Adguard for Mac Updates & Release Notes

August 14, 2019

This update will not blow you away, unless you are really, really into bugfixes and under the hood improvements. But those we have aplenty, especially when it comes to CoreLibs filtering engine. As a result, the new Mac version works faster and blocks ads better than its predecessor, but lacks bit in the wow-factor: the only new feature is, admittedly, rather tame.

[Added] Automatic filter subscriptions detection #279

Most filters have “subscribe” buttons on their homepages or in other places. From now on, AdGuard will be able to intercept click on such links and offer you to add these filters to the app. It’s not much perhaps, but it’s a nice thing to have and it certainly won’t hurt anyone 🙂

[Improved] CoreLibs has been updated to v1.4

There are over 50 bugfixes and improvements in this new CoreLibs version. Some notable examples: …

June 13, 2019

WARNING: for the app to work properly you might need to restart the system.

NOTE: if you currently have AdGuard installed to any folder except for /Applications, the old version will launch after the update anyway. In such case you need to close and uninstall the old AdGuard. Users who have AdGuard installed to /Applications already can update as usual.

Its a common situation when a release is followed by a hotfix, taking care of all unnoticed bugs. The bigger the release, the more bugfixes there usually are in the hotfix. All things considered, v2.0 can be considered a success, seeing how few serious issues we had to resolve in this update.

Ad blocking

[Fixed] Status of the "Trusted" checkbox isn't saved for custom filters #519

Network

[Fixed] Pages don't load when two system user accounts are in use #509

UI

[Fixed] Incorrect statistics after system restart #517

[Fixed] AdGuard doesn't detect some system locales #502

[Fixed] Userscripts are not translated into Traditional Chinese #503

Other

[Fixed] AdGuard installer does not work in MacOS Catalina beta #526 …

May 30, 2019

WARNING: for the app to work properly you might need to restart the system.

NOTE: if you currently have AdGuard installed to any folder except for /Applications, the old version will launch after the update anyway. In such case you need to close and uninstall the old AdGuard. Users who have AdGuard installed to /Applications already can update as usual.

This is one of the biggest updates in the history of AdGuard for Mac. It introduces the long-due Stealth Mode, an updated UI (including the improved Assistant), integration with CoreLibs — the new enhanced filtering engine — and much more. Give it a try and you'll immediately notice the difference.

December 14, 2018

In the anticipation of the AdGuard for Mac v2.0 big update (which is coming at the beginning of the 2019 and will have loads of new features), we really want to acquaint as many people with it as possible. And the biggest driving factor here is, of course, the ability to use the product in your native language. It was nothing but unfair that we deprived our French, Danish and Norwegian-speaking users of that opportunity. We apologize and add respective localizations to AdGuard for Mac for you to enjoy. See you next year with AG for Mac v2.0!

[Changed] Localizations has been added #322

November 22, 2018

A small update for v1.5. We have temporarily disabled support for the dark theme on Mojave OS for version 1.5 since we were focused on the technical part of the development for the new version 2.0. In the upcoming major v2.0 update big changes are expected, but as for now:

[Changed] Disable dark mode on Mojave OS #379

[Changed] Localizations has been updated

[Fixed] No default filters on clean install #360

[Fixed] Welcoming UI and app menu are broken in dark mode on Mojave #359

June 4, 2018

No new stunning features this time, the release is mostly about bugfixes. But they are important ones, you'll appreciate them if you were unlucky enough to come across one of the fixed issues. Oh, and we have added Japanese localization — we know there are quite a few Japanese users out there!

Networking

[Fixed] Browser connections are blocked in certain circumstances #306

[Fixed] TCP FastOpen incompatibility #309

[Fixed] Compatibility with Boxcryptor #310

[Fixed] High CPU usage due to a sync XHR request made by Assistant#315

Other

[Changed] Localization fixes for the Japanese translation #308

[Changed] Start using adguard.com/forward for the website links #313

April 9, 2018

It’s been a while since the last AdGuard for Mac release, so we owed one to our Mac users. This release is small but impactful — or at least we hope so. Some important bugfixes and key improvements have been done, all aimed at achieving better stability and filtering quality.

[Fixed] Sometimes connections can randomly slip past AdGuard #285

The title pretty much explains it. We’ve received several complaints from users about some websites not being filtered (even big ones like youtube.com). Without diving into technical details, we managed to fix it.

[Fixed] Crash in tcpClosed handler while the laptop is sleeping #295

Another bug that doesn’t really require any further explanation, but is serious enough to justify mentioning. In case you encountered this frustrating behavior — rejoice! The bug is fixed in this version.

