change the preferred video quality (in case you hide the toolbar).
• Change the language of auto-translated subtitles.

Vinegar, Safari extension is available for $1.99 on the App Store and it comes with no in-app purchases, ads, and tracking. “It’s a universal purchase so you only have to buy it once to use it on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.” It requires iOS 15.0 or later and macOS 11.0 or later, respectively. 

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It’s no secret that using YouTube in the browser on your iPhone or iPad is a rather unpleasant experience. And in many ways, YouTube’s “native” app isn’t much better. This is where a new Safari extension called “Vinegar” comes in to save the day.

Update December 4, 2021 : Vinegar has received a nice update today with a host of new features:

• On videos (and devices) that support 4K, you should see 4K video options in the quality switcher toolbar.
• For people with expensive data plans, you can also switch to 144p and 240p.
• You can toggle Theater mode with the keyboard shortcut “T” or click the “Theater” text below the video.
• Supports keyboard shortcuts like “J” to rewind, “K” to pause, and “L” to forward.
• Videos should be playable if you’re signed in with YouTube Premium.
• Videos should be added to your watching history if you’re signed in.
• Fixed a bunch of 3rd-party website embeds.
• Sound no longer plays when you go back to the homepage.
• It should preserve timestamp when you switch video quality.
• Timestamped URLs (i.e. URLs with &t=123) should now work.
• Clicking the chapter links in the description should bring you to the correct time.
• You can now select quality for live videos as well.
• Privacy-wise, it’s “safer” because now it only has access to web content on youtube.com.

“Vinegar” is a Safari extension for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that was released earlier this month with the goal of replacing the YouTube player with a minimal HTML player (via Daring Fireball ). This is similar to the days of YouTube5, which was a similar Safari extension back in the days when the YouTube player was written in Adobe Flash.

Developed by Zhenyi Tan, Vinegar replaces the YouTube player in Safari with a native HTML video tag, bringing a host of associated improvements:

• The removal of in-video ads.
• Prevent YouTube from tracking your play/pause/seek activities.
• Restore picture-in-picture functionality.
• The videos don’t stop playing if you switch to another browser tab.
• You can choose the audio-only stream to keep the music playing when Safari is in the background.

The app works just as you would expect it to, and it makes the experience of using YouTube in your browser significantly more enjoyable. It works both directly on YouTube’s website and on videos embedded on third-party websites.

You can download Vinegar from the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It’s a one-time universal purchase of $1.99.

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How To : The Ultimate Guide to Using Safari Extensions on Your iPhone for High-Octane Web Browsing

You've probably already used a few Safari Extensions on your Mac, but if you haven't explored Safari's web extensions on your iPhone yet, you're missing out on some fantastic possibilities to increase productivity, make tasks easier, filter out noise, and bring more fun to your browsing experience.

Safari Extensions have been available on macOS (and Mac OS X before it) for over a decade, and with iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 , Apple finally brought them to iPhone and iPad.

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For the most part, they work on iPhone and iPad the same way they do on Macs, but there's still a lot to learn before you dive into using them in Safari . And numero uno would be that there are two main types of Safari Extensions for mobile devices: content blockers and regular extensions.

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Content blockers have been around for iPhone and iPad since iOS 9, and if it wasn't obvious, you use them to block certain content from appearing on webpages in Safari. They're great for hiding unwanted elements and resources from loading on a page, and the result can even make your browsing speedier overall.

These types of web extensions can declutter the screen of social networking buttons, comments, navbars, sidebars, and other elements, but it's most helpful in identifying and blocking advertisements and analytics. Best of all, they cannot report any data back to their parent apps, so the developers of content blockers won't see what it blocks.

In iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, content blockers are now a part of Safari Extensions, along with regular web extensions. Standard extensions can change the appearance of a webpage, but they're more customizable, giving you more control over how Safari works. They can also change web content behavior, add buttons to perform actions without leaving Safari, and more.

For example, some functionality that web extensions can add to Safari includes activating cashback deals, finding coupon codes for products, checking your grammar and spelling, forcing a website to use a dark theme, switching search engines, opening up links in specific apps, and automatically redirecting AMP pages from a Google search.

The chances are good that you already have some Safari Extension on your iPhone or iPad. A few of the apps on your device may have been updated for iOS 15 to include new tools to use directly in Safari, and it's easy to find out which apps those are.

Open the Settings app, tap "Safari," and open up "Extensions" under the General heading. At the top of the page, you'll see all of the content blockers you have installed and whether they're activated or turned off. Below those are the other types of web extensions. Any app you see listed has added some in-Safari functionality, and tapping one will show a brief description and what permissions it needs, and you can also toggle it on or off from here.

Before we dive deeper into using content blockers and web extensions, we have a quick list of popular Safari Extensions you can try out if you don't have any yet.

