Ad blocker - Magic Lasso
Adblock / Adblocker for Safari
Only for Mac
Free · In‑App Purchases
Magic Lasso Adblock is the fastest, most efficient Safari, YouTube, App and Apple TV ad blocker available.
400,000+ users rely on Magic Lasso Adblock to:
• Block ads and trackers – Block ads in Safari, YouTube, Apps and more
• Browse 2.0x faster – Experience distraction free, faster web browsing
• Protect your privacy – Block trackers to surf safe and sound
• Support for all your devices – A native app for all your devices: iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV
“It works and feels as if Apple themselves had designed an ad blocker.” - John Gruber, Daring Fireball
▶ Safari Ad Blocking – Fast, Private & Native
Block ads and trackers directly in Safari for a better web experience.
• 2.0x Speed – Cut down on ads and trackers to load websites 2x faster and use less data
• Block Annoyances – Block annoying cookie notices and privacy prompts
• Block Trackers – Improve your privacy and stop being followed by ads around the web
• Regional Ad Blocking – Block ads in over 40 different regions and languages
• Battery Boost – Double battery life by blocking nefarious JavaScript and crypto mining scripts
• Performance Insights – Visualise ad blocking speed, energy efficiency and data savings for any site
• Custom Rules – Create your own rules to stop cookies, media and JavaScript
• Tap to Block – Block any element on a page or site with a simple tap
“Magic Lasso couldn’t be easier to set up or use. Pages immediately load faster and read better.” - Nathan Alderman, iMore
▶ YouTube Ad Blocking – Watch Without Interruptions
Enjoy a cleaner YouTube experience in Safari.
• Block all YouTube video ads – Including pre-roll and mid-roll video ads
• Block 10+ other YouTube ads – Including banner ads, search ads, paid merchandising ads & more
• Works on all YouTube videos – Blocks ads in mobile, desktop and embedded videos
• Continually updated and supported to work with the latest YouTube changes
▶ App Ad Blocking – Ads Gone from Your Apps and Apple TV
• Block ads in Games, Video, News & Social apps
• Block ads in Chrome, Firefox and other web browsers
• Watch your favourite TV shows with less interruptions on your Apple TV
• Protect your privacy from in-app ad tracking
• Improve your network speed with faster DNS performance
• On-device Ad Blocking – Block ads without data leaving your device
• Zero Data Collection – We don't collect, track or access your data or browsing history
▶ Apple Native, Fully Supported & Continually Updated
• Native Ad Blocker – Supports iPhone, iPad and Mac with all the same features
• Daily Updates – Block more ads and tracking scripts with daily rule updates
• Background Refresh – New ad blocking rules are updated automatically in the background
• iCloud Syncing – Custom Rules automatically sync across your devices
• Ethical – Unlike other ad blockers, we are not paid by advertisers
• Family Sharing – Share Magic Lasso with all your family member's devices
• New Features – Regularly updated and improved, the best ad blocker keeps getting better
• Supported – Send us any questions or feedback to feedback@magiclasso.co
A 30-day free in-app trial is available, after which point an annual subscription is required. Family Sharing, that supports the original platform that you started your subscription from, is included for no additional cost.
Subscriptions are charged annually and automatically renew, with account charged at the original subscription price, unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Disable auto-renewal and manage subscriptions in Account Settings. Your App Store Account is charged on purchase confirmation.
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more The basic functionality is good but I've had a few places where it incorrectly blocks something for a site and making override rules is a bit more clunky than other ad block tools.It would also be nice if it was easier to have a "pro" mode for custom blocks. The tool pulls over a browser window to point-and-click which is great if you don't need to log into a site or get through other state to see what you need to block. If you do, it's not possible to get to where you need to go.I do really appreciate family sharing on the subscription!
Developer Response Thank you for your feedback. We'll look into improving the custom rules functionality and making it more flexible in future app updates.
The basic functionality is good but I've had a few places where it incorrectly blocks something for a site and making override rules is a bit more clunky than other ad block tools.It would also be nice if it was easier to have a "pro" mode for custom blocks. The tool pulls over a browser window to point-and-click which is great if you don't need to log into a site or get through other state to see what you need to block. If you do, it's not possible to get to where you need to go.I do really appreciate family sharing on the subscription!
Thank you for your feedback. We'll look into improving the custom rules functionality and making it more flexible in future app updates.
The blocker works great, but it needs a constant opening of a "buy subscription" page when there is an update. This is happening constantly (almost every day) and it is frustrating. I understand that it is hard to sell a product, but there are other ways to do that.[EDIT]: I don't see updates so often as before. Also, I have received a personal message from the developer related to my comment, saying they will change things I wasn't happy about. I appreciate that very much. With this huge improvement, from now on, I will recommend this product to everyone!
Developer Response Thank you for using Magic Lasso and for your feedback. You should only receive a notification to update at most once weekly. We have also heard your feedback on the subscription prompt and so have redesigned this panel as part of our upcoming v2.0 release to make it less intrusive.
The blocker works great, but it needs a constant opening of a "buy subscription" page when there is an update. This is happening constantly (almost every day) and it is frustrating. I understand that it is hard to sell a product, but there are other ways to do that.[EDIT]: I don't see updates so often as before. Also, I have received a personal message from the developer related to my comment, saying they will change things I wasn't happy about. I appreciate that very much. With this huge improvement, from now on, I will recommend this product to everyone!
Thank you for using Magic Lasso and for your feedback. You should only receive a notification to update at most once weekly. We have also heard your feedback on the subscription prompt and so have redesigned this panel as part of our upcoming v2.0 release to make it less intrusive.
I recently downloaded Magic Lasso and I am currently still on the trial period before going to a subscription, which I will be doing. At first, I had a problem and it wasn’t working, (which was undoubtedly my fault), but I contacted Magic Lasso for support and they were really quick to respond with solutions. I applied their solutions and now it’s working perfectly. I’m happy with the way it works and I’m really happy with their quick response time.
Developer Response Thank you so much for trying Magic Lasso and for your great review. We are continually improving the app to make sure it is the best Safari, YouTube and App ad blocker for your iPhone, iPad and Mac.
I recently downloaded Magic Lasso and I am currently still on the trial period before going to a subscription, which I will be doing. At first, I had a problem and it wasn’t working, (which was undoubtedly my fault), but I contacted Magic Lasso for support and they were really quick to respond with solutions. I applied their solutions and now it’s working perfectly. I’m happy with the way it works and I’m really happy with their quick response time.
Thank you so much for trying Magic Lasso and for your great review. We are continually improving the app to make sure it is the best Safari, YouTube and App ad blocker for your iPhone, iPad and Mac.
I paid for the pro subscription on my Mac. I installed the iOs version on my phone and tried to restore purchases. After several attempts to restore purchases failed, I contacted the developer and was told that iPhone, iPad and Mac are all separate restrictions and that additional work was required to make them all seamless. $15 a year for a subscription that does not work on all my devices is TOO MUCH.
Developer Response Please note that we introduced a Universal Pro subscription as part of our v2.2 release. This allows a single subscription to support Pro features on all iPhones, iPads and Macs that use the same Apple ID and works for both existing and new subscribers.
I paid for the pro subscription on my Mac. I installed the iOs version on my phone and tried to restore purchases. After several attempts to restore purchases failed, I contacted the developer and was told that iPhone, iPad and Mac are all separate restrictions and that additional work was required to make them all seamless. $15 a year for a subscription that does not work on all my devices is TOO MUCH.
