Google's web browser, for viewing web pages on the internet. Based on the WebKit rendering engine, currently available for Intel Macs.
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How do I disable Chrome's two-finger back/forward navigation?
In dev builds of Chrome, they've implemented, refined, and released two-finger swipes left/right in order to browse back/forward in the browser history. Unfortunately, you can accidentally trigger it ...
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How do I go back and forward in Chrome using a Magic Mouse in Lion?
Before installing Lion, I could use the "double finger left/right swipe" gesture to go back and forward in the history in Google Chrome.
After installing Lion, I can't find any mouse gesture that ...
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Why do emoji like 💩 appear when I use Safari, but not Chrome?
Why do emoji like 💩 appear when I use Safari, but not Chrome on the same MacBook running Lion? Both browsers use WebKit, and I'd imagine font support comes from the OS, not the application.
For ...
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What's the best way to sync Chrome bookmarks to iPhone?
I use Google Chrome on my Mac as my browser, and I'd like to be able to have access to my bookmarks on my iPhone. Safari provides bookmark syncing automatically, and Mozilla has an app that provides ...
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How can I force command-line arguments to a program shortcut in the dock?
I have Chrome installed in Applications, and a shortcut to it in the Dock.
How can I achieve to force some command-line arguments to each start-up of this app?
Let me be clearer, in the Terminal, I ...
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How do I open Google Chrome in Incognito mode by default
Is there any way (using apple script or by using settings on chrome) to open Google Chrome in incognito mode.
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Chrome: Keyboard shortcut to go to address bar?
I just recently switched from Windows and *nix to OSX, and I miss being able to hit F6 to go straight to my Address Bar. What's the OSX equivalent?
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Useful Chrome extensions for OS X
I know there is already a post out there for Safari extensions, but Chrome extensions are completely different. So, what extensions do you think are useful? Please read these simple rules before ...
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Does Google Chrome have a significant impact on MacBook battery life compared to other browsers?
I've been reading , a bit about users noticing a severe drop in battery life when using Google Chrome.
I'm curious if this is a real issue - and attributed to the rendering/flash engine it uses.
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As of Mountain Lion, Google Chrome has asked for permission to view my contacts. Does this mean that it has likely had unrestricted access before?
I'm not sure why Chrome wants this access, but since prior to Mountain Lion there wasn't a prompt for this, it makes me think that it must have been looking at them this whole time. Right?
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Remapping keyboard shortcuts in Chrome and Firefox
I recently switched from Windows to Mac. One of the things that's really ingrained in my muscle memory is hitting Alt+D in a browser to go to the address bar. On Mac browsers, ⌘+D creates a ...
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Why does only Safari have (nearly) perfect inertial scrolling in OS X?
I'm quite amazed that Safari is the only browser in OS X that manages to get (nearly) perfect inertial scrolling.
Even with lots of flash content on a website, Safari's scrolling is smooth.
There ...
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How to create an application shortcut in Chrome for Mac
This has been bugging me for a while, and despite googling around, I cannot seem to even find an explanation as to why the "Create Application Shortcut" is disabled.
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Google Chrome repeatedly displays monospaced fonts wrong as “Times New Roman”
I observe an extremely annoying font problem in Google Chrome for Mac. When I visit a page like GitHub or Bitbucket (which use monospaced fonts, e.g. for code) I see the HTML sections that are meant ...
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Can you install Google Chrome on an iOS Device
Is it possible to install Google Chrome web browser on an iOS device
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Now that “Activity” is gone from Safari, how do I find and download a streaming flv file on a Mac?
Is there a plugin (for any browser) anyone can recommend? An app?
It seems like all browsers got rid of this easy resource tracking feature (Chrome too).
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huge Chrome Time Machine backups
My 1TB Time Machine drive just filled up, apparently due a bug in Chrome. Since this issue has been open for a year and a half, I don't expect that Google will fix it any time soon.
Can anyone offer ...
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iCloud bookmark sync with Chrome
I know that iCloud currently supports only syncing your Safari bookmarks with Safari on Mac or PC and IE on PC. However I'm using Chrome on both those platforms and I'm wondering if there's any ...
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All pages in Google Chrome are rendered with a very thin, bad looking serif font
In every later release of Google Chrome (including the just released version 11), all pages are rendered with a very thin, jaggy serif font.
This is how it looks in Chrome 11:
And here is Safari ...
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Bug with regards to .tar.gz in Chrome when 'Asking where to save downloads'
Every time I try to download or save a .tar.gz file, I get something like this:
The popup is simply wrong, I've used the right .tar.gz extension. Clicking on Use .gz saves the file as .tar.gz, and ...
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Chrome putting itself in the Dock whenever it wants.
So I have Google Chrome installed on my Mac & randomly it will put itself in my dock, where it normally doesn't reside. It is usually about every two weeks or so, but sometimes its within a few ...
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Is there a way to make Adium open links with Google Chrome?
When someone sends me a link in Adium I'll click it and Safari will open up. I'd like links to be opened by Google Chrome instead.
I've had a look around the web and in the preferences but for the ...
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Can Chrome v.21 be used without freezing my Mac? [closed]
Chrome throws many errors, and after a few minutes my Mac freezes. What can I do?
Here is the error message.
Unsure about the internals of CFAllocator but going to patch them anyway. If there is ...
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How can I transfer my Google Chrome bookmarks to my iPad?
I have been looking around for a method and haven't been able to find one, any suggestions?
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Is there a way to sync bookmarks between chrome and safari on an ongoing basis?