Content Blockers

• VPN by Private Internet Access : It can block ads, trackers, and malware with or without the VPN enabled. (Requires paid subscription; has a free trial.)
• Hyper Cleaner: Phone Storage : Lets you block advertisements, tracking scripts, social buttons, and known malware links. You can choose any of those or all of them. (Requires paid subscription; has a free trial.)
• Rekt: Block Nags, Redirect AMP : You can remove "use our app" banners and buttons as well as prompts to log in to web accounts for Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, Quora, Instagram, and Imgur. (Costs $1.99 one time.)
• AdBlock : Lets you remove intrusive ads, filter unwanted network traffic, block trackers, and subscribe to filter lists. It can get rid of 99% of annoying pop-ups, banners, and video ads. You can even create your own permission rules and share them with others. (Costs $1.99 one time.)
• Crystal Adblock - Block unwanted ads! : Will automatically block all ads in Safari, but you can allow non-intrusive advertising if you want. You can also add exceptions to the whitelist. (Costs $0.99 one time.)
• Firefox Focus: Privacy browser : Lets you block advertisements, analytics, social buttons, content trackers, and some web fonts. (Free.)
• Noir - Dark Mode for Safari : Safari itself conforms to Dark Mode , but webpages will not without something like Noir, which lets you add Dark Mode to any website. It's easy to configure and fully customizable. (Costs $2.99 one time.)
• Grammarly - Keyboard & Editor : The extension for Safari checks for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors whenever you type in text fields. (These features are free.)
• Acorns: Invest Spare Change : Lets you automatically earn investment rewards while you shop from webpages on Safari. (Free.)
• Honey: Coupons & Cash Back : It can automatically search for available coupons, promo codes, and reward offers from webpages on Safari. Plus, you can earn rewards on certain purchases. (Free.)
• Rakuten: Get Cash Back for Shopping : You're no longer limited to shopping from within the Rakuten app's browser. Now, you can get cash back and use coupons and promos right from Safari. (Free.)
• Mapper for Safari : This ignores the URL scheme used by Google to open up address links in Google Maps and uses Apple Maps or Waze instead. (Costs $0.99 one time.)
• Bring! Shopping Lists & Recipes : Lets you add ingredients to your list or save recipes you've found in Safari for later. (These features are free.)
• xSearch for Safari : Switch search engines instantly using shortcuts. For example, use "g apple" to search for "apple" with Google's search engine, and use "ddg apple" to search for "apple" with the DuckDuckGo search engine. It also supports URL schemes , so if you use the shortcut code "twapp apple," it will open up the Twitter app and search for "apple" there using twitter://search?query=apple. This all works in Spotlight, too, not just Safari directly. (Costs $1.99 one time.)
• Rekt: Block Nags, Redirect AMP : Aside from its content blocking abilities, it can also auto-redirect all AMP (accelerated mobile pages) links to the original URLs. (Costs $1.99 one time.)
• Apollo for Reddit : Lets you open up all Reddit links in Safari in the Apollo for Reddit app. (These features are free.)

Aside from the lists above and elsewhere on the web, you can go to Settings –> Safari –> Extensions and tap "More Extensions" at the bottom to view compatible apps in the App Store. You can also visit the "Safari Extensions" category from the "Apps" tab in the App Store. Apple shares stories in the App Store sometimes highlighting certain apps with extensions.

Note that any app you install that has extensions will only apply to the current device you're on. If you have apps set up to automatically download apps you've installed on other iOS or iPadOS devices (via Settings –> App Store –> App Updates), it will install itself. Still, the extension settings won't be synced. Apps won't auto-install on macOS, so you'll have to install extensions manually on your Mac.

There are two ways to enable or disable a Safari Extension, but enabling an extension is just the first part of turning one on. First, you can go to Settings –> Safari –> Extensions. Here, you can toggle on or off any content blockers you want or tap an extension name below those to access its toggle switch.

Second, you can do this from Safari itself. On any webpage, tap the "AA" icon in the search field (aka URL bar) to open the Page Settings menu. Tap "Turn on Content Blockers" or "Turn off Content Blockers" as needed for content blocking. This only affects the page your own, and it will reset to your defaults when it's refreshed. To make it stick, tap "Website Settings" from the Page Settings menu, then toggle on/off "Use Content Blockers" for that website.

As for other types of extensions, from the "AA" Page Settings menu, tap "Manage Extensions," then toggle on or off the switch next to the extension you want. This applies Safari-wide, but you'll still have to give it permissions.

With the Safari Extensions enabled on your iPhone or iPad, you still have to give them the correct permissions. On a webpage in Safari where you'd like to use the extension, open the "AA" Page Settings menu, then you'll see the extension name in the extensions section if it's turned on.

If permissions are needed, you may see an exclamation symbol next to the extension. Tap the extension, then choose "Allow for One Day" or "Always Allow" on the prompt, or you can select "Don't Allow" if you never want that extension to work on that site.

You may also see a banner up top asking you to "Review" additional permissions requested; tap that to grant or deny the extension to the other sites listed.

Some extensions will ask you to give them permission to more than just the website you're on (e.g., for recent sites visited or your whole browsing history), so be careful if you see more than one URL in the prompt. You can always edit permissions later per website.

Extensions will all act differently depending on what they do. As you can see below for Rakuten, there's a little "R" button on the corner; tapping that shows me the cashback deal, and tapping the deal activates it and reloads the webpage with its tracking code added.

As seen in the previous section, you can manage web extensions directly in Safari per website whenever you need or don't need them. You can also customize these from Settings –> Safari –> Extensions.

In the extension's details, you can toggle it on or off, and when it's on, you can see all of the permission you've given it below. In the "Webpage Contents and Browsing History" section, it will always show the websites you've allowed permission to always. Below that, every website it asked to get permissions for will show up separately, and you can change any of them from "Ask," "Deny," or "Allow."

If you use "Ask," it will always ask you to "Allow for One Day," "Always Allow," or "Don't Allow." But "Deny" will deny permissions until you change the setting, while "Allow" will always allow them.

For all other websites, they default to "Ask," but you can set them to "Deny" or "Allow."

