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 can I use multiple browser versions at one time?
On Windows I can use Utilu Firefox collection (there also ie collection on his site).
How can I use multiple browser versions to see how my website works in different versions of different browsers ...
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How do I install the mobile version of Google Chrome on my iPod touch 4th generation? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can you install Google Chrome on an iOS Device
I want to install Chrome on my iPod touch 4th generation.
How do I do that?
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Enable 3-finger swipe for home and end in Chrome
3-finger left and right swipes on my trackpad work in Chrome. They take me back one page in my history or right one page. However, 3-finger up and down swipes does not appear to be implemented.
In ...
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⌘+L shortcut not working in Chrome
Quite frequently I experience cases, where the ⌘+L shortcut will not work in Chrome.
This shortcut does the same in Safari, Chrome and Firefox. It jumps to the URL bar of the browser.
How can I ...
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Why firefox 10.1 uses full screen on Snow Leopard while Chrome and Safari do not?
I am new to the Mac World, I am stuck with the fact that on my 15 inch Mac Book Pro only Firefox 10.1 uses all the screen, while Chrome and Safari only use a portion of it. Chrome is the thing I miss ...
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Launch default browser spotlight shortcut?
I often switch my default browser between Safari and Chrome. I would like to create a shortcut that will launch the default browser, whatever that may be. This way I don't have to remember what my ...
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Can I make Chrome the default web browser in iOS?
With Google Chrome available for iOS now I'd like to know if it's possible to make Chrome the default browser? I find "open in browser" type options from other iOS apps still take me to Safari.
Not ...
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Finer grained control over the default browser?
My default browser is Chromium. I tend to use different browsers and nail them to a Space. So for example Chromium is space 1 along with item, Firefox space 2 with terminal, Safari 3 with ...
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Chrome toolbar icons acting weirdly
It recently started happening that the icons in Google Chrome started freaking out, and randomly look weird:
And they don't always look the same, either:
The appearance of them tends to change ...
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Why does Google Chrome mount and unmount a volume every few hours?
I'm assuming it's part of the 'check for updates' process, but does anyone know how this is controlled and what it's mounting and unmounting?
I first discovered this behavior after updating Growl, ...
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Is there a web browser I can use safely on mac os 10.5.8?
Sometime in 2012, Adobe Flash asked me to update it. I tried, but it didn't work because my browsers (firefox and chrome) didn't support the newest flash. I tried to update my browsers, but neither ...
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Chromium builds for Mac OS X
What is the proper way to install Chromium (not chrome!) on Mac OS X?
Stable builds are a must, beta builds or nightlies are nice to have.
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How can I get Quicksilver to open bookmarked URLs in Chrome?
I'd like to be able to trigger QS and then start typing "gmail" or "weather" or the name of whatever bookmark I'd like to open, and have the previously bookmarked site open in Chrome, my default ...
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Chrome Mac gesture conflict with horizontal scrolling
I am running Chrome 14 on OSX Lion.
I swipe 2 fingers horizontally to scroll a web page horizontally, for a page that is too wide.
When I swipe right, it works fine. When it swipe left it works for ...
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How can I enable Mountain Lion Spellcheck in Google Chrome?
Chrome's spellcheck has become cumbersome as of the new auto-correct spell check in Mountain Lion. I love that I don't have to go to the mouse and use a context menu for spell-checking---EXCEPT IN ...
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How do I view emoji in Google Chrome on OS X (prior to 10.7)?
In chat there was an emoji icon posted recently. You can view it here. I am using Google Chrome and I can't see the icon. I can, however, see them on my iPad. How can I view them in Google Chrome on ...
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Is there a way to force Google Chrome to open in full screen?
When I'm working just on my MacBook Pro,I like to keep as many apps as I can in Lion's full-screen mode. One of these apps is Google Chrome. However, Chrome doesn't remember that I want it to appear ...
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Is it possible to install Chrome OS on a PowerBook without VM?
I'm interested in throwing Chrome OS on an old Powerbook just for the hell-of-it.
Does anyone know if it's possible to install it as the only OS? I'd rather not have to run a VM for this.
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Why has my iMac gotten slower for the past few months?
My iMac has gotten slow lately. The (wireless) keyboard lags if I type while a program or dialog box is opening. A couple of Chrome tabs crash every day. A few days ago, Preview and TextEdit started ...
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How to disable WebGL in the Chrome browser on Mac OS X
How does one disable Google Chrome from using WebGL on a Mac (Mac OS X 10.6)?
(There currently appears to be some sort of security advisory regarding this component.)
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How can I browse offline my already visited websites?
OK, I am online half of the day and offline the other half using a MacBook Pro. As I am coding primarily on this Mac, I am interested in caching all the websites I visit: especially forums, blogs, ...
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When I change my CSS and refresh the page, the changes aren't reflected in Safari or Chrome
I set the background to red instead of the color it normally was. Didn't change. Removed the properties all together, refreshed, the texture was still there, even though I removed the line.
OS X ...
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Upload file via URL
I'm a recent Mac convert. In Windows when I wanted to upload a file to a website I could do this (see the URL in the File Name text field):
However there's no way to do that in the upload dialog ...
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How to have links open in Google Chrome from emails?
Before switching to the Chrome browser app from mobile Safari when I would click a link in a email it would automatically open the page in Safari. Now clicking a link does nothing and I have to copy ...
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Chrome Exposé in OS X Lion not working
In Snow Leopard, Chrome had a feature that is like Exposé, but for the tabs.
The gesture to trigger it was a 3 finger swipe down.
And in Lion it just stopped to work.
Does anyone knows how to ...