I know that chrome can sync bookmarks to other installs and versions of chrome, and that safari can sync to other installs and versions of safari, but can I make them sync to each other? It can be ...
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How to view man pages in a web browser?
Which .conf file do I need to edit in order to view man pages in a web browser? I'd like to use Google Chrome to do this.
Is this possible?
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Changing Chrome's User Agent?
Is it possible to change Chrome (or Chrome based browsers) user agents on OSX? I dont see a menu or preference option for doing so.
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Google Chrome bug in OS X Lion
Is it just me or is there a right-click bug for Chrome in OS X Lion? I first noticed that double finger tapping the trackpad didn't show any menu when in chrome (either on a link or on anything).
I ...
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Disable Safari plugin without (re)moving the file
I've been Flash-free in Safari (5.0.3, my primary browser) for a while now, using Chrome with its bundled Flash Player whenever I have to.
I'm also developing a little bit in Flash for school, and ...
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Safari: stop hiding tabs
I can't use safari and continue using chrome only because of 1 reason:
chrome doesn't hides tabs (when there are too many of them)
I just want to act safari like this
And not like this
Is there ...
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Why does look-up not work on every webpage in Chrome?
Lion introduced a new feature called look up:
... which can be invoked by double-tapping a word with three fingers. This works fine most of the time, but I've noticed that it fails many times in ...
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Bookmark a POST request
Certain online shops I use don't easily allow you to bookmark an Order Status page.
That's because they use a POST request to access that info. So, the order number is not encoded in the URL. Which ...
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Open PDF using Google Chrome
I like the fact that I can use Google's built in PDF viewer instead of a separate application (Adobe Acrobat). Normally I would open a Finder Window with the PDF and drag it to a tab on Google Chrome ...
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What are the iPad gestures for the new Chrome app?
I cannot find the documentation for them anywhere.
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Text-To-Speech to read websites in Chrome?
I am using the Chrome browser and I know OS X has built-in voice synthesis that can speak to assist visually impaired users.
Can I use this feature to have the computer read contents of websites for ...
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MacBook Pro keeps freezing, could Google Update be the cause?
Last Dec (2012) my MacBook Pro (OS X Lion) started freezing, say 3 or 4 times a session. I ran both the Apple hardware diagnostic DVD (ran for hours, no problems),
and I ran a disk scan, no problems ...
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Is there any way to bring back H.264 support in Chromium
I'm using Chrome on a daily basis or to be exact, latest-builds of Chromium. I recently uninstalled Flash, in order to increase battery life on my MBP and in general rid my laptop of the evil Flash ...
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Why does Google Chrome require a Force Quit when Restarting OS X
I am very rarely able to close Google Chrome on my Macbook Pro without force quitting the application. Is there a way to detect why this is happening?
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Seeking an alternative to the big browsers
Can anyone recommend any alternative web-browsers to the Big Three of Safari, Google Chrome and Firefox?
I just want to try something new, because I'm not completely happy with the performance of ...
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How to deal with WindowServer kernel panics, three NVIDIA-related KEXTs in the backtrace, whilst using Google Chrome?
I have a MacBook Pro (MacBookPro6,2) running OS X 10.7.5.
Once every few days, on average, my screen goes black and it stops responding. Before these incidents I'm mainly browsing, random web pages ...
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How to Kiosk Mode a Web Page OSX - Chrome
I have to let members of the public use my laptop to access a member signup web page at a student fair in a couple of weeks.
Chrome doesn't have kiosk mode on Mac, is it possible to disable CMD+Q, ...
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How do I determine which app is trying to invoke Google Chrome?
For some reason, Google Chrome was randomly starting up on my system. I uninstalled it, and now I occasionally get the "Choose Application" dialog, which asks "Where is Google Chrome.app?"
How can I ...
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Why can't I open downloads from Google Chrome's download bar?
For some reason, clicking on downloads in the Google Chrome download bar does nothing any more; I'm pretty sure it did until some time recently, but it's been a while since it did.
Also, choosing ...
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How do I return the number of the current window in Chrome and open a new tab in it?
I am writing an AppleScript in which I need to get the number of the current window of Google Chrome and open a new tab in it. I want something like this (pseudo code):
set curWindNum to the current ...
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Why does the Google Chrome icon appear like this in Applications?
I am using OS X Lion 10.7.4.
The Google Chrome application seems to work fine and the icon appears normal the Dock and Launchpad. What does this error icon mean?
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Custom Application Keyboard shortcut for Safari not always working
I uninstalled Flash a little while back, and installed Chrome as a back-up for when I hit something in Safari and want to see the Flash. I have the "Show Develop in Menu Bar" preference set, and ...
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Chrome can't load certain sites but Safari can - how can I diagnose the problem?
When accessing the internet from my home connection, Google Chrome has trouble accessing certain sites that use https. These include Google search, Facebook and discussions.apple.com, but for some ...
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Is the “Lookup in Dictionary” context menu option hardcoded in Google Chrome for Mac?
I'm having a hard time removing the "Lookup in Dictionary" context menu element in Chrome for Mac (see screenshot).
I tried deactivating the Dictionary Service shortcut in Preferences / Keyboard, ...
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How can I disable pop-unders when using Chrome?
I know it's possible to disable pop-ups, and that's the default behavior, but It's not affecting the pop-unders.
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How to Auto-Hide the Address Bar in Google Chrome?
How can I hide the address bar in google chrome? I found this article but I am unable to find a solutions for Mac OS. Ideally I would like all tool bars to disappear similar to how they do in ...