Toggling an extension off will still show all of the websites you've given "Allow" permission to here.

If you previously denied a website access to the extension and change your mind, you can change it in the Settings app as seen above, or you can do so on the website in Safari. You may see the "Review" button up top in the banner for an active extension; tap that to bring up the permission choices. If you don't see that, open up the Page Settings menu, tap the extension's name, and the permissions prompt will appear.

When an extension is active on a website, you'll see the Safari Extension icon in the search field (URL bar). If you don't see that, an extension is not active, and you may see a banner up top for an extension asking for permissions to review for the webpage. You can also open the Page Settings menu on the website, and if the extension's icon is in color, it should be active.

When it comes to content blockers, the only way to tell is to see if it's on or off in the Page Settings menu.

If you no longer need an extension, you can delete its app like any other app on your iPhone or iPad. There is no way to delete the extension itself while keeping the app. Some apps may offer switches in their in-app settings, but we haven't seen that yet. So, if you need to keep the app, just disable the extension as seen above.

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Safari 14 added WebExtensions support. So where are the extensions?

Note : This story has not been updated since 2021.

At WWDC 2020, Apple announced it was going to support Chrome-style browser extensions (the WebExtensions API) in Safari. But with a catch, as Dan pointed out :

Apple’s approaching this in an unsurprisingly Apple-like fashion. If you want to distribute a web extension, it’s got to be wrapped in a native Mac application designed in Xcode. Installing the app from the app store will also install the web extension.

This feature, which shipped last fall in Safari 14 (on Big Sur, Catalina, and Mojave), theoretically lets the developers of JavaScript-based extensions—for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and other browsers—bring largely the same code and make it available to Safari users on the Mac.

At the time, it seemed to me like it might all amount to nothing if extension developers didn’t want to do the extra work to get up and running in Safari:

That’s a lot of barriers just to reach Mac users running Safari who could just as easily open a different browser to get that functionality…. If you’ve got a favorite Chrome extension that you’d like to see come to macOS, you may need to write to the developer and try to convince them. I hope Apple makes this work and Safari gets a much richer extension library out of this, but there’s also a scenario where plug-in developers just don’t bother with Safari. That would be a shame. We’ll see.

Months after Safari 14’s release, are developers “bothering with Safari?”

The answer seems to be largely no—at least, not yet. The Mac App Store’s Safari extensions library seems to be largely populated with the same stuff that was there before Safari 14 was released, though there are some exceptions.

PocketTube is a YouTube-focused extension that recently added Safari support. OneTab coalesces open tabs into a single page. And Blue Canoe Dictionary lets you highlight English words and learn how to say them

Tony Andrews of Blue Canoe Learning says that Blue Canoe was happy to port its extension to Safari, motivated by the ability to reach all of those Safari for Mac users who were previously unable to use it. “It definitely helps if you’re already familiar with the Apple developer tools and ecosystem,” he told me, and said the process went very smoothly.

Andrew Abrahamowicz is the developer of the excellent Library Extension , which overlays book availability from your local library on top of book-related pages at sites like Amazon. Abrahamowicz has been developing Library Extension for a decade now, and while it doesn’t support Safari yet, he’s working on it.

Abrahamowicz told me that since Library Extension isn’t his day job, he’s limited in the amount of effort he can give to it—and of course, supporting a new platform takes a lot of extra work. However, I discovered that Abrahamowicz had recently gotten a new M1 Mac and had begun work on a Safari version of Library Extension. Beyond needing to get set up with Xcode, Abrahamowicz has had to deal with some specific security limitations Apple applies to extensions, which may require him to actually write some Mac-specific code in order to give the Safari version of Library Extension the same features it has on other platforms.

I was encouraged by Abrahamowicz’s interest in building a Safari extension, but my conversation with him also highlighted some of the barriers many extension developers may have: Limited time, lack of access to Apple hardware, unfamiliarity with Apple’s developer tools, Safari’s incompatibility with some existing extension-development tools, and the requirement to make some code changes in order to fit inside Apple’s security model.

Even the most popular browser extensions are, like Library Extension, the product of someone who is scratching their own itch in their spare time. If that person doesn’t use Safari or even own a Mac, it’s a lot harder to imagine they will do the extra work to bring their extension to Safari users.

Take Beyond20 , an excellent extension that connects the D&D Beyond character sheet to virtual tabletop services like Roll20 . When I want to use Beyond20, I have to switch to Chrome or Firefox, but when Apple made its announcement last year I wondered if I might one day be able to use it in Safari.

A visit to Beyond20 support cleared that up in a hurry. Beyond20 project owner Youness Alaoui wrote:

This wouldn’t happen unfortunately because I don’t use Safari and it’s not chromium based so it would require additional work to get it working. Even Microsoft have contacted me asking to add the extension to the Edge store (zero changes required) and I’m hesitating because of the extra overhead in submitting the package to yet another site upon release. Getting it to work with Safari would be a headache in itself that I don’t think I’ll ever be ready for. Sorry!

Alaoui’s reluctance to submit his extension to Microsoft’s directory says it all—it’s more work, and commitment to ongoing support, for what is essentially a passion project. (And presumably there’s also the $99/year cost of an Apple developer account, which is beyond the scope of a lot of these projects.)

The good news is, if an extension is an open-source project, it might only take a motivated fan to get it up and running on Safari. The Vue developer tools for JavaScript don’t work on Safari, but someone is trying to get community funding to pay someone to make it work. That requires a community with time or money—and a developer who thinks it’s worth the work—but it’s not impossible.

