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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`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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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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Bind shortcut to applications [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I create a shortcut to open a specific application on OS X?
I would like to bind a shortcut to Google Chrome and another shortcut to Finder... I configure as ...
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How to 'clear refresh' a page display in web browsers (aka. 'hard refresh', ie. ignoring cache)?
While doing web development I often need to refresh a site I'm building with the cache ignored. What are the best ways to do this?
I used to use the 'Disable cache' option in Firefox's Web Developer ...
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Google Chrome doesn't import Keychain credidentials after update
I had installed the new Google Chrome update and after I restarted the browser, it stopped using my Keychain credentials. Is it possible to solve this problem somehow ?
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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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Using dnsmasq when not connected to the Internet
I'm routing dns requests through dnsmasq so that domains I'm using for local development point to 127.0.0.1. This works great when I'm connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi or ethernet, but I start to ...
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OS X Lion Safari, Chrome and Firefox crashing while trying to access caixa.gov.br account
For months I'm having problems accessing this link https://internetbanking.caixa.gov.br/SIIBC/index.processa from caixa.gov.br
It only works when I use Opera, but it fails on Chrome, Safari and ...
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How do I make Safari, Chrome, Mail, and other applications all use different SOCKS proxies
How do I make different applications like Safari, Chrome, and Mail all use different SOCKS proxies.
FireFox has it's own proxy settings, but Safari, Chrome, and presumably Mail all use the system ...
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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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Using a Ukelele-created keyboard doesn't work in Chrome
I tired to do the following:
Select the original US Keyboard layout as my current keyboard.
Launched Ukelele
Chose New > From current input source
Swapped a single key
Saved the file in my keyboard ...
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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 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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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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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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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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Can't access particular website (Macbook OSX Lion)
I have one particular website (one that I'm developing) that as of today, I can't access it on my computer. I can access it on my phone, and other people on other computers can access it, but for some ...
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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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⌘+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 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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Mac stops responding from time to time [closed]
I started using Mac yesterday, since then it stopped responding a lot. Each time it happened I restarted the system but it happens again. I also got "he's dead, Jim" error many times on Chrome.
Is ...
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Is there a hot key to refresh a browser that is in the background?
I want to have a key combo to refresh active window in Google Chrome, which normally would be Cmd + R. Keep in mind that (a) I am using two screens, (b) Google Chrome is not presently active window.
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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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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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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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Why can I browse with Firefox but not with Safari or Chrome?
I had a problem a while back where Chrome was working fine but Safari and Firefox were not. This was fixed by unchecking the "auto-discover proxy" box in the network configuration. See my previous ...
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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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OS X Lion Safari and Chrome's Vertical Scrollbar (overlay versus next to content)
What determines how the scrollbar is rendered in OS X Lion? On my home and work machine, I see the scrollbar next to the content like this:
A co-worker, also running Lion has that same scrollbar ...
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Web Inspector (Safari & Chrome): A/B testing changes?
Is there any technique for A/B testing CSS changes made to an element in Web Inspector?
That is, evaluating before & after states (loaded vs changed) for a given element.
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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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Left-click in Chrome extensions unavailable
I use Chrome 16.0.912.75 in MacOSX 10.7.2.
A right-click on the icon of an extension will show a menu, but the left-click is unresponsive.
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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 do I make Firefox use Chrome's built-in Flash plugin?
How do I make Firefox use Chrome's built-in Flash plugin?
I assume I can simply symlink Chrome's Flash plugin in Firefox' plugin directory—which directories do Chrome and Firefox use to store their ...
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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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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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Why do chrome pages appear without styling?
The Reddit homepage appears like the below screenshot sometimes.
It happens across all different pages and at different times eg Facebook/Google etc - can anyone shed some light on why?
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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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Chrome shortcut for selecting web content
Is there a keyboard shortcut in chrome (on mac osx) to let me select the web page content? Sometimes after I goto a web page I want to start scrolling using my space bar but it gets stuck in a textbox ...
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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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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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Not able to view video in Safari
I am trying to view a video in safari and it says there is a plugin missing. The message I get is:
This page has content that requires an Internet plug-in.
This page contains content of ...
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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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Google Chrome weird crash [closed]
im using Google Chrome for years and i never experienced like this before.
im using chrome for a while without problems(several tabs open), then i open a new tab and google disables everything. can't ...
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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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How to disable page snipping on Chrome? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can you disable rubber-band scrolling in OS X Lion?
One of the "great" features implemented on Mac Os Lion is the fact web frames can be detached and snapped as on IOS ...
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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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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 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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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 ...
