I have done everything suggested in support article: my Mac Air's software is up to date. The pop up blocker is on, the fradudulent website warning is on and I even installed 1Blocker. Nothing is working! I haven't opened any of the pop ups. Now what?
What else can I do to block these threatening pop ups?
MacBook Air (M2, 2022)
A pop up normally refers to a window generated by a web site.
If these are sliding in the from the top right of the screen, a site you visited has given itself permission to send push notifications. Everything you're seeing is nothing but a scam.
Open Safari's preferences. Click on the Websites tab and then scroll down to Notifications. Clear any entries in the right hand window. You might find something similar in the Pop-up Windows heading below that. Block any you don't recognize.
Then if you want, uncheck the box below as shown here.
I personally can't think of any reason why I would ever want any website to push notices to me.
A pop up normally refers to a window generated by a web site.
If these are sliding in the from the top right of the screen, a site you visited has given itself permission to send push notifications. Everything you're seeing is nothing but a scam.
Open Safari's preferences. Click on the Websites tab and then scroll down to Notifications. Clear any entries in the right hand window. You might find something similar in the Pop-up Windows heading below that. Block any you don't recognize.
Then if you want, uncheck the box below as shown here.
I personally can't think of any reason why I would ever want any website to push notices to me.
Try turning off website notifications:
Customize website notifications in Safari on Mac - Apple Support
I use Privacy Badger, Duck Duck Duck Go privacy and uBlock Origin extensions and I rarely see pop ups.
Unable to get rid of threatening pop ups