So in the end, what was the net effect of Apple’s announcement of support for the WebExtensions API in Safari? It’s a work in progress. A very small number of extensions have appeared in the App Store, and it seems quite likely that others will follow at their own pace. Other developers remain utterly unmoved by all the extra work moving to Safari would entail.

It strikes me that Apple could rapidly drive adoption of Safari extensions if it would finally bring that technology to iOS. Targeting the Mac is nice, but if they could target iPads and iPhones, we might really have something.

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Blazing fast. Incredibly private.

Safari is the best way to experience the internet on all your Apple devices. It brings robust customization options, powerful privacy protections, and optimizes battery life — so you can browse how you like, when you like. And when it comes to speed, it’s the world’s fastest browser. 1

Performance

More with the battery. less with the loading..

With a blazing-fast JavaScript engine, Safari is the world’s fastest browser. 1 It’s developed to run specifically on Apple devices, so it’s geared to make the most out of your battery life and deliver long-lasting power.

Increased performance

We’re always working to make the fastest desktop browser on the planet even faster.

Improved power efficiency

Safari lets you do more online on a single charge.

Up to 4 hours more streaming videos compared with Chrome 3

Up to 17 hours of video streaming 3

Best-in-class browsing

Safari outperforms both Mac and PC browsers in benchmark after benchmark on the same Mac. 4

• JetStream /
• MotionMark /
• Speedometer /

JavaScript performance on advanced web applications. 4

Safari vs. other Mac browsers

Safari on macOS

Chrome on macOS

Edge on macOS

Firefox on macOS

Safari vs. Windows 11 browsers

Chrome on Windows 11

Edge on Windows 11

Firefox on Windows 11

Rendering performance of animated content. 4

Web application responsiveness. 4

4K video streaming

See your favorite shows and films in their best light. Safari supports in-browser 4K HDR video playback for YouTube, Netflix, and Apple TV+. 5 And it runs efficiently for longer-lasting battery life.

Privacy is built in.

Online privacy isn’t just something you should hope for — it’s something you should expect. That’s why Safari comes with industry-leading privacy protection technology built in, including Intelligent Tracking Prevention that identifies trackers and helps prevent them from profiling or following you across the web. Upgrading to iCloud+ gives you even more privacy protections, including the ability to sign up for websites and services without having to share your personal email address.

Intelligent Tracking Prevention

Safari stops trackers in their tracks.

What you browse is no one’s business but your own. Safari has built‑in protections to help stop websites and data-collection companies from watching and profiling you based on your browsing activity. Intelligent Tracking Prevention uses on‑device intelligence to help prevent cross‑site tracking and stops known trackers from using your IP address — making it incredibly difficult to learn who you are and what you’re interested in.

Privacy Report

Safari makes it simple to see how your privacy is protected on all the websites you visit. Click Privacy Report in the Safari menu for a snapshot of cross-site trackers currently prevented from profiling you on the website you’re visiting. Or view a weekly Privacy Report to see how Safari protects you as you browse over time.

Customization

Putting the you in url..

Safari is more customizable than ever. Organize your tabs into Tab Groups so it’s easy to go from one interest to the next. Set a custom background image and fine-tune your browser window with your favorite features — like Reading List, Favorites, iCloud Tabs, and Siri Suggestions. And third-party extensions for iPhone, iPad, and Mac let you do even more with Safari, so you can browse the way you want across all your devices.

Safari Profiles allow you to separate your history, extensions, Tab Groups, favorites, cookies, and more. Quickly switch between profiles for topics you create, like Personal and Work.

Web apps let you save your favorite websites to the Dock on Mac and to the Home Screen on iPhone and iPad. A simplified toolbar and separate settings give you an app-like experience.

Safari Extensions add functionality to your browser to help you explore the web the way you want. Find and add your favorite extensions in the dedicated Safari category on the App Store.

Save and organize your tabs in the way that works best for you. Name your Tab Groups, edit them, and switch among them across devices. You can also share Tab Groups — making planning your next family trip or group project easier and more collaborative.

Smart Tools

Designed to help your work flow..

Built-in tools create a browsing experience that’s far more immersive, intuitive, and immediate. Get detailed information about a subject in a photo with just a click, select text within any image, instantly translate an entire web page, and quickly take notes wherever you are on a site — without having to switch apps.

Notes is your go-to app to capture any thought. And with the Quick Note feature, you can instantly jot down ideas as you browse websites without having to leave Safari.

Translation

Translate entire web pages with a single click. You can also get translations for text in images and paused video without leaving Safari.

Interact with text in any image or paused video on the web using functions like copy and paste, translate, and lookup. 6

Visual Look Up

Quickly learn more about landmarks, works of art, breeds of dogs, and more with only a photo or an image you find online. And easily lift the subject of an image from Safari, remove its background, and paste it into Messages, Notes, or other apps.

Surf safe and sound.

Strong security protections in Safari help keep you safe. Passkeys introduce a safer way to sign in. iCloud Keychain securely stores and autofills passkeys and passwords across all your devices. Safari also notifies you when it encounters suspicious websites and prevents them from loading. Because it loads each web page in a separate process, any harmful code is always confined to a single browser tab so it won’t crash the entire application or access your data. And Safari automatically upgrades sites from HTTP to the more secure HTTPS when available.

Passkeys introduce a more secure and easier way to sign in. No passwords required.

