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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Why do two Chrome windows launch when I click an external link?
I've got the most recent version of Mountain Lion installed, as well as the most recent version of Chrome.
When I've got Chrome set as the default browser, and if I close out all the tabs before I ...
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Chrome sometimes doesn't detect two finger swipes in Macbook Air with Mountain Lion
It happens in most of the sites I visit, and it's happend for the last months: two-fingers swipe to go back or forward don't work.
However, from time to time, there's some sites in which they work.
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Enable mouse wheel autoscroll feature in Chrome
Is it possible to enable autoscroll (scrolling on mouse wheel press) in mac os? In windows it works out of the box, in mac id does not. Macos 10.6.8, Chrome v21
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Why does Chrome prevent my Mac from sleeping?
I don't mean browsing the Internet is preventing us from sleeping, that's obvious. I've disabled Safe Sleep to reduce sleep times from 20 seconds to 2, but Chrome doesn't want to play nicely.
Here's ...
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Chrome loses cookies on browser restart
I have cookies set to 'Allow local data to be set (recommended)' and yet, whenever I restart Chrome, I have to re-login to sites like reddit/facebook/google which should be keeping me logged in.
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Error trying to access Gmail on all browsers, “bad_mac_alert”
Recently I've been getting this error in Chrome when I try to access Gmail or other google sites.
Error 126 (net::ERR_SSL_BAD_RECORD_MAC_ALERT): Unknown error.
In Firefox it's
An error occurred ...
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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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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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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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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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Automater/Applescript page viewer/downloader loop
I have some 9500 individual audio files I am trying to download which:
a) require a login to a website
b) are located at subdirectories which ?redirects? to a download link
(eg. ...
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Autocomplete is broken in Google Chrome
I use Google Chrome as browser. I like the feature that it autocompletes the web-address when I start to type. e.g. when typing "app" it's autocompleted to "apple.stackexchange.com" and I just need to ...
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Media controls in chrome for Mac
Now Spotify is useless I've shifted Grooveshark, however there's a distinct lack of being able to use the media controls at the top of the keyboard to control it.
Is there an extension or ...
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How can I disable shift + control + scroll zoom in chrome?
I use control + shift + tab to move between tabs in Chrome, but if I scroll with the touchpad it'll zoom the page. This happens quite a lot and it's frustrating. Is there some way I can disable the ...
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Google Chrome Crash on Startup
I prefer to use Safari but I'm going into web design so I want to have a few browsers on my MacBook to view my work. When I try and open Chrome, it crashes on startup. This has been a problem since I ...
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Applescript click automation in Google Chrome browser?
Hello fellow programmers!
I would like to save some applescript code as an application, so that when I open the application it will go to Google Chrome and answer an incoming call in Google Voice.
I ...
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Cannot activate any programs except Chrome -> coreservicesd crash
I suddenly started experiencing an error in which Chrome is the only application that will accept any input. I can use the mouse to bring other windows to the front, but they will not accept keyboard ...
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Google Chrome not responding on Lion
I have this irritating issue with the latest version of Chrome on my Air running Lion.
At least once a day it ceases to work. It doesnt freeze or crash, it just will not search or go to any sites. If ...
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google chrome prints in black & white only
Using Chrome v20 on OSX 10.6.8 on two boxes. Chrome Print dialog opens without the color/b&w option, always prints in b&w regardless of which printer I choose (I have several available). If I ...
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Open .pdf's inside chrome using SKIM
The built in pdf viewer of chrome is rather nice, but I like (and more used to) skim. My ultimate goal would be to click on a pdf file and to have it opened in the tab (within chrome) using skim as ...
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How can I open Google Chrome in Presentation mode using a shell script
Previously in 10.6.8, I was able to start Google using
open /Applications/Chrome.app --args --kiosk http://www.google.com
Now, on newer systems, that does not work anymore correctly. The only way to ...
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Is there a Firefox Task Manager?
The previous question provides answers for Windows and other addons are for older versions of FF, or do not answer the question. This is a specific question for OSX.
Chrome has a built in task ...
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Why do Firefox and Chrome crash on my Macbook Pro?
I have trouble running Firefox and Chrome on my Mac.
Firefox is crashing from time to time:
http://pastebin.com/UYYjPbZe
Chrome crashes right after installation, it couldn't run it even once:
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How do I get spell checking to work in Google Chrome?
