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   Jeremy :bat_boy: (jeremydebose@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 07:37:49 JST Jeremy :bat_boy:

   A couple years ago I did *something* in #macos Terminal to stop videos on sites like espn from auto playing…because turning it off in settings wouldn’t stop espn from playing. Anybody have any idea what that action could be and how to reverse it? #mac #apple #tech #techsupport

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     Moe Lassus (moelassus@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 11:09:44 JST Moe Lassus

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     @jeremydebose You probably used the defaults command to alter the behavior of Safari.

     Open Terminal and enter this command:
     defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu 1

     This will expose Safari's "Debug" menu. Under that debug menu, go to Media Flags, and then check if Disallow Inline Video is checked. This will stop videos from automatically playing when a page loads. Uncheck it and see if autoplay returns.

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     Jeremy :bat_boy: (jeremydebose@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 11:09:44 JST Jeremy :bat_boy:

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     • Moe Lassus

     @moelassus tried that a lil while ago and the debug menu wouldn’t appear. Think it’s cause I’m on #macOS26

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     Jeremy :bat_boy: (jeremydebose@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Jun-2025 06:33:12 JST Jeremy :bat_boy:

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     • Paul Southworth

     @pws I can’t get the debug menu to appear anymore. But this one seems to have worked.

     defaults delete com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2WebAudioPlaybackRequiresUserAction

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     Paul Southworth (pws@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 26-Jun-2025 06:33:14 JST Paul Southworth

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     @jeremydebose Just guessing here... perhaps you used Terminal to enable the Safari Debug menu, so you could select Disable Inline Video?