Please note that we introduced a Universal Pro subscription as part of our v2.2 release. This allows a single subscription to support Pro features on all iPhones, iPads and Macs that use the same Apple ID and works for both existing and new subscribers.
Magic Lasso now includes Apple TV ad blocking! Magic Lasso Adblock v5.1 also block ads and trackers on your Apple TV devices, letting you watch your favourite tv shows without interruptions while protecting your privacy from ad tracking. Apple TV Ad Blocking builds upon everything you already love about Magic Lasso: system-wide App Ad Blocking across all your Mac apps, plus best-in-class Safari and YouTube ad blocking.
Along with Apple TV Ad Blocking, Magic Lasso v5.0 delivered App Ad Blocking, so you can:
- Block ads in your favourite apps – Whether you’re scrolling through social media, playing games, or reading the news, ads are blocked automatically — creating a cleaner, faster experience across your device.
- Block ads in any browser – Magic Lasso still blocks ads natively in Safari. But now it also blocks them in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and other browsers too — so you’re protected no matter what browser you use.
- Stop hidden in-app trackers – Many apps secretly track your activity and sell your data to third parties. App Ad Blocking helps shut down these trackers before they load, giving you stronger privacy everywhere.
- Speed up your internet – App Ad Blocking routes your traffic through a fast, private DNS, improving speed and reducing data leaks to your ISP.
To block ads and trackers across all apps on your device, open the app, go to Rules > App Ad Blocking and tap “Enable…”. Then when prompted, tap “Enable App Ad Blocking” and tap “Allow” to give permission for network content filtering.
That’s it! Ad and tracker blocking will now be active system-wide via the Magic Lasso Adblock VPN. If you ever want to turn off App Ad Blocking, just go back to Rules > App Ad Blocking in the app.
v5.2 also:
- Updates the Magic Lasso Adblock VPN to exclude additional local traffic from routing through the VPN, while resolving intermittent iMessage or FaceTime activation issues when App Ad Blocking is active
- Adds Apple TV Ad Blocking information to the Rules tab
- Simplified Performance Insights display; Insights are now displayed on the Overview tab without requiring individual site insights to first be performed
- Handles Custom Rules with IP addresses better; these rules now may be edited and updated properly via Rules > Custom and in Safari via the Share sheet
- Fixes issues with Subscription purchase handling, whereby the app may not always recognise a new subscription activation after a prior subscription expiration or refund
- Fixes slowdown that may occur when the progress indicator is displayed during Rule updates and subscription activation
5.2 Mar 23
Magic Lasso Adblock v5.0 now lets you block ads and trackers across all apps on your Mac — not just in Safari. The new App Ad Blocking feature builds upon our powerful Safari and YouTube ad blocking, extending protection to News apps, Social media, Games and other browsers like Chrome and Firefox.
With the new App Ad Blocking feature, you can:
- Block ads in your favourite apps – Whether you’re scrolling through social media, playing games, or reading the news, ads are blocked automatically — creating a cleaner, faster experience across your device.
- Block ads in any browser – Magic Lasso still blocks ads natively in Safari. But now it also blocks them in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and other browsers too — so you’re protected no matter what browser you use.
- Stop hidden in-app trackers – Many apps secretly track your activity and sell your data to third parties. App Ad Blocking helps shut down these trackers before they load, giving you stronger privacy everywhere.
- Speed up your internet – App Ad Blocking routes your traffic through a fast, private DNS, improving speed and reducing data leaks to your ISP.
To block ads and trackers across all apps on your device, open the app, go to Rules > App Ad Blocking and tap “Enable…”. Then when prompted, tap “Enable App Ad Blocking” and tap “Allow” to give permission for network content filtering.
That’s it! Ad and tracker blocking will now be active system-wide via the Magic Lasso Adblock VPN. If you ever want to turn off App Ad Blocking, just go back to Rules > App Ad Blocking in the app.
Other recent changes include:
- v5.1 - Internal updates and changes to the Magic Lasso Adblock VPN, including additional exclusions of local traffic from routing through the VPN when active.
- v5.0.4 – Resolved an issue where App Ad Blocking may automatically be disabled by the operating system. App Ad Blocking will now automatically start itself if disabled after app updates and device restarts. To ensure this fix works, after updating the app to v5.0.4, go to Rules > App Ad Blocking and toggle the feature on and off once to apply the new auto-restarting VPN configuration.
- v5.0.3 – We introduced full support for macOS 26, including an updated Liquid Glass app icon.
- v5.0.2 – Custom Rules can now also be created for App Ad Blocking. To create a new Custom Rule, go to Rules > Custom > + and select "All Apps" to either Allow or Block specific URLs in apps. You can also see what has recently been blocked or allowed – to modify the App Ad Blocking behaviour – by tapping "Show Recents..." within the "On" field.
- v5.0.1 – Performance Insights got a visual upgrade! You can now see a live graph of how many ads and trackers are being blocked every hour — split between Safari and App Ad Blocking. It’s a simple way to understand the positive impact of ad blocking across your browsing and app activity.
5.1.1 Feb 12
Magic Lasso Adblock v5.0 now lets you block ads and trackers across all apps on your Mac — not just in Safari. The new App Ad Blocking feature builds upon our powerful Safari and YouTube ad blocking, extending protection to News apps, Social media, Games and other browsers like Chrome and Firefox.
With the new App Ad Blocking feature, you can:
- Block ads in your favourite apps – Whether you’re scrolling through social media, playing games, or reading the news, ads are blocked automatically — creating a cleaner, faster experience across your device.
- Block ads in any browser – Magic Lasso still blocks ads natively in Safari. But now it also blocks them in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and other browsers too — so you’re protected no matter what browser you use.
- Stop hidden in-app trackers – Many apps secretly track your activity and sell your data to third parties. App Ad Blocking helps shut down these trackers before they load, giving you stronger privacy everywhere.
- Speed up your internet – App Ad Blocking routes your traffic through a fast, private DNS, improving speed and reducing data leaks to your ISP.
To block ads and trackers across all apps on your device, open the app, go to Rules > App Ad Blocking and tap “Enable…”. Then when prompted, tap “Enable App Ad Blocking” and tap “Allow” to give permission for network content filtering.
That’s it! Ad and tracker blocking will now be active system-wide via the Magic Lasso Adblock VPN. If you ever want to turn off App Ad Blocking, just go back to Rules > App Ad Blocking in the app.
Other recent changes include:
- v5.1 - Internal updates and changes to the Magic Lasso Adblock VPN, including additional exclusions of local traffic from routing through the VPN when active.
- v5.0.4 – Resolved an issue where App Ad Blocking may automatically be disabled by the operating system. App Ad Blocking will now automatically start itself if disabled after app updates and device restarts. To ensure this fix works, after updating the app to v5.0.4, go to Rules > App Ad Blocking and toggle the feature on and off once to apply the new auto-restarting VPN configuration.
- v5.0.3 – We introduced full support for macOS 26, including an updated Liquid Glass app icon.
- v5.0.2 – Custom Rules can now also be created for App Ad Blocking. To create a new Custom Rule, go to Rules > Custom > + and select "All Apps" to either Allow or Block specific URLs in apps. You can also see what has recently been blocked or allowed – to modify the App Ad Blocking behaviour – by tapping "Show Recents..." within the "On" field.
- v5.0.1 – Performance Insights got a visual upgrade! You can now see a live graph of how many ads and trackers are being blocked every hour — split between Safari and App Ad Blocking. It’s a simple way to understand the positive impact of ad blocking across your browsing and app activity.
