User Reviews: Accelerate for Safari

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  • nice addition

    nice addition for apps/sites that don't have this built in, like Plex
  • Perfect

    For those who notice the pause in safari everytime there is a change in speed, notice that this is a safari issue, as it happens even when not using this extension to switch the speed in youtube with shift < or >
    Also this happens when scrubbing in the video. But the extension itself works as expected and is just golden. Thank you to the developers!!
  • Works On All Websites

    I love this app it works on all websites and I don't even have to think about playback speed anymore.
  • Causing excess virtual memory on macos 11.0.1

    I would have 30gb of safari virtual memory from using this extension. Horribly slowed down my computer.
  • Doesn't Work

    Works on youtube but not on video links sent to me. Switched back to google chrome since their extension works
  • Perfect for Speeding Through Videos/Audio

    When I listen to podcasts, I always utilize the 1.5x-2x speed and wanted to figure out how to do that on my Macbook. I came across this app and it works perfectly!! I don't even have to open the app in order to accelerate a video because I have it as an extension in Safari. I simply press "D" to speed up the video and "S" to slow it down (this shortcut can also be edited). If you are like me and enjoy consuming content rapidly, this is the app for you!
  • Youtube Quality Downgrades

    It seems like when I play videos on 2x, YouTube will automatically downgrade me to 360. My connection can definitely handle 1080 at that speed and if I manually adjust it, it works fine. Not sure if that's something Accelerate is doing/causing or not but I don't seem to have this problem outside of this extension.
  • Not with Live Stream

    It works great for downloaded or pre-recorded stuff but totally screwed up live streaming from ESPN, Xfinity, CNN etc. Sadly, I had to uninstall for now during the US Open. Please fix and let us know when you have an update. Thanks
  • video becomes silent when playing for a few minutes

    I have to pause and replay the video constantly to fix it. That really annoys me.
  • Almost perfect

    This extension is super great! I just have 2 small suggestions that I think would make it much better. One, I wish the video didn't pause for a split-second as you're changing the speeds and two, I wish there was a small, slightly transparent notification that you could put in the corner so you could see what speed the video is playing at without actually having to change the speed to see.

    Developer Response

    Hi shamrocksread, thanks so much for the feedback and kind review! There is actually a shortcut to show a notification with the speed you are on without having to change the speed (the default key is “V”, but you can change this in the preferences if you’d like). The split second pausing is unfortunately a known issue actually caused by Safari’s video processing that happens anytime a playback setting is changed.

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