As soon as Apple allowed ad-blocking extensions to work in Safari in iOS 9, a slew of apps popped up in the App Store promising iOS users a far more pleasant mobile browsing experience—one without pesky ads. There are different ad-blockers, or Content Blocking Safari Extensions, as Apple calls them, currently in the App Store, ranging in price from free to a few bucks. (And these apps haven’t come without controversy: Developer Marco Arment has already decided to.) Our colleague Glenn Fleishman with several content-blocking apps in iOS 9. But you can’t just download any content-blocking app from the App Store and expect all of the ads to magically disappear. Watch the video above to see how you can enable your chosen ad-blocker in Settings, and configure the app to customize how you block ads and trackers. Safari even has a new hidden option to reload a page without content blockers, even if you have an ad-blocker enabled.
Ad blocking can speed up your browsing experience and protect you from malware, but which ad blocker should you use in Safari for macOS? Safari is the default browser on the Mac, so it's to be.