Passkeys are end-to-end encrypted and safe from phishing and data leaks, and they are stronger than all common two-factor authentication types. Thanks to iCloud Keychain, they work across all your Apple devices, and they even work on non-Apple devices.

Learn more about passkeys

Apple Pay and Wallet make checkout as easy as lifting a finger.

Apple Pay is the easiest and most secure way to shop on Safari — allowing you to complete transactions with Face ID or Touch ID on your iPhone or iPad, with Touch ID on your MacBook Pro or MacBook Air, or by double-clicking the side button on your Apple Watch.

Learn more about Apple Pay

With AutoFill, you can easily fill in your previously saved credit card information from the Wallet app during checkout. Your credit card details are never shared, and your transactions are protected with industry-leading security.

Same Safari. Different device.

Safari works seamlessly and syncs your passwords, bookmarks, history, tabs, and more across Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch. And when your Mac, iOS, or iPadOS devices are near each other, they can automatically pass what you’re doing in Safari from one device to another using Handoff. You can even copy images, video, or text from Safari on your iPhone or iPad, then paste into another app on your nearby Mac — or vice versa.

When you use Safari on multiple devices, your tabs carry over from one Apple device to another. So you can search, shop, work, or browse on your iPhone, then switch to your iPad or Mac and pick up right where you left off.

Save web pages you want to read later by adding them to your Reading List. Then view them on any of your iCloud-connected devices — even if you’re not connected to the internet.

iCloud Keychain securely stores your user names, passkeys, passwords, and credit card numbers and keeps them up to date on your trusted devices. So you can easily sign in to your favorite websites — as well as apps on iOS and iPadOS — and quickly make online purchases.

Designed for developers.

Deep WebKit integration between Mac hardware and macOS allows Safari to deliver the fastest performance and the longest battery life of any browser on the platform, while supporting modern web standards for rich experiences in the browser. WebKit in macOS Sonoma includes optimizations that enable even richer browsing experiences, and give developers more control over styling and layout — allowing for more engaging content.

Make Safari your default browser

Customize your start page, view your browsing privacy report, monitor your saved passwords, use apple pay in safari, view your tabs across all your devices, read the safari user guide, get safari support.

20+ Best Safari extensions for iPhone and iPad in 2024

Browser extensions are a great way to simplify and quicken menial tasks. And thanks to iOS 15 and later, Safari on iPhone and iPad now supports an array of helpful and handy extensions. I have explored the App Store extensively to find the best Safari extensions for the iPhone and iPad, and here are my top picks.

But before we move on to the listing, let’s see how you can enable Safari extensions on your iPhone and iPad.

How to use Safari extensions on iPhone and iPad

There are two major types of Safari extensions currently available for iPhone and iPad:

• Embedded – Extensions that run in the background like content blockers, auto-fill passwords, auto-correct grammar, etc. However, you may have to turn it on via Settings → Safari → Extensions → toggle on the extension .
• Manual – Extensions that you’ll have to manually run from the Share Sheet or the Extension tab, quite like clicking a Safari extension in Mac .

For more details, check out our step-by-step guide on using Safari extension on iPhone and iPad .

Best Safari extension for security and protection

1. adguard – block ads on the go.

Extension category – Embedded

99.99% of web surfers hate ads. But if you love or enjoy those disturbing elements, feel free to skip to the next extension. However, it is way more than a free tool to block ads and trackers.

AdGuard also offers advanced tracking protection, up to 4x faster speed acceleration, reduced traffic consumption, better battery performance, enabling a faster, smoother web surfing experience.

The neat thing is that you can manage what content to block, i.e., which filters, rules, and exceptions to apply. And if you want to avail custom or advanced security filters and DNS privacy, the premium version could help.

Key features

• Simple, intuitive UI
• Array of features
• Powerful ad filters
• Variety of language-specific filters
• Ad blocker in Safari

Price: Free (Subscription starts at $0.99/month)

2. 1Password – Protect your passwords and more

1Password becomes even smarter and smoother with the iOS 15 support. Get immediate access to everything stored in 1Password directly from iPhone/iPad Safari, from passwords and cards to notes.

Moreover, it could autofill logins, credit cards, emails, 2FA code, addresses, and more across multiple pages. It will also give in-page filling suggestions, similar to its desktop counterpart. Indeed, it is one of the most potent password managers out there.

What I absolutely adore is that you can organize your passwords under different categories for easy access. However, it no longer offers a free plan, which might be a sore point for many users.

• One tap sign-in 
• Auto-fill forms and more
• Smart Passwords suggestions
• Strong encryption 
• 30-day trial period

Price: Free (Monthly subscription for $3.99)

3. Clario – Powerful security solution

If secure browsing is your no.1 concern, Clario is the best bet for you. For starters, it offers identity protection with a data breach monitor that helps protect your passwords, card details, and other info. The ad blocker ensures that you have a clean and annoyance-free time online.

Plus, a built-in reliable VPN encrypts your data, whether you’re at the home, office, or public network, without compromising on browsing speed. Clario also offers multiplatform support, i.e., you can access it across all your devices: Mac, iPhone, iPad, and web.

There’s also 24/7 live expert assistance that’ll help you through any related roadblocks. The only chink in the armor is that it’s expensive, and you’ll have to cough up $9/month for a single device.

• Built-in VPN  
• Data breach monitor
• 24/7 expert assistance
• 7-day trial period

Price: Free (Monthly subscription starts at $9)

4. Hyperweb – All-in-one browser extension for iPhone and iPad

Designed to deliver a personalized Safari experience, Hyperweb can wear many hats. It enables users to create blockers, disable cookies, manage dark mode, open links in specific apps, inject custom CSS and JS scripts, and more.