5.1 Feb 2
Magic Lasso Adblock v5.0 now lets you block ads and trackers across all apps on your Mac — not just in Safari. The new App Ad Blocking feature builds upon our powerful Safari and YouTube ad blocking, extending protection to News apps, Social media, Games and other browsers like Chrome and Firefox.
With the new App Ad Blocking feature, you can:
- Block ads in your favourite apps – Whether you’re scrolling through social media, playing games, or reading the news, ads are blocked automatically — creating a cleaner, faster experience across your device.
- Block ads in any browser – Magic Lasso still blocks ads natively in Safari. But now it also blocks them in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and other browsers too — so you’re protected no matter what browser you use.
- Stop hidden in-app trackers – Many apps secretly track your activity and sell your data to third parties. App Ad Blocking helps shut down these trackers before they load, giving you stronger privacy everywhere.
- Speed up your internet – App Ad Blocking routes your traffic through a fast, private DNS, improving speed and reducing data leaks to your ISP.
To block ads and trackers across all apps on your device, open the app, go to Rules > App Ad Blocking and tap “Enable…”. Then when prompted, tap “Enable App Ad Blocking” and tap “Allow” to give permission for network content filtering.
That’s it! Ad and tracker blocking will now be active system-wide via the Magic Lasso Adblock VPN. If you ever want to turn off App Ad Blocking, just go back to Rules > App Ad Blocking in the app.
Other recent changes include:
- v5.0.4 – Resolved an issue where App Ad Blocking may automatically be disabled by the operating system. App Ad Blocking will now automatically start itself if disabled after app updates and device restarts. To ensure this fix works, after updating the app to v5.0.4, go to Rules > App Ad Blocking and toggle the feature on and off once to apply the new auto-restarting VPN configuration.
- v5.0.3 – We introduced full support for macOS 26, including an updated Liquid Glass app icon.
- v5.0.2 – Custom Rules can now also be created for App Ad Blocking. To create a new Custom Rule, go to Rules > Custom > + and select "All Apps" to either Allow or Block specific URLs in apps. You can also see what has recently been blocked or allowed – to modify the App Ad Blocking behaviour – by tapping "Show Recents..." within the "On" field.
- v5.0.1 – Performance Insights got a visual upgrade! You can now see a live graph of how many ads and trackers are being blocked every hour — split between Safari and App Ad Blocking. It’s a simple way to understand the positive impact of ad blocking across your browsing and app activity.
5.0.4 10/10/2025
Magic Lasso Adblock v5.0 now lets you block ads and trackers across all apps on your Mac — not just in Safari. The new App Ad Blocking feature builds upon our powerful Safari and YouTube ad blocking, extending protection to News apps, Social media, Games and other browsers like Chrome and Firefox.
With the new App Ad Blocking feature, you can:
- Block ads in your favourite apps – Whether you’re scrolling through social media, playing games, or reading the news, ads are blocked automatically — creating a cleaner, faster experience across your device.
- Block ads in any browser – Magic Lasso still blocks ads natively in Safari. But now it also blocks them in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and other browsers too — so you’re protected no matter what browser you use.
- Stop hidden in-app trackers – Many apps secretly track your activity and sell your data to third parties. App Ad Blocking helps shut down these trackers before they load, giving you stronger privacy everywhere.
- Speed up your internet – App Ad Blocking routes your traffic through a fast, private DNS, improving speed and reducing data leaks to your ISP.
To block ads and trackers across all apps on your device, open the app, go to Rules > App Ad Blocking and tap “Enable…”. Then when prompted, tap “Enable App Ad Blocking” and tap “Allow” to give permission for network content filtering.
That’s it! Ad and tracker blocking will now be active system-wide via the Magic Lasso Adblock VPN. If you ever want to turn off App Ad Blocking, just go back to Rules > App Ad Blocking in the app.
Custom Rules can also be created for App Ad Blocking. To create a new Custom Rule, go to Rules > Custom > + and select "All Apps" to either Allow or Block specific URLs in apps. You can also see what has recently been blocked or allowed – to modify the App Ad Blocking behaviour – by tapping "Show Recents..." within the "On" field.
In v5.0.3 we've also introduced full support for macOS 26, including an updated Liquid Glass app icon.
5.0.3 09/18/2025
Magic Lasso Adblock v5.0 now lets you block ads and trackers across all apps on your Mac — not just in Safari. The new App Ad Blocking feature builds upon our powerful Safari and YouTube ad blocking, extending protection to News apps, Social media, Games and other browsers like Chrome and Firefox.
With the new App Ad Blocking feature, you can:
- Block ads in your favourite apps – Whether you’re scrolling through social media, playing games, or reading the news, ads are blocked automatically — creating a cleaner, faster experience across your device.
- Block ads in any browser – Magic Lasso still blocks ads natively in Safari. But now it also blocks them in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and other browsers too — so you’re protected no matter what browser you use.
- Stop hidden in-app trackers – Many apps secretly track your activity and sell your data to third parties. App Ad Blocking helps shut down these trackers before they load, giving you stronger privacy everywhere.
- Speed up your internet – App Ad Blocking routes your traffic through a fast, private DNS, improving speed and reducing data leaks to your ISP.
To block ads and trackers across all apps on your device, open the app, go to Rules > App Ad Blocking and tap “Enable…”. Then when prompted, tap “Enable App Ad Blocking” and tap “Allow” to give permission for network content filtering.
That’s it! Ad and tracker blocking will now be active system-wide via the Magic Lasso Adblock VPN. If you ever want to turn off App Ad Blocking, just go back to Rules > App Ad Blocking in the app.
Also:
- In v5.0.2, Custom Rules can now also be created for App Ad Blocking. To create a new Custom Rule, go to Rules > Custom Rules > + and select "All Apps" to either Allow or Block specific URLs in apps. You can also see what has recently been blocked or allowed – to modify the App Ad Blocking behaviour – by tapping "Show Recents..." within the "On" field.
- In v5.0.1, Performance Insights got a visual upgrade! You can now see a live graph of how many ads and trackers are being blocked every hour — split between Safari and App Ad Blocking. It’s a simple way to understand the positive impact of ad blocking across your browsing and app activity.
5.0.2 08/27/2025
Magic Lasso Adblock v5.0 now lets you block ads and trackers across all apps on your Mac — not just in Safari. The new App Ad Blocking feature builds upon our powerful Safari and YouTube ad blocking, extending protection to News apps, Social media, Games and other browsers like Chrome and Firefox.
With the new App Ad Blocking feature, you can:
- Block ads in your favourite apps – Whether you’re scrolling through social media, playing games, or reading the news, ads are blocked automatically — creating a cleaner, faster experience across your device.
- Block ads in any browser – Magic Lasso still blocks ads natively in Safari. But now it also blocks them in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and other browsers too — so you’re protected no matter what browser you use.
- Stop hidden in-app trackers – Many apps secretly track your activity and sell your data to third parties. App Ad Blocking helps shut down these trackers before they load, giving you stronger privacy everywhere.
- Speed up your internet – App Ad Blocking routes your traffic through a fast, private DNS, improving speed and reducing data leaks to your ISP.
To block ads and trackers across all apps on your device, open the app, go to Rules > App Ad Blocking and tap “Enable…”. Then when prompted, tap “Enable App Ad Blocking” and tap “Allow” to give permission for network content filtering.
