Allow entire subdomain POPUPs in safari OS Ventura

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Allow entire subdomain POPUPs in safari OS Ventura

Recently the US Government revised some mission critical software which requires a browser. This software worked with Safari until this revision. The Government's stock response is "Use Microsoft IE or Google Chrome." I did learn the pop up blocking options are the cause of the problem. The gov now wants the following sites to allow popups or we get a failure: [*.]faa.gov for the software to work. Safari does not allow wildcard subsites of agency domains to be added, only the presently active website, which does not allow the cascade of popups they want. I need the gov't functionality. How do I get it in Safari?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Sep 27, 2023 4:59 PM

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Sep 27, 2023 5:25 PM in response to Avei

Hi Avei,

Safari's website settings only apply at the domain-level, not subdomain. If you visit faa.gov and open Safari's Settings, then choose the Websites tab, then choose Pop-up Windows from the list, you'll be able to change faa.gov's pop-up window behavior from the default "Block and Notify" to "Allow".

You could also enable adjust the "When visiting other websites" dropdown in the same window to "Allow", which will always allow pop-ups for every website you visit. You could set this to "Allow" while you work and "Block and Notify" when you're finished.

For help, check out Apple's support document: Allow or block pop-ups in Safari on Mac - Apple Support

Hope this helps!

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Sep 27, 2023 5:42 PM in response to timdifferent

It does not help. The gov apparently uses a javascript to determine the name of the pop up it wants to display for this application and can't or won't tell me a fixed dns name. Their solution is to use microsoft products. Apple must have a way to wild card this for a given domain/subdomain. While there are other issues with safari, this one will be the death knell as the website in question is mission critical. I don't make 'em up, but I do have to respond. I want you to know I do not agree with its approach, as I consider giving carte blanche permissions unsafe, but I cannot argue with the government which has been known to have it's sensitive data systems compromised by foreign powers.

The government calls the tunes here, has been getting worse for years and it won't get any better. I have already read the support documents which were unhelpful and referred me here.

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Allow entire subdomain POPUPs in safari OS Ventura

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