86 MACWORLD DECEMBER 2021
WORKINGMAC BLOCK TRACKING PIXELS IN APPLE MAILwas forwarded. The BBC reports that most
emails now contain such trackers (fave.
co/3EHSpOt).
Apple offers only a
coarse solution to stop this:
In macOS in the Mail
app, choose Mail →
Preferences → Viewing and
uncheck “Load remote
content in messages.”
In iOS and iPadOS, go
to Settings → Mail and disable
Load Remote Images.
For any message you
view that has referenced
images (rather than those
embedded as
attachments in the
message), you can
click Load Remote
Content or tap Load
All Images. But these
actions don’t know
how to discriminate
between which
images load, and they
retrieve everything,
including any tracking
pixels you would
prefer to block.
A free blocking
extension for Apple
Mail for macOS,
MailTrackerBlocker
(fave.co/3EHSQZ7), prevents the loading
of tracking images from a variety of well-
known sites.You can configure Apple Mail to not load any images by default.
MailTrackerBlocker prevents the loading of tracking images
from a variety of well-known sites.