That’s it! Ad and tracker blocking will now be active system-wide via the Magic Lasso Adblock VPN. If you ever want to turn off App Ad Blocking, just go back to Rules > App Ad Blocking in the app.
Also in v5.0.1, Performance Insights got a visual upgrade! You can now see a live graph of how many ads and trackers are being blocked every hour — split between Safari and App Ad Blocking. It’s a simple way to understand the positive impact of ad blocking across your browsing and app activity.
5.0.1 08/02/2025
Magic Lasso Adblock v5.0 now lets you block ads and trackers across all apps on your Mac — not just in Safari. The new App Ad Blocking feature builds upon our powerful Safari and YouTube ad blocking, extending protection to News apps, Social media, Games and other browsers like Chrome and Firefox.
With the new App Ad Blocking feature, you can:
- Block ads in your favourite apps – Whether you’re scrolling through social media, playing games, or reading the news, ads are blocked automatically — creating a cleaner, faster experience across your device.
- Block ads in any browser – Magic Lasso still blocks ads natively in Safari. But now it also blocks them in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and other browsers too — so you’re protected no matter what browser you use.
- Stop hidden in-app trackers – Many apps secretly track your activity and sell your data to third parties. App Ad Blocking helps shut down these trackers before they load, giving you stronger privacy everywhere.
- Speed up your internet – App Ad Blocking routes your traffic through a fast, private DNS, improving speed and reducing data leaks to your ISP.
To block ads and trackers across all apps on your device, open the app, go to Rules > App Ad Blocking and tap “Enable…”. Then when prompted, tap “Enable App Ad Blocking” and tap “Allow” to give permission for network content filtering.
That’s it! Ad and tracker blocking will now be active system-wide via the Magic Lasso Adblock VPN. If you ever want to turn off App Ad Blocking, just go back to Rules > App Ad Blocking in the app.
5.0 06/23/2025
v4.8 includes all the great new features from prior version 4 releases including our biggest ad blocking performance update ever, ad blocking for an additional 40 regions and languages, performance insights so you can see the difference ad blocking makes, family sharing support plus much more.
After updating, open the Magic Lasso app to ensure you are updated to the most recent ad block rules.
Magic Lasso Adblock version 4 includes these great new features:
- Ad Blocking Performance - overhauled ad blocking coverage and improvements to existing ad blocking quality; including the ability to block ads on Adult Sites and more effective blocking of Anti-Ad Block warnings.
- Regional Ad Blocking – block ads, trackers and annoyances across an additional 40 regions and languages.
- Performance Insights – see the difference ad blocking makes and visualise ad blocking speed, energy efficiency and data savings for any site. You can use the Safari toolbar button to see the ad blocking speed increase, energy savings, carbon reduction, data savings and the number of ads and trackers prevented. And with Insights on the Overview screen of the Magic Lasso app, you can view the data and energy saved, along with the average speed increase and total number of ads blocked since you enabled Magic Lasso.
- Tap to Block – Simply tap any element on a web page and watch it disappear from your view, ensuring it never disturbs your browsing again. And thanks to Tap to Block’s intelligence, any similar or repeating elements on the page, or across the whole site will also be removed. Adjustments are easy using the Expand or Contract buttons for refining your selection. Additionally, the Hide button provides an instant preview of the page without the selected elements visible. Advanced users seeking direct control can edit the resulting CSS to allow for precise selection and more sophisticated logic.
- Custom Rules – Craft your own ad blocking rules to block media, cookies, and JavaScript. Custom Rules complement Magic Lasso’s built-in ad blocking rules to ensure a faster, cleaner, and more personalised browsing experience. Custom Rules can apply to specific pages, all pages from a given site, or all web pages. Better yet, these rules seamlessly sync across your devices via iCloud, ensuring consistent ad blocking across all Apple platforms.
- Family Sharing - Share Magic Lasso with all your family member's devices. Family Sharing is included with Magic Lasso and there is no additional cost to use Family Sharing on the platform that you originally started using the app.
4.8 05/15/2025
v4.7 includes significant revisions and updates to the ad blocking rules in Magic Lasso Adblock. We've overhauled ad blocking coverage and improved existing ad blocking quality, ensuring that Magic Lasso continues to be the best way to block ads, trackers and annoyances in Safari on your iPhone, iPad and Mac.
This update also brings new capabilities, including the ability to block ads on Adult Sites and more effective blocking of Anti-Ad Block warnings.
After updating, open the Magic Lasso app to ensure you are updated to the most recent ad block rules.
Magic Lasso Adblock version 4 also includes these great new features:
- Regional Ad Blocking – block ads, trackers and annoyances across an additional 40 regions and languages.
- Performance Insights – see the difference ad blocking makes and visualise ad blocking speed, energy efficiency and data savings for any site. You can use the Safari toolbar button to see the ad blocking speed increase, energy savings, carbon reduction, data savings and the number of ads and trackers prevented. And with Insights on the Overview screen of the Magic Lasso app, you can view the data and energy saved, along with the average speed increase and total number of ads blocked since you enabled Magic Lasso.
- Tap to Block – Simply tap any element on a web page and watch it disappear from your view, ensuring it never disturbs your browsing again. And thanks to Tap to Block’s intelligence, any similar or repeating elements on the page, or across the whole site will also be removed. Adjustments are easy using the Expand or Contract buttons for refining your selection. Additionally, the Hide button provides an instant preview of the page without the selected elements visible. Advanced users seeking direct control can edit the resulting CSS to allow for precise selection and more sophisticated logic.
- Custom Rules – Craft your own ad blocking rules to block media, cookies, and JavaScript. Custom Rules complement Magic Lasso’s built-in ad blocking rules to ensure a faster, cleaner, and more personalised browsing experience. Custom Rules can apply to specific pages, all pages from a given site, or all web pages. Better yet, these rules seamlessly sync across your devices via iCloud, ensuring consistent ad blocking across all Apple platforms.
- Family Sharing - Share Magic Lasso with all your family member's devices. Family Sharing is included with Magic Lasso and there is no additional cost to use Family Sharing on the platform that you originally started using the app.
4.7.2 04/07/2025
v4.7 includes significant revisions and updates to the ad blocking rules in Magic Lasso Adblock. We've overhauled ad blocking coverage and improved existing ad blocking quality, ensuring that Magic Lasso continues to be the best way to block ads, trackers and annoyances in Safari on your iPhone, iPad and Mac.
This update also brings new capabilities, including the ability to block ads on Adult Sites and more effective blocking of Anti-Ad Block warnings.
After updating, open the Magic Lasso app to ensure you are updated to the most recent ad block rules.
Magic Lasso Adblock version 4 also includes these great new features:
- Regional Ad Blocking – block ads, trackers and annoyances across an additional 40 regions and languages.
- Performance Insights – see the difference ad blocking makes and visualise ad blocking speed, energy efficiency and data savings for any site. You can use the Safari toolbar button to see the ad blocking speed increase, energy savings, carbon reduction, data savings and the number of ads and trackers prevented. And with Insights on the Overview screen of the Magic Lasso app, you can view the data and energy saved, along with the average speed increase and total number of ads blocked since you enabled Magic Lasso.
- Tap to Block – Simply tap any element on a web page and watch it disappear from your view, ensuring it never disturbs your browsing again. And thanks to Tap to Block’s intelligence, any similar or repeating elements on the page, or across the whole site will also be removed. Adjustments are easy using the Expand or Contract buttons for refining your selection. Additionally, the Hide button provides an instant preview of the page without the selected elements visible. Advanced users seeking direct control can edit the resulting CSS to allow for precise selection and more sophisticated logic.