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Can I combine the address bar and the Google search bar in Safari?
The only reason I am using Chrome over Safari is the cool feature Chrome has namely the address bar acts as the search bar as well. Is there a way I can enable this feature in safari as well?
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Random space switching issue
When I am using Chrome for web development I like to have it open on the same space as where I am using my code editor.
Chrome is currently assigned to a different space than my code editor so ...
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MP4 object: 10.8 webkit browsers “Missing Plug-in”, other browsers display video via QuickTime
My organization's web site uses object tags to display MP4 video files. Here's an example:
<object width="494" height="388" codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab" ...
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How to get Java applets working with Chrome?
I use Gotomypc which is either a Java applet or an App.
The Gotomypc applet will launch under Firefox or Safari but not Chrome. When I launch the app under chrome I get the yellow status bar at the ...
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Is there a simple way to have separate dock icons for different Chrome Profiles?
I am using Google Chrome version 22 on OS X 10.8. I use separate user profiles (created using the native Chrome facility in Settings->Users) for my "regular" web browsing, and the web development ...
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`open http://foo.com` and specify the chrome user which is to be used
Using the open command from terminal I would like to be able to specify the chrome the specific chrome user to open the url with? Local Chrome users are outlined here.
Essentially I have a local ...
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Java won't work in Chrome/Safari/Firefox, but does in Terminal
I've updated to Oracle's 1.7 64-bit beta, and this is what my Java Preferences window looks like (you will note that the webapp checkbox is checked and I've restarted my machine since checking it):
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Safari Extension for right click menu: Open in Google Chrome?
Is it possible for an extension to add items to the right click menu in Safari? If you enable developer mode, there is a menu item called "Open Page With..." and Google Chrome is a choice if it's ...
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How to make Chrome open a new window for external Links
As some people might know, the default behavior for external links of Google Chrome is quite bad. I'm using Spaces, and opening a link in some application outside of Google Chrome while being on a ...
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Run Google Chrome in full screen with dev console across dual-monitors
Is there a way in Mac OS X 10.8.3 to open Google Chrome in full screen mode with dual monitors so that the Dev console appears on a second monitor?
This would seem to be the obvious and intuitive way ...
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How do I view emoji in Google Chrome in Lion?
This question is an extension of Daniel L.'s question and my own question. I upgraded to Lion after asking my question. I'd like to be able to view emoji in Chrome when using Lion.
So stuff like ...
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Chrome and Firefox not remembering session
I just switched to the Mac, and I installed Firefox and Chrome. For some reason, I can't get the functionality for opening the tabs and windows from the last session to work either browser.
Mac OSX ...
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Adobe Flash Player ungodly slow in OSX
I have the mid-2009 Macbook Pro (Core 2 Duo, 2.53 Ghz, 4GB RAM, OSX 10.7.2), and use the most recent version of Chrome. However, it seems every time I visit a website with Flash, whether it be ...
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Repairing broken file associations on the Mac
I installed a download manager (I think folx) on this mac book a few months ago, every time I would download a file folx would pick up and download it.
Long story short, this got confusing, so I ...
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Why is the dictionary shortcut unreliable using Chrome?
When using the dictionary lookup shortcut Ctrl + Cmd + D when using Chrome it works for some websites but not for others.
Does this have to do with Chrome itself or is it due to the fact that some ...
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How to tell Google Chrome to use my Keychain
Background:
Story: A colleague of mine told me about 1Password and it seems good to me. I am always trying to use tools which Mac OS X itself gives me, so I've given the Keychain a try. It seems ...
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Google Chrome on Mac: how to force link to open in new window (not new tab)?
How can I get links (boh from web pages within Chrome AND from external apps) to open in a new window rather than in a new tab in the active window?
This has been answered for Windows, but I cannot ...
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How can I 'reset' the inertial scrolling in Chrome?
Chrome 17 on Lion has inertial scrolling like Safari 5 does. However, sometimes it reaches a point where the top/bottom edges are not bouncy anymore. This happens on a user profile in Chrome without ...
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How can I download plain .txt files in Safari/Chrome?
Some data formats will not be automatically downloaded by Safari/Chrome. Usually there are other options:
.jpg → right-click will show a dialog with an option download
.pdf → when you ...
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Why does “Chromium Helper EH” crash when I try to launch Chromium?
Every time I launch Chromium, a dialog box appears almost immediately telling me that "Chromium Helper EH has unexpectedly quit." Several things don't work, including the New Tab button missing the + ...
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How do I open multiple links in new tabs in Google Chrome?
I am using Google Chrome as my default browser on Lion.
What I want to achieve is, when I select handful of links from one web-page, I should have shortcut to open all those links in new tabs.
How ...
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Weird chrome icon on my macbook pro?
I am using MacBook pro. I have this weird chrome icon:
I dont know if its the official chrome icon, but it looks damaged or spoiled to me. If you are also using chrome on your macbook, does your ...
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Unicode HOT BEVERAGE (U+2615) in Google Chrome
In the screenshot below, I am looking at an email with a unicode HOT BEVERAGE (U+2615) character. The character is displayed correctly in the OSX dialog and in the developer tools, but not in the web ...
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Full screen videos in Chrome suffer a lag
I have an issue concerning full screen videos within the Google Chrome browser. The video lags for a second.
Since it is too hard to explain, I captured 16 seconds of video.
What could be the cause ...
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Why does Google Chrome replace “fl” with blocks on all PDFs it shows, but Adobe Reader works fine?
When I open PDFs in Chrome that contain words like "files", the "fi" is replaced by a square block. Opening the same PDF in Adobe Reader or Preview works fine. Anyway to fix this?