[Improved] ExtendedCss has been updated to version 1.10 #293

This effectively means more extended cosmetic rules are supported now. Which, in its turn, ensures “cleaner” look of the post-processed pages (no ad leftovers, empty spaces etc.).

Ad blocking

[Fixed] CSP issue at github.com #292 …

December 27, 2017

Hello!

We are on the verge of the year 2018, and what is a better time to release a new AdGuard for Mac version? :)

As you will see with this update, a lot of major changes here relate to UI convenience and better user experience — in particular, filter subscription by URL deserves a separate mention. Ad blocking quality has been increased too, several bugs have been eliminated.

Ad blocking

[Added] Filter subscription by URL #1

It’s become much more convenient now to add new filter subscriptions since you have a choice between uploading a local file or entering a URL.

[Improved] Close active connections when network filtering starts #263

Translating to a more common language, this means that no connections will slip by AdGuard’s protection when you turn it on. A real life example: many Safari users used to have problems with unblocked ads on YouTube. This change fixes it. - [Added] $~websocket modifier support #245

[Added] "Brave" browser to the filtered apps list #246

[Added] Mozilla Developer Edition to the filtered apps list #241

[Fixed] Can't log in to icloud.com #242 …

September 21, 2017

It has been a very long time since the last AdGuard for Mac release. We definitely don't want such hiatus to become a routine – expect the next one much sooner.

And in this one we've made some positive changes to the UI and improved the filtering quality by a lot. Read the full changelog below.

Ad blocking

[Fixed] AdGuard doesn't filter apps from the WebCatalog app #165

Previously, AdGuard wasn’t able to filter apps installed with WebCatalog, and they couldn’t even be added to the list of filtered apps manually. This issue gets fixed in this version. - [Added] $network basic rules modifier #171

[Changed] The ~third-party modifier behavior #177

[Fixed] Content filtering exception rules #176

[Fixed] Error while parsing a wide filtering rule #175

[Fixed] Replace rules aren't applied to .m3u8 files content #178

[Fixed] Regular expressions with $ aren't processed properly #167

[Fixed] Content rules are applied even when there is a $document exception #234 …

March 16, 2017

IMPORTANT UPDATE: compatibility with Chrome 59 and newer. The changes are few, but crucial.

[Fixed] local.adguard.com certificate is considered invalid by Chrome v59 #183

It may not seem like much, but without this change, AdGuard would be partially incompatible with the newest Chrome versions. Needless to say, Chrome is one of the most popular browsers among Mac users, so it is hard to overstate the importance of this fix.

[Changed] Bundle ID for Waterfox app #164

December 14, 2016

The Christmas came early this year for AdGuard for Mac users - a new version comes out today :) It significantly improves ad blocking, namely introducing Extended CSS support and several new modifiers. Networking and UI have undergone some fixing and tweaking too, so AdGuard will become more stable and easy in use.

Ad blocking

[Added] Extended CSS support #109, #120
This is a very important addition in terms of future (and present) possibilities that it opens for ad blocking. Extended CSS is a module for applying CSS styles with extended selection properties. Basically, it means that we will be able to select and, therefore, block some elements that we would not be able to block otherwise. Notably, this concerns such things as 'Sponsored posts' on Facebook.

[Added] $important modifier #132
This new addition is an significant one, but mostly relevant for creators of custom filter rules. With it's help you can give certain rules higher priority.

[Added] $websocket modifier #131

[Changed] Updated default HTTPS exclusions list #124 …

June 21, 2016

Hello! Last AdGuard for Mac version was released in February, so we felt a bit guilty and decided to release a new one :) There is quite a bit of various fixes and changes here, as you can see in the changelog below, but the most important, or rather the most impactful ones, are those that affect performance - specifically, we mean #88 and #91 (you can find more detailed description for these changes below). Overall, AdGuard will become faster now, and thanks to the better performance, AdGuard will now consume significantly less battery resourse. But not only that, for example, we drastically improved browsing of some of the most problematic websites when IPv6 is enabled (#93).

Ad blocking

[Improved] Basic filtering rules processing speed was optimized #91

Optimizing basic filtering rules processing is very important since basic rules are the most resourse-consuming among all. This change will result in AdGuard working faster and spending less resourses.

[Changed] $replace rules now have higher priority than other basic rules #49 …

February 15, 2016

This new version brings a lot of very important changes to AdGuard for Mac. Most viable changes are: $replace modifier and security improvements.