- Custom Rules – Craft your own ad blocking rules to block media, cookies, and JavaScript. Custom Rules complement Magic Lasso’s built-in ad blocking rules to ensure a faster, cleaner, and more personalised browsing experience. Custom Rules can apply to specific pages, all pages from a given site, or all web pages. Better yet, these rules seamlessly sync across your devices via iCloud, ensuring consistent ad blocking across all Apple platforms.
- Family Sharing - Share Magic Lasso with all your family member's devices. Family Sharing is included with Magic Lasso and there is no additional cost to use Family Sharing on the platform that you originally started using the app.
4.7.1 02/17/2025
v4.7 includes significant revisions and updates to the ad blocking rules in Magic Lasso Adblock. We've overhauled our Annoyances and Regional Ad Blocking rules to be more accurate and up to date, ensuring that Magic Lasso continues to be the best way to block ads, trackers and annoyances in Safari on your iPhone, iPad and Mac.
After updating, open the Magic Lasso app to ensure you are updated to the most recent ad block rules.
Magic Lasso Adblock version 4 also includes these great new features:
- Regional Ad Blocking – block ads, trackers and annoyances across an additional 40 regions and languages.
- Performance Insights – see the difference ad blocking makes and visualise ad blocking speed, energy efficiency and data savings for any site. You can use the Safari toolbar button to see the ad blocking speed increase, energy savings, carbon reduction, data savings and the number of ads and trackers prevented. And with Insights on the Overview screen of the Magic Lasso app, you can view the data and energy saved, along with the average speed increase and total number of ads blocked since you enabled Magic Lasso.
- Tap to Block – Simply tap any element on a web page and watch it disappear from your view, ensuring it never disturbs your browsing again. And thanks to Tap to Block’s intelligence, any similar or repeating elements on the page, or across the whole site will also be removed. Adjustments are easy using the Expand or Contract buttons for refining your selection. Additionally, the Hide button provides an instant preview of the page without the selected elements visible. Advanced users seeking direct control can edit the resulting CSS to allow for precise selection and more sophisticated logic.
- Custom Rules – Craft your own ad blocking rules to block media, cookies, and JavaScript. Custom Rules complement Magic Lasso’s built-in ad blocking rules to ensure a faster, cleaner, and more personalised browsing experience. Custom Rules can apply to specific pages, all pages from a given site, or all web pages. Better yet, these rules seamlessly sync across your devices via iCloud, ensuring consistent ad blocking across all Apple platforms.
- Family Sharing - Share Magic Lasso with all your family member's devices. Family Sharing is included with Magic Lasso and there is no additional cost to use Family Sharing on the platform that you originally started using the app.
4.7 02/09/2025
v4.6 includes support for blocking of ads, trackers and annoyances across an additional 40 regions and languages. With the introduction of Regional Ad Blocking, we've more than tripled the number of ad blocking rules that are included in the app, ensuring it continues to be the best way to block ads, trackers and annoyances in Safari on your iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Magic Lasso Adblock version 4 also includes these great new features:
- Performance Insights – see the difference ad blocking makes and visualise ad blocking speed, energy efficiency and data savings for any site. You can use the Safari toolbar button to see the ad blocking speed increase, energy savings, carbon reduction, data savings and the number of ads and trackers prevented. And with Insights on the Overview screen of the Magic Lasso app, you can view the data and energy saved, along with the average speed increase and total number of ads blocked since you enabled Magic Lasso.
- Tap to Block – Simply tap any element on a web page and watch it disappear from your view, ensuring it never disturbs your browsing again. And thanks to Tap to Block’s intelligence, any similar or repeating elements on the page, or across the whole site will also be removed. Adjustments are easy using the Expand or Contract buttons for refining your selection. Additionally, the Hide button provides an instant preview of the page without the selected elements visible. Advanced users seeking direct control can edit the resulting CSS to allow for precise selection and more sophisticated logic.
- Custom Rules – Craft your own ad blocking rules to block media, cookies, and JavaScript. Custom Rules complement Magic Lasso’s built-in ad blocking rules to ensure a faster, cleaner, and more personalised browsing experience. Custom Rules can apply to specific pages, all pages from a given site, or all web pages. Better yet, these rules seamlessly sync across your devices via iCloud, ensuring consistent ad blocking across all Apple platforms.
- Family Sharing - Share Magic Lasso with all your family member's devices. Family Sharing is included with Magic Lasso and there is no additional cost to use Family Sharing on the platform that you originally started using the app.
After updating, open the app to ensure you are using the most recent ad block rules.
4.6.2 01/17/2025
v4.6 includes support for blocking of ads, trackers and annoyances across an additional 40 regions and languages. With the introduction of Regional Ad Blocking, we've more than tripled the number of ad blocking rules that are included in the app, ensuring it continues to be the best way to block ads, trackers and annoyances in Safari on your iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Magic Lasso Adblock version 4 also includes these great new features:
- Performance Insights – see the difference ad blocking makes and visualise ad blocking speed, energy efficiency and data savings for any site. You can use the Safari toolbar button to see the ad blocking speed increase, energy savings, carbon reduction, data savings and the number of ads and trackers prevented. And with Insights on the Overview screen of the Magic Lasso app, you can view the data and energy saved, along with the average speed increase and total number of ads blocked since you enabled Magic Lasso.
- Tap to Block – Simply tap any element on a web page and watch it disappear from your view, ensuring it never disturbs your browsing again. And thanks to Tap to Block’s intelligence, any similar or repeating elements on the page, or across the whole site will also be removed. Adjustments are easy using the Expand or Contract buttons for refining your selection. Additionally, the Hide button provides an instant preview of the page without the selected elements visible. Advanced users seeking direct control can edit the resulting CSS to allow for precise selection and more sophisticated logic.
- Custom Rules – Craft your own ad blocking rules to block media, cookies, and JavaScript. Custom Rules complement Magic Lasso’s built-in ad blocking rules to ensure a faster, cleaner, and more personalised browsing experience. Custom Rules can apply to specific pages, all pages from a given site, or all web pages. Better yet, these rules seamlessly sync across your devices via iCloud, ensuring consistent ad blocking across all Apple platforms.
- Family Sharing - Share Magic Lasso with all your family member's devices. Family Sharing is included with Magic Lasso and there is no additional cost to use Family Sharing on the platform that you originally started using the app.
After updating, open the app to ensure you are using the most recent ad block rules.
4.6.1 11/30/2024
v4.6 includes support for blocking of ads, trackers and annoyances across an additional 40 regions and languages. With the introduction of Regional Ad Blocking, we've more than tripled the number of ad blocking rules that are included in the app, ensuring it continues to be the best way to block ads, trackers and annoyances in Safari on your iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Magic Lasso Adblock version 4 also includes these great new features:
- Performance Insights – see the difference ad blocking makes and visualise ad blocking speed, energy efficiency and data savings for any site. You can use the Safari toolbar button to see the ad blocking speed increase, energy savings, carbon reduction, data savings and the number of ads and trackers prevented. And with Insights on the Overview screen of the Magic Lasso app, you can view the data and energy saved, along with the average speed increase and total number of ads blocked since you enabled Magic Lasso.
- Tap to Block – Simply tap any element on a web page and watch it disappear from your view, ensuring it never disturbs your browsing again. And thanks to Tap to Block’s intelligence, any similar or repeating elements on the page, or across the whole site will also be removed. Adjustments are easy using the Expand or Contract buttons for refining your selection. Additionally, the Hide button provides an instant preview of the page without the selected elements visible. Advanced users seeking direct control can edit the resulting CSS to allow for precise selection and more sophisticated logic.