The app boasts over 100 enhancements suggestions in its gallery. Plus, it auto-suggests relevant enhancements as you surf websites. You can even add websites, preferred news sites, and more as favorites to create a personalized search engine.

Although, if you aren’t a pro at these things, the Hyperweb app might look a bit scary. I hope the makers add a tutorial within the app or on their website to help noobs maneuver the app.

• Superbly versatile app
• Block ads, cookies, and more
• Auto-enhancement suggestions
• Customize your search

Price: Free (Monthly subscription for $2.99)

iOS Safari extensions for saving money

5. honey – coupons, codes, and beyond.

Extension category – Embedded 

Honey has been a shopaholic’s favorite web extension for years now. And now it brings all that goodness to iPhone. When exploring shopping sites on Safari, Honey will look for offers and auto-pop discount coupons.

What’s more? The extension will auto-apply the best available coupon codes during checkout. Honey also helps you save money via cashback, even on day-to-day essentials. Moreover, you can grab a chance to earn double cashback and other exciting offers.

• The best offers across the web
• Time and money-saving
• Auto-applies coupons

Price: Free

7. CardPointers – Credit card & cashback manager

CardPointers is a shopaholic’s paradise as it helps them save money and make money via cashback, points, miles, and more. The extension automatically looks for offers on the current website corresponding to the cards you own.

After that, it suggests which card to use right now to avail of maximum savings. Notably, CardPointers can track category bonuses, recurring bank credits, etc., from over 3000 credit cards, including Amex, Bank of America, and Citibank.

And whether you own 2 or 20 cards, it can help you earn more points, miles, and cashback on each one of them.

• Easy to use
• Auto-track offers
• Supports over 3000 cards
• Suggests you better cards

Best note-taking Safari extensions for iPhone and iPad

8. pinterest – best for collecting inspirations.

Extension category – Share Sheet

Pinterest is already one of the most popular mood-boarding apps . And this iPhone Safari extension further enhances its utility. You can pin any idea you spotted while surfing aboard.

Whether, it’s a tech hack, mesmerizing wallpaper, recipe, DIY project, or hairstyle, never forget an excellent idea you find on the internet.

Interestingly, the Share Sheet extension also works with the Photos app. So, you can easily upload photos and videos to Pinterest from the camera roll/gallery.

• Quickly pin websites to Pinterest
• Save in existing board or make a new one
• Supports the Photos app

9. Pocket – Collect all references in one place

Consider Pocket as the Pinterest for news, articles, and web pages. That’s right! You can upload anything you discover online from any publisher and save it to read, listen to, or watch later. 

The best part, the website is instantly saved on the Pocket account without moving you out of the Safari app. So, your workflow is not interrupted, and a read/refer list is prepared in the background. 

Key features 

• Cloud sync across devices
• Organize and search via content type 
• Converts text into audio
• Find related news or articles with ease 

Price : Free (Pocket Premium for $4.99)

10. Bring! – Never forget an ingredient

Extension category – Extensions tab

If you love surfing and exploring new recipes on the web, Bring! is the perfect app for you. You can bookmark any recipe you love and add its ingredient to your shopping list with a few taps.

Just tap the extension icon from the address bar and select transfer recipe. In the pop-up window, either select Bookmark recipe or Add ingredients to the list. Subject to the recipe, you can also adjust the servings before adding the ingredients to your shopping list.

Further, you can segregate the lists according to stores, upcoming parties, etc., and share them with friends and family from the app. Moreover, save the loyalty cards in the app to ensure seamless and quick checkout every time.

• Bookmark recipes you love
• Add all ingredients to the shopping list in a tap
• Quick shopping and checkouts
• Organize shopping list as per the will

Price: Free (Monthly subscription for $1.99)

11. Mailo – Note-to-self companion

Extension Category –Share Sheet

Don’t like depending on third-party apps for securing your inspiration or read-later list? Don’t want to share your random finds with the world? Well, mail it to yourself!

This Safari extension for iPhone makes this a breeze. You can tap a button and email yourself anything interesting you come across quickly. Moreover, there are no ads, tracking, or analytics, so you can rest assured about your privacy. 

• Smooth, minimal interface
• Supports PDF, doc, photos as well
• Supports Siri Shortcuts support 

Price : $2.99

Focus-oriented Safari extensions on iPhone

12. momentum – inspirational wallpapers and more.

One of Chrome’s best extensions comes to iPhone, iPad, and Mac Safari. With Momentum, you can personalize the Safari start page and convert it into a smart dashboard. It is designed to eliminate distractions, beat procrastination, and enhance your productivity.

For starters, it will welcome you with inspirational photos and quote every day. You can set daily goals, track your to-do list, check the weather forecast, add sites as favorites, or set uptime/downtime with a Pomodoro timer.

• Daily inspirational photos and quote
• Great built-in features
• Enhance your productivity
• Most features are free

13. Block Distracting Websites – Keep distractions at bay

Do you get easily distracted or want to block some websites from your kids? Whatever the reason, this extension can be your bae, as it helps you temporarily block distracting websites.

You can set a timer to lift the block or unblock websites when your work is done. On top of it all, the app’s simple and minimal interface makes using the extension a breeze.

