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Everybody knows the usual browser – Google Chrome, Opera, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer. For those that are relatively new to web browser engine, there are 5 main rendering engine, they are Trident used in Internet Explorer and Edge, Gecko in Firefox, Presto in Opera, Webkit in Safari and WebKit/Blink in Google Chrome. Unless you are still using a dial-up or ADSL, the speed of browser is not factor.

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As for macOS user, you do not have to use Safari, there are many other browsers for mac. The best Apple browser is the one that you feel most comfortable with. Here is a complete list of the best web browsers for macOS X.

All you need to do is download the latest package from here and install it on your Mac computer. 3) Check for the latest drivers: Make sure that you have the latest drivers for your printer installed on your Mac computer running macOS Big Sur. There’s a possibility that the current printer drivers aren’t supported on the latest OS. Using Word 2016 for Mac Focus Mode to Reduce Distractions. You can launch focus mode two ways: (1) go to the View tab then click Focus, or (2) click the focus mode icon on the status bar. Go to the Apple Menu and select Force Quit. Right click the app's icon in the Dock and select Quit Run the Activity Monitor.app, identify the misbehaving app, and terminate it.

↓ 01 – Vivaldi Cloud Browsing Blink/WebKit Engine

You spend a lot of time on the web. You deserve a browser that is personal, has the functionality you need and the flexibility you crave. You deserve Vivaldi so we made it for you. One of the things that makes Vivaldi unique is that it is built on modern web technologies. We use JavaScript and React to create the user interface with the help of Node.js and a long list of NPM modules. Vivaldi is the web built with the web.

• Powerful Bookmarks – How many bookmarks do you have in your browser? 56, 225, or 1056? If you use bookmarks a lot, you have come to the right place! With Vivaldi’s bookmark manager you can organize and access your bookmark efficiently. You can set your own tags and nicks for lightning fast access.
• Write Notes – Found that perfect quote for your essay or article? Copy that text to the notes panel, adding a link at the same time. Add a screen shot, just in case the page changes.

↓ 02 – Tor Browser Anonymity Network Gecko Engine

The Tor software protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location, and it lets you access sites which are blocked.

Tor enables its users to surf the Internet, chat and send instant messages anonymously, and is used by a wide variety of people for both licit and illicit purposes. Tor has, for example, been used by criminal enterprises, hacktivism groups, and law enforcement agencies at cross purposes, sometimes simultaneously;[47][48] likewise, agencies within the U.S. government variously fund Tor (the U.S. State Department

↓ 03 – Yandex Browser Security Enhanced Blink/WebKit Engine

Yandex Browser is a freeware web browser developed by the Russian web search corporation Yandex that uses the Blink layout engine and is based on the Chromium open source project. The browser checks webpage security with the Yandex security system and checks downloaded files with Kaspersky anti-virus. The browser also uses Opera Software’s Turbo technology to speed web browsing on slow connections.

• Turbo mode – Slow connections won’t slow you down. When internet speeds drop, Turbo mode is enabled, which will speed up how fast pages load and save on your data charges.
• DNS Spoofing Protection – Protect active security technology scans files and websites for viruses, blocks fraudulent webpages, protects your passwords and bank card details, and keeps your online payments safe from theft.

↓ 04 – Epic Blocks ADs and Trackers Blink/WebKit Engine

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Epic protects you from over six hundred tracking attempts in an average browsing session. We believe what you browse & search online should always be private. In incognito mode, you’re still being tracked. Epic protects you from over one thousand tracking attempts in a typical browsing session. Over a year of browsing it works out to hundreds of thousands of bits of data about you that Epic protects.

↓ 05 – Min AD Blocking & Extremely Light Unknown Engine

Min is a smart and super fast web browser with built-in ad blocking. Min is designed to be fast. It uses less battery power, so you don’t have to worry about finding a charger. Min is written entirely with CSS and JavaScript using Electron, and is open-source software, available on GitHub. Min lets you decide whether you want to see ads or not. And when you’re using a slow or expensive internet connection, it lets you block scripts and images, so pages load faster and use less data.

↓ 06 – Brave Blocks ADs and Trackers Blink/WebKit Engine

At Brave, our goal is to block everything on the web that can cramp your style and compromise your privacy. Annoying ads are yesterday’s news, and cookies stay in your jar where they belong. The new Brave browser automatically blocks ads and trackers, making it faster and safer than your current browser. Browse faster and safer with Brave. Up to a whopping 60% of page load time is caused by the underlying ad technology that loads into various places each time you hit a page on your favorite news site and 20% of this is time spent on loading things that are trying to learn more about you.