- Custom Rules – Craft your own ad blocking rules to block media, cookies, and JavaScript. Custom Rules complement Magic Lasso’s built-in ad blocking rules to ensure a faster, cleaner, and more personalised browsing experience. Custom Rules can apply to specific pages, all pages from a given site, or all web pages. Better yet, these rules seamlessly sync across your devices via iCloud, ensuring consistent ad blocking across all Apple platforms.
- Family Sharing - Share Magic Lasso with all your family member's devices. Family Sharing is included with Magic Lasso and there is no additional cost to use Family Sharing on the platform that you originally started using the app.
After updating, open the app to ensure you are using the most recent ad block rules.
4.6 10/30/2024
Family Sharing has arrived in v4.5.1 and supports the original platform that you started your subscription from, for no additional cost.
Magic Lasso Adblock v4.5 is a complete redesign of the user-friendly, privacy aware and platform-native Safari ad blocker for the iPhone, iPad and Mac. Version 4.5 delivers a "powerfully simple ad blocking experience" with simplified ad, tracker and annoyance blocking. The redesign better surfaces all of the app’s features and we’ve also focused on making advanced features, like Custom Rule creation, more accessible.
This version also includes these great new features from recent releases:
- Performance Insights – see the difference ad blocking makes and visualise ad blocking speed, energy efficiency and data savings for any site. You can use the Safari toolbar button to see the ad blocking speed increase, energy savings, carbon reduction, data savings and the number of ads and trackers prevented. And with Insights on the Overview screen of the Magic Lasso app, you can view the data and energy saved, along with the average speed increase and total number of ads blocked since you enabled Magic Lasso.
- Tap to Block – Simply tap any element on a web page and watch it disappear from your view, ensuring it never disturbs your browsing again. And thanks to Tap to Block’s intelligence, any similar or repeating elements on the page, or across the whole site will also be removed. Adjustments are easy using the Expand or Contract buttons for refining your selection. Additionally, the Hide button provides an instant preview of the page without the selected elements visible. Advanced users seeking direct control can edit the resulting CSS to allow for precise selection and more sophisticated logic.
- Custom Rules – Craft your own ad blocking rules to block media, cookies, and JavaScript. Custom Rules complement Magic Lasso’s built-in ad blocking rules to ensure a faster, cleaner, and more personalised browsing experience. Custom Rules can apply to specific pages, all pages from a given site, or all web pages. Better yet, these rules seamlessly sync across your devices via iCloud, ensuring consistent ad blocking across all Apple platforms.
Included in v4.5.5 are additional improvements and bug fixes to Performance Insights.
After updating, open the app to ensure you are using the most recent ad block rules and to optimize Performance Insights.
4.5.5 09/12/2024
Family Sharing has arrived in v4.5.1 and supports the original platform that you started your subscription from, for no additional cost.
Magic Lasso Adblock v4.5 is a complete redesign of the user-friendly, privacy aware and platform-native Safari ad blocker for the iPhone, iPad and Mac. Version 4.5 delivers a "powerfully simple ad blocking experience" with simplified ad, tracker and annoyance blocking. The redesign better surfaces all of the app’s features and we’ve also focused on making advanced features, like Custom Rule creation, more accessible.
This version also includes these great new features from recent releases:
- Performance Insights – see the difference ad blocking makes and visualise ad blocking speed, energy efficiency and data savings for any site. You can use the Safari toolbar button to see the ad blocking speed increase, energy savings, carbon reduction, data savings and the number of ads and trackers prevented. And with Insights on the Overview screen of the Magic Lasso app, you can view the data and energy saved, along with the average speed increase and total number of ads blocked since you enabled Magic Lasso.
- Tap to Block – Simply tap any element on a web page and watch it disappear from your view, ensuring it never disturbs your browsing again. And thanks to Tap to Block’s intelligence, any similar or repeating elements on the page, or across the whole site will also be removed. Adjustments are easy using the Expand or Contract buttons for refining your selection. Additionally, the Hide button provides an instant preview of the page without the selected elements visible. Advanced users seeking direct control can edit the resulting CSS to allow for precise selection and more sophisticated logic.
- Custom Rules – Craft your own ad blocking rules to block media, cookies, and JavaScript. Custom Rules complement Magic Lasso’s built-in ad blocking rules to ensure a faster, cleaner, and more personalised browsing experience. Custom Rules can apply to specific pages, all pages from a given site, or all web pages. Better yet, these rules seamlessly sync across your devices via iCloud, ensuring consistent ad blocking across all Apple platforms.
Included in v4.5.4 are additional improvements and bug fixes to YouTube ad blocking and Performance Insights.
After updating, open the app to ensure you are using the most recent ad block rules.
4.5.4 08/06/2024
Family Sharing has arrived in v4.5.1 and supports the original platform that you started your subscription from, for no additional cost.
Magic Lasso Adblock v4.5 is a complete redesign of the user-friendly, privacy aware and platform-native Safari ad blocker for the iPhone, iPad and Mac. Version 4.5 delivers a "powerfully simple ad blocking experience" with simplified ad, tracker and annoyance blocking. The redesign better surfaces all of the app’s features and we’ve also focused on making advanced features, like Custom Rule creation, more accessible.
This version also includes these great new features from recent releases:
- Performance Insights – see the difference ad blocking makes and visualise ad blocking speed, energy efficiency and data savings for any site. You can use the Safari toolbar button to see the ad blocking speed increase, energy savings, carbon reduction, data savings and the number of ads and trackers prevented. And with Insights on the Overview screen of the Magic Lasso app, you can view the data and energy saved, along with the average speed increase and total number of ads blocked since you enabled Magic Lasso.
- Tap to Block – Simply tap any element on a web page and watch it disappear from your view, ensuring it never disturbs your browsing again. And thanks to Tap to Block’s intelligence, any similar or repeating elements on the page, or across the whole site will also be removed. Adjustments are easy using the Expand or Contract buttons for refining your selection. Additionally, the Hide button provides an instant preview of the page without the selected elements visible. Advanced users seeking direct control can edit the resulting CSS to allow for precise selection and more sophisticated logic.
- Custom Rules – Craft your own ad blocking rules to block media, cookies, and JavaScript. Custom Rules complement Magic Lasso’s built-in ad blocking rules to ensure a faster, cleaner, and more personalised browsing experience. Custom Rules can apply to specific pages, all pages from a given site, or all web pages. Better yet, these rules seamlessly sync across your devices via iCloud, ensuring consistent ad blocking across all Apple platforms.
Included in v4.5.3 are additional improvements and bug fixes to YouTube ad blocking.
After updating, open the app to ensure you are using the most recent ad block rules.
4.5.3 07/05/2024
Family Sharing has arrived in v4.5.1 and supports the original platform that you started your subscription from, for no additional cost.
Magic Lasso Adblock v4.5 is a complete redesign of the user-friendly, privacy aware and platform-native Safari ad blocker for the iPhone, iPad and Mac. Version 4.5 delivers a "powerfully simple ad blocking experience" with simplified ad, tracker and annoyance blocking. The redesign better surfaces all of the app’s features and we’ve also focused on making advanced features, like Custom Rule creation, more accessible.