• Block as many websites as you want
• Clean and minimal
• Provides a list of potentially distracting websites

Price: $2.99

Best productivity Safari extensions for iPhone

14. mate translate – safari extension for quick translation.

While Safari finally supports webpage translation, the feature currently has limited language and region support. In comparison, Mate could translate text into over 103 languages, even if you are offline.

Moreover, you can seamlessly translate complete websites or selected text automatically. Mate can be the perfect mate for you if you come across foreign language sites regularly or want to learn a new one.

• An extensive language translation app
• Automatically translates websites or selected text
• Supports over 103 languages
• One-time cost

Price: $29.99

Note: If you are looking for a free translator extension, try Microsoft Translator . It supports up to 70 languages. However, it will not be automatic. You’ll have to enable it from the Share Sheet.

15. Grammarly – Correct grammar on the go

Whether you are a pro or beginner at English, typing mistakes are common, especially when typing fast. Grammarly’s Safari extension ensures that you don’t make silly mistakes while typing in the browser.

The extension is fruitful for any webpage that uses keyboard input, from mails, social media, note-taking to form. Moreover, the freemium version is perfect for most users. It can quickly catch and correct your mistakes. So, it’s a win-win situation.

• Highlights your mistakes
• One-tap correction
• Great freemium version
• Works with most sites

Price: Free (Monthly subscription for $29.99)

16. Mapper for Safari – Extension for Apple Maps lover

What happens when you search for an address on Google and tap for directions? Well, instead of opening the link in Apple Maps, you are redirected to Google Maps (if you have the app).

But what if you want to navigate via Apple Maps? You’ll either have to copy the address and paste or use the Mapper Safari extension to auto-redirect the Google Maps link to Apple Maps. The second option sounds neater right?

What’s more? It will cost you less than a Dollar to avail of this convenience.

• Seamless redirect
• Turn it on/off from Safari
• Worth the price, if you travel a lot

Price: $0.99

17. Noir – Safari extension for dark mode

While fine websites like iGeeksBlog happily offer dark mode, some choose to stay away from the setting. But why shouldn’t you get dark mode if you like it? Especially when Noir is here. The extension enables dark mode automatically for every website you visit.

Remarkably, this one does a thorough job and not just inverted colors. The dark style varies according to the colors used on the webpage and differs for each website.

What’s more? You get to choose what you want. If you want dark mode on some and light on some websites, just instruct Noir, and it will follow your command.

• Auto-enables dark mode
• Dark mode tailored to each website
• Customization options

Helpful Safari extensions

18. web inspector – inspect any websites code.

A true gem for developers; with one tap, you get to examine the backend of any website. Whether you are a student, inquisitive for the behind-the-scenes action, or a developer who wants to inspect their handy work, Web Inspector is the Safari extension for all of it.

You can also view, edit, inspect, and search through DOM (Document Object Model) elements or check out nodes and styles. Manage the JavaScript commands to debug or modify the page and quickly surf through details like logs, errors, warnings, network requests, session storage, and more.

• One-tap access
• Shares comprehensive data about the webpage
• Free to use tool
• Great for beginners

Note: Another great option for viewing HTML details is Achoo . While it costs $0.99, it offers a variety of options.

19. Amplosion – Auto-redirect AMP links

As mobile surfing becomes common, so are Accelerated Mobile Pages, aka AMP webpages. But what if you prefer standard links? Well, the developer of Apollo, Christian Selig, has a solution. Amplosion auto converts AMP links into their standard counterpart so that you can surf with ease.

You can also add specific websites to the Allowlist and continue with their AMP versions. Moreover, the open-source extension also counts how many times it has been used till now.

• Automatic functioning
• Completely open source
• Home screen widgets
• Includes an adorable digital dog

20. xSearch for Safari – Switch search engines in a jiffy

Though changing Safari’s default search engine is not that big of a task, it might be troublesome for someone who likes to switch often. xSearch Safari extension allows you to access multiple search engines with a simple shortcut instantly.

For instance, use ‘G Apple’ to search with Google and ‘DDG Apple’ to search with DuckDuckGo. Moreover, it also supports a URL scheme, i.e., if you search ‘twapp apple’ in Safari or Spotlight, it will open Twitter app instantly.

• Switch between search engines instantly
• Extensive search engine gallery
• Customizable for advanced users

Price: $1.99

21. URL to QR – Quickly share websites with anyone

There are several options to share a URL with someone, and a QR Code is one of the most effective ones. While some websites would do it for free, the task of copy, pasting, and converting can be tiresome.

This is where this extension steps in and sweeps off all related issues. All you have to do is tap the extension icon, select URL to QR, and tada, you’ll have a QR, all ready to share with other devices or persons.

• One tap conversions
• Quick and easy  

Safari extensions for entertainment

22. pipifier – pip mode for the win.

Not impressed with iOS PiP mode ? No worries, PiPifier is a free-to-use action extension that can play any HTML 5 video in Picture-in-Picture mode, from YouTube to Vimeo. Notably, most websites use this format for their video, which means you can play almost every web video in PiP mode. And that too in two taps.

Play the video, tap the extension’s icon, and then PiPifier. The video will instantly appear in a floating window; you can now move on to any other app without interrupting the video.

• Supports almost all web videos
• All iOS PiP mode features are maintained

Price: Free (Voluntary tip starting from $0.99)

23. Vidimote for Safari – Smart playback controls

If you love watching videos in Safari on iPhone or iPad, you’ll fall head over heels for this one. Vidimote is a clever Safari extension that brings smooth playback controls to your fingertips. You can speed up, jump ±10 seconds, live stream clock, mute/unmute or choose between PiP or fullscreen mode.

