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AdGuard for Safari has been updated to version 1.11.18 which includes Scriptlets being updated to to v1.10.25 along with all the dependencies related to Scriptlets. I cleared all the cookies and cache then synchronised with the latest filters that are available – I’m subscribed to all the filters exception for the ones that are labeled ‘problematic’. There is talk about moving away from Electron – maybe they’ll make use of catalyst (link) but I haven’t see anything appear yet as so far as a public beta but I’m sure they’ll around to it.

Apple has released iOS 17.5.1 (link) where Apple fix has the following release note: “This update provides important bug fixes and addresses a rare issue where photos that experienced database corruption could reappear in the Photos library even if they were deleted.” My interpretation of that explanation was that the photo database was corrupted, the file was deleted but because database was corrupted it wasn’t fully deleted and when the update was installed it rebuilt the photo database which resulted in the photo coming back. There was a post on Reddit claiming that a photo came back from device they had cleared off but then the person suddenly deleted it the moment that their claim didn’t stand up to scrutiny.

I’ll be overseas when WWDC 2024 kicks off but I’ll check in to see what improvements make their way to the platform – I’m particularly interested in seeing what is added to Webkit in particular the features that have been added to the Technology Preview release but weren’t stable and/or complete enough to go into the mainstream release. An example of that would be the switch over to the open source implementation of Webextensions API in Safari Technology Preview 192 (link) didn’t make it into the next macOS update but I could see it appear in Safari 18 as Apple close the functionality gap between the MV3 standard and their implementation in Webkit.

Edit: You may need to delete the old AdGuard settings files in the Library directory if you find that ‘No Coin’ filter has disappeared from the Security Filters category when upgrading from an older version.