This version also includes these great new features from recent releases:
- Performance Insights – see the difference ad blocking makes and visualise ad blocking speed, energy efficiency and data savings for any site. You can use the Safari toolbar button to see the ad blocking speed increase, energy savings, carbon reduction, data savings and the number of ads and trackers prevented. And with Insights on the Overview screen of the Magic Lasso app, you can view the data and energy saved, along with the average speed increase and total number of ads blocked since you enabled Magic Lasso.
- Tap to Block – Simply tap any element on a web page and watch it disappear from your view, ensuring it never disturbs your browsing again. And thanks to Tap to Block’s intelligence, any similar or repeating elements on the page, or across the whole site will also be removed. Adjustments are easy using the Expand or Contract buttons for refining your selection. Additionally, the Hide button provides an instant preview of the page without the selected elements visible. Advanced users seeking direct control can edit the resulting CSS to allow for precise selection and more sophisticated logic.
- Custom Rules – Craft your own ad blocking rules to block media, cookies, and JavaScript. Custom Rules complement Magic Lasso’s built-in ad blocking rules to ensure a faster, cleaner, and more personalised browsing experience. Custom Rules can apply to specific pages, all pages from a given site, or all web pages. Better yet, these rules seamlessly sync across your devices via iCloud, ensuring consistent ad blocking across all Apple platforms.
Included in v4.5.2 are additional improvements and bug fixes to YouTube ad blocking and Performance Insights.
After updating, open the app to ensure you are using the most recent ad block rules.
4.5.2 06/13/2024
Family Sharing has arrived in v4.5.1 and supports the original platform that you started your subscription from, for no additional cost.
Magic Lasso Adblock v4.5 is a complete redesign of the user-friendly, privacy aware and platform-native Safari ad blocker for the iPhone, iPad and Mac. Version 4.5 delivers a "powerfully simple ad blocking experience" with simplified ad, tracker and annoyance blocking. The redesign better surfaces all of the app’s features and we’ve also focused on making advanced features, like Custom Rule creation, more accessible.
This version also includes these great new features from recent releases:
- Performance Insights – see the difference ad blocking makes and visualise ad blocking speed, energy efficiency and data savings for any site. You can use the Safari toolbar button to see the ad blocking speed increase, energy savings, carbon reduction, data savings and the number of ads and trackers prevented. And with Insights on the Overview screen of the Magic Lasso app, you can view the data and energy saved, along with the average speed increase and total number of ads blocked since you enabled Magic Lasso.
- Tap to Block – Simply tap any element on a web page and watch it disappear from your view, ensuring it never disturbs your browsing again. And thanks to Tap to Block’s intelligence, any similar or repeating elements on the page, or across the whole site will also be removed. Adjustments are easy using the Expand or Contract buttons for refining your selection. Additionally, the Hide button provides an instant preview of the page without the selected elements visible. Advanced users seeking direct control can edit the resulting CSS to allow for precise selection and more sophisticated logic.
- Custom Rules – Craft your own ad blocking rules to block media, cookies, and JavaScript. Custom Rules complement Magic Lasso’s built-in ad blocking rules to ensure a faster, cleaner, and more personalised browsing experience. Custom Rules can apply to specific pages, all pages from a given site, or all web pages. Better yet, these rules seamlessly sync across your devices via iCloud, ensuring consistent ad blocking across all Apple platforms.
After updating, open the app to ensure you are using the most recent ad block rules.
4.5.1 05/13/2024
Magic Lasso Adblock v4.5 is a complete redesign of the user-friendly, privacy aware and platform-native Safari ad blocker for the iPhone, iPad and Mac. Version 4.5 delivers a "powerfully simple ad blocking experience" with simplified ad, tracker and annoyance blocking. The redesign better surfaces all of the app’s features and we’ve also focused on making advanced features, like Custom Rule creation, more accessible.
Version 4.5 also includes these great new features from recent releases:
- Performance Insights – see the difference ad blocking makes and visualise ad blocking speed, energy efficiency and data savings for any site. You can use the Safari toolbar button to see the ad blocking speed increase, energy savings, carbon reduction, data savings and the number of ads and trackers prevented. And with Insights on the Overview screen of the Magic Lasso app, you can view the data and energy saved, along with the average speed increase and total number of ads blocked since you enabled Magic Lasso.
- Tap to Block – Simply tap any element on a web page and watch it disappear from your view, ensuring it never disturbs your browsing again. And thanks to Tap to Block’s intelligence, any similar or repeating elements on the page, or across the whole site will also be removed. Adjustments are easy using the Expand or Contract buttons for refining your selection. Additionally, the Hide button provides an instant preview of the page without the selected elements visible. Advanced users seeking direct control can edit the resulting CSS to allow for precise selection and more sophisticated logic.
- Custom Rules – Craft your own ad blocking rules to block media, cookies, and JavaScript. Custom Rules complement Magic Lasso’s built-in ad blocking rules to ensure a faster, cleaner, and more personalised browsing experience. Custom Rules can apply to specific pages, all pages from a given site, or all web pages. Better yet, these rules seamlessly sync across your devices via iCloud, ensuring consistent ad blocking across all Apple platforms.
After updating, open the app to ensure you are using the most recent ad block rules.
4.5 04/22/2024
Introducing Performance Insights – see the difference ad blocking makes and visualise ad blocking speed, energy efficiency and data savings for any site. Ensure you have the Magic Lasso Pro extension enabled in the Safari app under Safari > Settings… > Extensions > Magic Lasso Pro. Then, in Safari, tap on the Magic Lasso toolbar button and "Enable Performance Insights". You can then use the toolbar button on any site to see the ad blocking speed increase, energy savings, carbon reduction, data savings and the number of ads and trackers prevented.
Performance Insights requires macOS Sonoma 14 and above.
Version 4.2 now also displays Performance Insights on the Overview screen of the Magic Lasso app. See the data and energy saved, along with the average speed increase and total number of ads blocked since you enabled Magic Lasso.
This release also continues to support the fantastic personalisation features included in Magic Lasso Adblock v4.0. With Tap to Block you can effortlessly block any element on a page or site with a simple tap and Custom Rules allow you to easily create your own rules to block media, cookies and JavaScript.
Tap to Block – Simply tap any element on a web page and watch it disappear from your view, ensuring it never disturbs your browsing again. And thanks to Tap to Block’s intelligence, any similar or repeating elements on the page, or across the whole site will also be removed. Adjustments are easy using the Expand or Contract buttons for refining your selection. Additionally, the Hide button provides an instant preview of the page without the selected elements visible. Advanced users seeking direct control can edit the resulting CSS to allow for precise selection and more sophisticated logic.
Custom Rules – Craft your own ad blocking rules to block media, cookies, and JavaScript. Custom Rules complement Magic Lasso’s built-in ad blocking rules to ensure a faster, cleaner, and more personalised browsing experience. Custom Rules can apply to specific pages, all pages from a given site, or all web pages. Better yet, these rules seamlessly sync across your devices via iCloud, ensuring consistent ad blocking across all Apple platforms.
After updating, open the app to ensure you are using the most recent ad block rules.
4.2 03/28/2024
Introducing Performance Insights – see the difference ad blocking makes and visualise ad blocking speed, energy efficiency and data savings for any site. Ensure you have the Magic Lasso Pro extension enabled in the Safari app under Safari > Settings… > Extensions > Magic Lasso Pro. Then, in Safari, tap on the Magic Lasso toolbar button and "Enable Performance Insights". You can then use the toolbar button on any site to see the ad blocking speed increase, energy savings, carbon reduction, data savings and the number of ads and trackers prevented.