Notably, the extension supports HTML5 web videos. So you are sorted, whether you’re playing YouTube, Netflix, Vimeo, Twitch, Dropbox, or other platforms.

• Bundle of playback options
• Supports HTML5 web videos
• Supports PiP mode

Price: $4.99

24. Turn Off the Lights for Safari – Just you and the video

Some extensions help you concentrate on work or study; it’s only fair that an extension should help you make the most of your video-watching time. And this one is precisely that!

It instantly focuses on the HTML5 video player and darkens/fades out everything else for a cinema-style watching experience. And since it supports HTML5, it works for all major websites.

• Instant action
• Supports all major websites
• Free to use.

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Now, aren’t these extensions a gem? These were some of the best Safari extensions for the iPhone that we found useful. Let us know which ones you like the most in the comments below. Or recommend any that we missed out on!

You might also enjoy reading the below articles:

• Safari vs. Chrome: Which browser is better for iPhone and Mac?
• How to use tab groups in Safari on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
• How to close all Safari tabs at once on iPhone and iPad
• Disappearing Safari tabs on iPhone and iPad? 10 Working fixes

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Hands on: Safari 5 review

Reader mode, HTML5 and a browser that goes Bing

Apple 's been busy this week: if a new iPhone wasn't enough, there's a new version of Safari for Mac and Windows users too.

The new browser has a new version number, too - this is Safari 5.

Some of the new features are tiny but useful.

There's arevised address bar that's smart enough to search entire URLs for your text; the ability to make Safari the browser that Bings by changing the default from Google to Bing - but some are considerably bigger.

NEW BAR: The address bar now scans entire URLs for easier recall of visited web pages

The biggest new feature is Reader mode. When you're visiting a site that Safari reckons contains an article, the word Reader appears in the address bar; click it and the ads and layout disappear, replaced with a clean white page with the article text on it. If you've used the excellent Readability bookmarklet or used a word processor in 1993 you'll be at home immediately.

Reader doesn't just strip the ads: it also takes multi-page articles and stitches them together, which is good news for readers and bad news for sites that split their articles into bits to maximise page views.

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It doesn't work with everything, though, so for example sites that insist on Powerpoint-style slideshows for the simplest nuggets of information aren't Reader-ised into punter-friendly format.

We suspect it probably won't work for long, either: if ad-funded sites suss out that Reader is depriving them of ad views, it's just a matter of time before they find a way to evade it.

CHANGE DEFAULT: Safari can be the browser that Bings if you'd rather not have Google as your default search engine

Something that may be more useful in the longer term is the Safari Developer Program, which urges developers to create Safari Extensions using HTML

5, CSS3 and JavaScript.

The Extension Builder tool is bundled with the browser (although you'll need a certificate from the Safari Developer Program to use it) but Extensions themselves are disabled by default. It's impossible to say whether Safari Extensions are worthwhile until we've seen some; for now it's a feature for the developers, as is the tweaked Web Inspector for viewing how Safari handles your web page code.

As we've come to expect from new browser versions, Safari 5 delivers better performance than before. Windows users now benefit from hardware acceleration, while all users get Chrome-style DNS pre-fetching for faster link loading.

There's also a considerably faster JavaScript engine. On our trusty MacBook Pro, Safari's fastest Sunspider benchmark was 365ms, compared to Google Chrome's best of 408ms.

In the real world the difference is negligible, though, and when we tried Office Live (admittedly out of sheer amusement at the thought of running Office inside Apple and Google browsers) there was no noticeable difference in the two browsers' performance.

OFFICE INSIDE: Hell freezes over as we successfully run Microsoft Office inside an Apple browser on a Mac. Safari's a nippy web-app platform

Last but not least there's HTML5, with support for a bunch of new HTML5 tags. Existing video support has been enhanced with support for full screen mode and closed captions, and Safari now supports geolocation. As with the iPhone, you'll be asked before Safari shares your location with anyone.

Does it deserve a whole new version number? Probably not: Reader aside, Safari 5 is more about the promise of new things than the delivery of new things, so better HTML5 support will be useful when more sites use HTML5 and Safari Extensions may well be useful when they finally appear. It's always nice to have improved performance, though, and Reader mode saves the odd bit of eye strain.

It's hardly essential and it's unlikely to tempt Chrome or Firefox users away, but if you're already a Safari user it's a worthwhile update.

Writer, broadcaster, musician and kitchen gadget obsessive Carrie Marshall ( Twitter ) has been writing about tech since 1998, contributing sage advice and odd opinions to all kinds of magazines and websites as well as writing more than a dozen books. Her memoir, Carrie Kills A Man , is on sale now. She is the singer in Glaswegian rock band HAVR .

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HTML5 Audio Safari Extension

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HTML5 Audio Safari Extension 1.0.6 for Mac was free to download from our software library. This free software for Mac OS X was originally designed by Shaun Inman. The program lies within Internet & Network Tools, more precisely Browser extensions.

From the developer:

HTML5 Audio Safari extension replaces a number of Flash-based audio players with the HTML5 audio element. Main features: - Support for the 8bit Collective audio player. - Support for .m3u files on Amazon and eMusic. - Support for the Guardian audio player.

You may want to check out more software for Mac, such as ZENTUBE Safari Extension or QR Code Safari Extension , which might be related to HTML5 Audio Safari Extension.

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