sharveson

Q: How do I turn off autoplay of video content in Safari?

Can someone tell me how to disable the auto play-back of video content when browsing on my iMac in Safari 8.0 (OS X 10.10)?  The question goes for all sites that post video content to start playing as soon as the page finishes populating.  If I want to watch the video, I want to proactively click "play," rather than have it start playing automatically.

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 24, 2014 12:02 PM

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Q: How do I turn off autoplay of video content in Safari?

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  • by WinstonE,

    WinstonE WinstonE Apr 5, 2016 12:14 PM in response to freediverx01
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    iPad
    Apr 5, 2016 12:14 PM in response to freediverx01

    Both Adblock Plus and AdBlock (these are different extensions, from different developers) are available for Safari. And someone I know who knows a lot about Macs is still using uBlock without any problems. But there will likely become a time when uBlock won't work with an update to Safari, or will be less effective at ad blocking. Maybe by then uBlock Origin (which is by the original developer of uBlock) will have a Safari version.

     

    freediverx01 wrote:

     

    Be aware that uBlock is no longer being updated. There is a separate fork of uBlock, called uBlock Origin, that is still active, but it does not support Safari. uBlock Origin does work on Firefox and Chrome.

    I'm not about to switch to an inferior browser just for the sake of a content blocker,

  • by cordwainer60,

    cordwainer60 cordwainer60 Apr 9, 2016 1:56 PM in response to WinstonE
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Apr 9, 2016 1:56 PM in response to WinstonE

    All very helpful, of course, and many thanks to everyone for the helpful suggestions.

     

    But as a literal "shout" out to Apple:  It is RIDICULOUS that there is not an easy way in Safari to turn off all video autoplay.  No one should have to take all the steps described, plus use 3rd-party software, in order to accomplish this.  It's not as if there is an infinite number of formats or protocols, not to mention the page code always clues you in there is video or autoplay of media, in a way that is clearly detectable.

     

    I'm also fed up with there being no easy way to stop this. Though to be fair, I'm also fed up with the sites that do this.  In my opinion, frankly, considering ISPs are increasingly setting limits on the amount of data users may download each month, any kind of media autoplay should be prohibited internet-wide, unless users opt-in and agree to it. The default should be opt-out. Sites don't automatically have the right to stream large amounts of data if it will potentially cost users money.

     

    But I digress....because NOT BEING ABLE TO TURN OFF VIDEO AUTOPLAY IN SAFARI IS A PROBLEM APPLE NEEDS TO FIX, JUST AS GOOGLE AND FIREFOX ALREADY HAVE!!!!

     

    C'mon, Apple, you are falling behind - we expect better from what used to be the best company for innovation.  What has happened to you?

  • by mlippmann,

    mlippmann mlippmann Apr 29, 2016 7:20 AM in response to Atchoo
    Level 1 (10 points)
    Mac OS X
    Apr 29, 2016 7:20 AM in response to Atchoo

    I have hunted and hunted for a way to stop $#$%#$% macworld auto play videos and this FINALLY seems to have done the trick.

     

    I have installed countless content blockers and ad blockers to try to accomplish this.  THANK YOU!

  • by philmiamiflorida,

    philmiamiflorida philmiamiflorida Apr 29, 2016 12:52 PM in response to sharveson
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    Apr 29, 2016 12:52 PM in response to sharveson

    I us JSBlocker....hard to configure

    also a lot of other extensions

    have not tried Ad Blocker but may

    but I enable DEVELOP in MENU BAR and then always have to DISABLE ALL EXTENSIONS to see websites I need to get all from just to function, like my bank,etc.

     

    I made the MISTAKE of selecting TRUST for Adobe Flash Player on one website when I always click NO/CANCEL so as NOT to allow flash to play

    Well now I can NOT UN-TRUST IT

    I have gone into SAFARI>PREF>SECURITY>Plug-In Settings and UNCHECKED Adobe Flash but with Disable All Extensions....still get autoplay Ads from Ad Sense, others.

    It's a SHAME that Apple can NOT give us total control over Safari because honestly, a LOT OF PEOPLE do NOT want AUTO PLAY ANYTHING let alone ADS

    I never visit www.forbes.com because it always tries to put up a ad, and I always have ad blockers on my iPad/iPhone and I don't get to read the article....well

    It must not be worth reading since I gotta watch ads.

    I am so OCD about ads, IF I watch TV, I use the MUTE BUTTON on the remote ALOT because I want to watch what I am watching, not commercials

    Any junk snail mail, I don't even take it inside my place, goes straight to the recycle bin

    When I started with computers....dial up 110 baud modems, everything was text only....we had BBS'es that we dialed into.....NO ADS, just talk/discussions/etc

    I honestly miss those simpler days when we were not bombarded with pop ups and auto play anything.......

  • by pzjxd,

    pzjxd pzjxd Jun 9, 2016 6:27 PM in response to sharveson
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Jun 9, 2016 6:27 PM in response to sharveson

    AFAICT, this fix for Safari in Yosemite is utterly useless un El Capitan:


    "1. In the Advanced tab, set "Stop plug-ins to save power". (OK, done!)

     

    "2. In the Security tab, set "Allow Plug-ins" by Internet Plug-ins... " (Whaaa...??  -  where is this "by Internet Plug-ins" ?!?!? - the only choice I can find there is "Plug-in Settings...", which when clicked, only opens settings for the plug-in "Flip4Mac 3.3.7.3" - those settings apparently do absolutely NOTHING, AFAICT, regardless of which settings are selected/deselected & which options are chosen).

    - - -    PLEASE !!! is there any fix to turn off autoplay for Safari in El Capitan, anywhere ?   - - - 

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Jun 10, 2016 11:38 AM in response to pzjxd
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    Jun 10, 2016 11:38 AM in response to pzjxd

    You might want to consider starting a new discussion. Since this one is a couple of years old, less people are likely to look at it. You can link to this one.

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