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authorBradley Taunt <bt@btxx.org>2024-06-06 08:05:12 -0400
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+<h1>Enabling Safari Extensions with the macOS Catalina Patcher</h1>
+<p>2021-09-23</p>
+<p>I have an old 2011 MacBook Air that is running the latest version of macOS Catalina thanks to the very wonderful <a href="http://dosdude1.com/catalina/">Catalina Patcher</a> by dosdude1. This project has made it possible for me to run and test some of the latest software from Apple - namely Safari 15.</p>
+<p>I ran into a small bug early on though – Safari extensions couldn’t be activated via the preferences menu. Luckily I discovered a very simple fix. My hope is this might help others (as small of a demographic that might be) who run into the same issue with the Catalina Patcher.</p>
+<ul>
+<li>Close/Quit Safari completely</li>
+<li>Open the Finder and use the shortcut <code>⌘ Shift G</code></li>
+<li>Paste the following to navigate to the proper folder: <code>~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Safari/Data/Library/Safari/AppExtensions</code></li>
+<li>Open the <code>Extensions.plist</code> in your favourite text editor (I’m a big fan of Panic's Nova)</li>
+<li>Below each extensions <code>&lt;dict&gt;</code> tag, add the following: <code>&lt;key&gt;Enabled&lt;/key&gt;&lt;true/&gt;</code></li>
+<li>Save the file and relaunch Safari</li>
+</ul>
+<p>Reference of what it should look like (AdBlock for this example):</p>
+<pre><code>&lt;key&gt;org.adblockplus...&lt;/key&gt;
+ &lt;dict&gt;
+ &lt;key&gt;AddedDate&lt;/key&gt;
+ &lt;date&gt;2021-09-23T14:00:47Z&lt;/date&gt;
+ &lt;key&gt;Enabled&lt;/key&gt;
+ &lt;true/&gt;
+ &lt;key&gt;WebsiteAccess&lt;/key&gt;
+ &lt;dict&gt;
+ &lt;key&gt;Allowed Domains&lt;/key&gt;
+ &lt;array/&gt;
+ &lt;key&gt;Has Injected Content&lt;/key&gt;
+ &lt;true/&gt;
+ &lt;key&gt;Level&lt;/key&gt;
+ &lt;string&gt;All&lt;/string&gt;
+ &lt;/dict&gt;
+ &lt;/dict&gt;
+</code></pre>
+<p>After following those simple steps you should have working extensions in Safari. Have fun on your old, "unsupported" Apple devices!</p>
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