Performance Insights requires macOS Sonoma 14 and above.
Version 4.1 also modernises and updates the Magic Lasso extensions to resolve YouTube ad blocking issues that some users may have experienced. Ensure that the Magic Lasso Pro extension has "Allow" permissions on the youtube.com domain for YouTube ad blocking to work correctly. You can check this by tapping the Magic Lasso toolbar button in Safari and tapping "Allow on youtube.com" if prompted.
This release also continues to support the fantastic personalisation features included in Magic Lasso Adblock v4.0. With Tap to Block you can effortlessly block any element on a page or site with a simple tap and Custom Rules allow you to easily create your own rules to block media, cookies and JavaScript.
Tap to Block – Simply tap any element on a web page and watch it disappear from your view, ensuring it never disturbs your browsing again. And thanks to Tap to Block’s intelligence, any similar or repeating elements on the page, or across the whole site will also be removed. Adjustments are easy using the Expand or Contract buttons for refining your selection. Additionally, the Hide button provides an instant preview of the page without the selected elements visible. Advanced users seeking direct control can edit the resulting CSS to allow for precise selection and more sophisticated logic.
Custom Rules – Craft your own ad blocking rules to block media, cookies, and JavaScript. Custom Rules complement Magic Lasso’s built-in ad blocking rules to ensure a faster, cleaner, and more personalised browsing experience. Custom Rules can apply to specific pages, all pages from a given site, or all web pages. Better yet, these rules seamlessly sync across your devices via iCloud, ensuring consistent ad blocking across all Apple platforms.
After updating, open the app to ensure you are using the most recent ad block rules.
4.1.1 02/27/2024
Introducing Performance Insights – see the difference ad blocking makes and visualise ad blocking speed, energy efficiency and data savings for any site. Ensure you have the Magic Lasso Pro extension enabled in the Safari app under Safari > Settings… > Extensions > Magic Lasso Pro. Then, in Safari, tap on the Magic Lasso toolbar button and "Enable Performance Insights". You can then use the toolbar button on any site to see the ad blocking speed increase, energy savings, carbon reduction, data savings and the number of ads and trackers prevented.
Performance Insights requires macOS Sonoma 14 and above.
Version 4.1 also modernises and updates the Magic Lasso extensions to resolve YouTube ad blocking issues that some users may have experienced. Ensure that the Magic Lasso Pro extension has "Allow" permissions on the youtube.com domain for YouTube ad blocking to work correctly. You can check this by tapping the Magic Lasso toolbar button in Safari and tapping "Allow on youtube.com" if prompted.
This release also continues to support the fantastic personalisation features included in Magic Lasso Adblock v4.0. With Tap to Block you can effortlessly block any element on a page or site with a simple tap and Custom Rules allow you to easily create your own rules to block media, cookies and JavaScript.
Tap to Block – Simply tap any element on a web page and watch it disappear from your view, ensuring it never disturbs your browsing again. And thanks to Tap to Block’s intelligence, any similar or repeating elements on the page, or across the whole site will also be removed. Adjustments are easy using the Expand or Contract buttons for refining your selection. Additionally, the Hide button provides an instant preview of the page without the selected elements visible. Advanced users seeking direct control can edit the resulting CSS to allow for precise selection and more sophisticated logic.
Custom Rules – Craft your own ad blocking rules to block media, cookies, and JavaScript. Custom Rules complement Magic Lasso’s built-in ad blocking rules to ensure a faster, cleaner, and more personalised browsing experience. Custom Rules can apply to specific pages, all pages from a given site, or all web pages. Better yet, these rules seamlessly sync across your devices via iCloud, ensuring consistent ad blocking across all Apple platforms.
After updating, open the app to ensure you are using the most recent ad block rules.
4.1 01/31/2024
Version 4.0 introduces fantastic new personalisation features to Magic Lasso Adblock. With Tap to Block you can effortlessly block any element on a page or site with a simple tap and Custom Rules allow you to easily create your own rules to block media, cookies and JavaScript.
Tap to Block – Simply tap any element on a web page and watch it disappear from your view, ensuring it never disturbs your browsing again. And thanks to Tap to Block’s intelligence, any similar or repeating elements on the page, or across the whole site will also be removed. Adjustments are easy using the Expand or Contract buttons for refining your selection. Additionally, the Hide button provides an instant preview of the page without the selected elements visible. Advanced users seeking direct control can edit the resulting CSS to allow for precise selection and more sophisticated logic.
Custom Rules – Craft your own ad blocking rules to block media, cookies, and JavaScript. Custom Rules complement Magic Lasso’s built-in ad blocking rules to ensure a faster, cleaner, and more personalised browsing experience. Custom Rules can apply to specific pages, all pages from a given site, or all web pages. Better yet, these rules seamlessly sync across your devices via iCloud, ensuring consistent ad blocking across all Apple platforms.
Version 4.0.4 includes fixes to resolve YouTube ad blocking issues that some users may have experienced. v4.0.4 also reduces the likelihood of seeing anti-ad block alerts on YouTube when viewing videos with Magic Lasso enabled.
After updating, open the app to enable iCloud Custom Rules syncing and to ensure you are using the most recent ad block rules.
4.0.4 11/23/2023
Magic Lasso now includes Apple TV ad blocking! Magic Lasso Adblock v5.1 also block ads and trackers on your Apple TV devices, letting you watch your favourite tv shows without interruptions while protecting your privacy from ad tracking. Apple TV Ad Blocking builds upon everything you already love about Magic Lasso: system-wide App Ad Blocking across all your Mac apps, plus best-in-class Safari and YouTube ad blocking.
Along with Apple TV Ad Blocking, Magic Lasso v5.0 delivered App Ad Blocking, so you can:
- Block ads in your favourite apps – Whether you’re scrolling through social media, playing games, or reading the news, ads are blocked automatically — creating a cleaner, faster experience across your device.
- Block ads in any browser – Magic Lasso still blocks ads natively in Safari. But now it also blocks them in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and other browsers too — so you’re protected no matter what browser you use.
- Stop hidden in-app trackers – Many apps secretly track your activity and sell your data to third parties. App Ad Blocking helps shut down these trackers before they load, giving you stronger privacy everywhere.
- Speed up your internet – App Ad Blocking routes your traffic through a fast, private DNS, improving speed and reducing data leaks to your ISP.
To block ads and trackers across all apps on your device, open the app, go to Rules > App Ad Blocking and tap “Enable…”. Then when prompted, tap “Enable App Ad Blocking” and tap “Allow” to give permission for network content filtering.
That’s it! Ad and tracker blocking will now be active system-wide via the Magic Lasso Adblock VPN. If you ever want to turn off App Ad Blocking, just go back to Rules > App Ad Blocking in the app.
v5.2 also:
- Updates the Magic Lasso Adblock VPN to exclude additional local traffic from routing through the VPN, while resolving intermittent iMessage or FaceTime activation issues when App Ad Blocking is active
- Adds Apple TV Ad Blocking information to the Rules tab
- Simplified Performance Insights display; Insights are now displayed on the Overview tab without requiring individual site insights to first be performed
- Handles Custom Rules with IP addresses better; these rules now may be edited and updated properly via Rules > Custom and in Safari via the Share sheet
- Fixes issues with Subscription purchase handling, whereby the app may not always recognise a new subscription activation after a prior subscription expiration or refund
- Fixes slowdown that may occur when the progress indicator is displayed during Rule updates and subscription activation
more Version 5.2 Mar 23
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