UI changes

[Added] New localizations: Serbian (Latin), German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese Traditional, Armenian, Turkish, Korean, Indonesian, Hungarian. #50

[Added] User warnings in case HTTP proxy mode fails to start. #22

[Changed] Assistant requests are now excluded from 'Filtering log'. #4

[Changed] Now clicking on AdGuard icon in status bar brings opened AdGuard windows to front and makes them active. #33

[Fixed] Error previously led to inability to change HTTP proxy port with HTTP proxy mode enabled. #42

[Fixed] Lack of explanation text in the 'Enter email address' text field. #44

Ad blocking

[Added] $genericblock rule modifier. #16

[Added] $generichide rule modifier. #15

[Added] $replace modifier for basic rules #38 …

August 26, 2015

Added function to send a report in case of an unexpected AdGuard shutdown.

Added tutorial screen at AdGuard first launch.

Added OCSP Stapling support.

Added localizations: Chinese (Simplified), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Slovak, Korean.

Changed SSL connections encrypting mode to a more modern one.

Improved root certificate and private key generation for SSL connections.

Fixed Logjam vulnerability (now AdGuard doesn't filter connections with weak keys).

Improved mechanism of SSL connections processing.

Significantly extended list of browsers filtered by default.

Now, in case of its absence, AdGuard automatically suggests to install root certificate into Firefox to filter HTTPS-websites.

Improved way of root certificate installation into Mozilla-based browsers.

Improved security of installing AdGuard Assistant to web pages.

Improved AdGuard API extensions security.

Confined access to userscripts API functions.

Reworked installation process, now AdGuard will work correctly after restoring Mac from Time Machine.

Improved filtering rules correctness verification.

Now AdGuard system components are stored in the folder shared for all users.

Now upon switching Mac to sleep mode, AdGuard closes current network connections.

Fixed situation when AdGuard won't respond to users actions while watching a video on YouTube.

Fixed error previously led to AdGuard crash while surfing a website with incorrect HTML. …

April 28, 2015

Added TLSv1.2 support.

Added certificate verification in HTTPS connections.

Added Ukrainian localization.

Chromium added to default application filtering list.

Now automatic check for updates is enabled by default.

Improved speed optimization.

Removed splashscreen upon starting AdGuard.

Fixed AdGuard's work with several users on the same computer.

Fixed errors leading to incorrect filtering.

Fixed the error when AdGuard operated incorrectly upon exiting sleep mode.

Improved security upon filtering encrypted traffic.

Fixed FREAK vulnerability.

Fixed memory leaks.

Improved program stability on old versions of OS X.

Fixed several errors that could previously lead to app crash.

March 19, 2015

World’s first standalone ad blocker for Mac OS X. New AdGuard has all the features to ensure more efficient and comfortable use of the Internet:

Ad filtering in any browser. Our ad blocker is the first to solve the problem of removing notorious video ads in Safari that other adblock solutions fail to block.

Built-in Browsing security module provides protection from malicious and suspicious websites.

Privacy protection function is responsible for the safety of personal data.

Other advantages

Filtering Log demonstrates all the processes occurring in the program.

AdGuard Assistant is an extension that allows you to manage the program directly from the browser.

Technical information

AdGuard is supported in all versions of OS X from 10.7 and later.

Downloading AdGuard To install AdGuard, click the file indicated by the arrow Select "Open" and click "OK", then wait for the file to be downloaded. In the opened window, drag the AdGuard icon to the "Applications" folder. Thank you for choosing AdGuard! Select "Open" and click "OK", then wait for the file to be downloaded. In the opened window, click "Install". Thank you for choosing AdGuard!

Install AdGuard on your mobile device

Installation

AdGuard for Android is available in the following app stores:

AppGallery

Mi Store

Samsung Galaxy Store …

[Enhancement] Add $ping content type #1258

[Enhancement] Trusted-types CSP does not break the content script #1320

[Enhancement] Indicate libraries versions #1150

[Fixed] AGFDVSocket doesn't return the original peer address in case of outbound proxy set #1330

[Fixed] AdGuard doesn't filter domains when HTTPS filtering is disabled #1343

[Fixed] Exclusion with $elemhide,jsinject,extension disable HTML filtering rules #1337

[Fixed] Filtering log doesn't show information about cookies #3406

[Fixed] Problematic userscripts #1273

[Fixed] Regexp rule doesn't match URL #1311

[Fixed] Foreign requests get into filtering log with enabled DNS module #3411

[Fixed] Path combining helper adds an extra slash #1338 …