• Browse Faster – Brave blocks trackers and intrusive ads that can slow you down on the web.
• Browse Safer – Brave keeps you and your information safer, effectively shielding you from 3rd party tracking and malvertisement.
• Browse Better – With Brave, you can choose whether to see ads that respect your privacy or pay sites directly. Either way, you can feel good about helping fund content creators.

↓ 07 – Waterfox Lightning Fast Browser Gecko Engine

Waterfox is an open-source web browser based on Mozilla Firefox for 64-bit Windows, macOS and Linux systems. It is compiled using various compilers and uses Intel’s Math Kernel Library, Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 and Advanced Vector Extensions. It is compatible with most Firefox add-ons and 64-bit NPAPI browser plug-ins.

↓ 08 – Iridium Browser Enhance Privacy Blink/WebKit Engine

The iridiumbrowser is based on the Chromium code base. All modifications enhance the privacy of the user and make sure that the latest and best secure technologies are used. Automatic transmission of partial queries, keywords, metrics to central services is prevented and only occurs with the approval of the user. In addition, all our builds are reproducible and modifications are auditable, setting the project ahead of other secure browser providers.

• Speed – Iridium is just fast in any way. It starts very fast and loads and renders also very complex web sites really fast.
• Privacy – Chromium (which Iridium is based on) is a very secure browser, yes. But it does call home to Google. And we did even more to enhance security to the maximum extent possible.
• Ease of Use – Just anybody can use iridium right away. It is simple and easy to handle, it does not require any special knowledge at all.

The Catalina 10.15.3 Update Breaks Active Directory Domain Users Admin and sudo Access.

The macOS Catalina 10.15.3 Update is only about two days old and is already receiving mixed reviews.

The GOOD:

The BAD:

• AD Domain Users Admin Access Broken
• Custom /etc/pam.d modifications reset to stock

Have you noticed anything new that is fixed or broken in the new update? Let me know!

Active Directory Domain Admin Access Removed!

This issue was first reported in the MacAdmins Slack a few hours after the 10.15.3 update was release.

I just installed the 10.15.3 update and now I can’t admin elevate using an AD domain account. This was working this morning pre-update and nothing has changed on the AD domain.

The domain account is in a security group that is set in Directory Utility > Active Directory as allowing administration. I can authenticate with the account successfully in Terminal using su, it’s just the admin rights that are broken.

A few other users started to report the same issue after Aaron did.

Let’s Examine the issue.

The issue will most likely be reported by a user who says this…

I updated to 10.15.3 and when I use sudo I get this error.

User is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.

Reported to who? Am I in trouble now???

Let’s check to see if Active Directory Group “Domain Admins” has admin access on your Mac.

/usr/sbin/dsconfigad -show

This command will give you a list of all your Active Directory Settings.

The screenshot below is what you will see AFTER the 10.15.3 Update.

This is what you SHOULD see.

Quick and easy command to show just the Allowed admin groups value.

/usr/sbin/dsconfigad -show /usr/bin/awk -F= '/Allowed admin groups/ { print $2 }' /usr/bin/awk '{$1=$1};1'

HT goes out to Eric Holtam(@eholtam) for the command!

You could still have the issue even if “Allowed admin groups” shows domain admins.

In one of my tests to confirm this issue after the 10.15.3 update finished, I still had the domain admins group but my admin access did not work.

Do you use a custom Active Directory Admin Global Group ?

What if you use a custom AD group like “Pretendo_Admins” ?

You can have the same issue.

I did not have this issue after updating

Did you use a profile to bind? This is one example that I was unable to test.

Was the Mac connected to your directory for a few hours -1 day ? See Fix #3 below, it’s possible that the AD connector refreshed your information.

How can I fix this Problem?

The issue can be fixed in 3 ways.

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• Re-Bind to Active Directory
• Run dsconfigad to set the group access again
• WAIT – It was reported that the issue is fixed automatically after the Mac is left online for a certain amount of time. The configuration is refreshed. – Thanks to MacAdmins user awickert for testing this out.

To reset the domain group setting run this command.

dsconfigad -groups 'DOMAINdomain admins'

NOTE: If you use a custom AD Global group for admin adccess you need to replace domain admins with your custom group.

dsconfigad -groups 'DOMAINPretendo_Admins'

You can now run dsconfgad -show then check the Allowed admin groups and it should say = domain admins or your custom group.

You can also run this command to double verify the user now has admin access. (Thank you to a well known MacAdmins wizard for this command)

dsmemberutil checkmembership -U USERNAMEHERE -G admin

If the command worked you will see

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user is a member of the group

If not, you will see

user is not a member of the group