The humble pop-up window wasn’t always a tool for spam, and it still can be used for good and not evil. When Safari is stopping you from seeing one you actually want, here’s what to do.
It is still the case that there are websites that use pop-up windows like it was the early 2000s and we hadn’t really heard of spam. Safari on a Mac will protect you from them, and protect you so well that you almost certainly don’t even notice.
But take a site the social media scheduling one, Buffer.com. You can use Buffer to write a tweet when it suits you, but have it be posted when it will suit your audience.
Except you can’t do that until you tell Buffer what your Twitter account is, and allow it access. And at time of writing, you can’t tell Buffer any of this because it asks via a pop-up window.
It is remarkably frustrating when this happens on any site. You end up clicking away, thinking perhaps the you’ve not got the right button, and Safari doesn’t even allow the site to tell you there’s anything wrong.
Check your Apple Watch and confirm that it’s not 2007. Then click on the button or link you’re trying to use, and look at the Safari address bar.
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