Are there ad blocker that filters YouTube advertisements on Mojave Safari Version 12.0?

I use uBlock Origin with Safari 12 on macOS Mojave. It has been several months since I watched an Youtube ad.

This blog was of extreme help in making the extension work using extension builder. It also has an AppleScript to enable the extension quickly.

  • https://georgegarside.com/blog/macos/install-any-safari-extension-macos-mojave/

I couldn't get preferences saving to work, so I export the settings to a file and import it back after every safari restart.

Unfortunately, the extension system has been removed from Safari in Safari 13. So I plan to switch to Brave or Firefox to continue using uBlock Origin.

  • https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158
  • https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/156

For safari, uBO suggests

  • Adguard
  • Ka-Block!
  • Ghostery lite
  • Wipr

NOT recommended:

  • uBlock (not origin)
  • AdBlock Plus for Safari
  • AdBlock for Safari (made by BETAFISH INC)

Not affiliated with any product.


"Wipr" does the Job guys. No slowdowns, no cpu hogging, and it's not able to get to your passwords & payment info. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wipr/id1320666476?mt=12

Edit: Wipr no longer blocks YT ads.