Typing adsfsadf on this edit box now... and there is no spell checking. But in the context menu spell checking is activated, and the correct language is selected. The same issue exists on about 90% of ...
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Can RedQuits be made to work with Chrome and OS X?
I am used to RedQuits as I like Chrome to behave the same way under different OSes (i.e. closing last window quits application), but I can't make it work on a new iMac with Lion. Others have similar ...
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Have to reopen Chrome to have the sound again?
I don't know if anyone has this problem which is:
When I connect my headphone or disconnect it from my macbook pro. The video, music in Chrome don't work anymore ( it's mute ). I have to reopen ...
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Time machine clean up hangs chrome (and other apps)
Whenever Time Machine finishes a backup and says its "Cleaning up" other applications start to hang until its finished - worst of which is Chrome - Chrome won't open a new URL until Time Machine is ...
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Troubleshooting for flash or iLife related beachballs or system hangs?
My wife and I share her iMac, using two separate user accounts. My account is used almost exclusively for browsing the web. My wife's account hosts a large iTunes library, our iPhoto libraries ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Lion seems to have made both Safari and Chrome pause when opening more tabs
I recently upgraded to Lion and am mostly very pleased. However I'm having some errant behaviour when CMD clicking on links in Safari and Chrome. Instead of opening the page in a new tab, often ...
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iMac Digital Audio Output and Google Chrome Issue
I'm using Google Chrome 13.0.782.32 beta as my preferred browser, and I'm also utilizing the digital optical output from my (late 2009) imac into a Digital-to-Analog converter (which then feeds into ...
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where is SearchMe extension for Safari and Chrome comes from?
Again, today, I found out that my default search engine has been changed to "Yahoo", which is weird as I didn't do that.
This is the second time it happens, and I found out there is an extension ...
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Create a termnial command to open file with Chrome
I want to create command in terminal that would allow me to use
chrome index.html
and have the the given file open in Google Chrome.
How can I get this working?
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Why can't I hide Chrome?
This happens from time to time: the "hide" option is just grayed out and the usual shortcut doesn't work. I'm not doing anything special or stuck in a modal window—it just isn't available.
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Keyboard shortcuts for new window in Chrome or iTerm2
Is there any functionality in Chrome, iTerm2, or a keyboard shortcut app that will let me open a new window (Chrome or iTerm2) in a global environment?
It should open a new window regardless of ...
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Google Chrome confirm close
Many a time and oft I get confused between close tab (⌘+w) and close (⌘+q) in Google Chrome, closing dozens of tabs at once.
How do I specify a close prompt before closing multiple tabs on Chrome ...
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google chrome get's a “Do you really want to start” prompt, but it's installed
I have a mac pro with the latest mac os x, I have google chrome installed since 23 oct 2010 and still everyday when I open it mac os x ask me "Do you really want to open this software, it was ...
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Writing an e-Mail app in applescript
I'm using a webmail account(NOT Gmail: hate its interface), and I DON'T want to use the mac's Mail app(must maintain double contacts lists for one thing).
I use Google Chrome and have set the ...
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Multiple applications quit unexpectedly (Chrome, Evernote, Pages, etc)
My OSX 10.8 works fine until today. Multiple applications quit unexpectedly, including Chrome, Evernote, Pages. It can't be fix even if I reopen or reinstall these apps.
I've conducted software ...
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Google Chrome - Flash on Youtube issue
Here is the information about Flash plug-in in Google Chrome:
Flash - Version: 11.2.202.235
Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202
It's able to load & stream videos on YouTube but the problem is, after ...
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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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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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Keyboard shortcut for Spotlight doesn't work in full screen Google Chrome on Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)
I've noticed that the Spotlight Search keyboard shortcut (cmd space) doesn't work if I'm running Google Chrome (12.0.742.122) as full screen application in Lion.
Is this a Chrome-related bug or is ...
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Adobe reader XI font error with Chrome > print > save as pdf
I have a strange error with Adobe Reader XI when opening documents saved from the web, using print save to pdf.
Preview does not have that problem with same document.
Looking at the fonts it shows ...
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Creating a keyboard shortcut to pause Youtube video in a Google Chrome tab
Here is what I want to do: hook up a keyboard shortcut with an action to play/pause the video that is currently open in a Google Chrome tab. Would it be possible on Mac OS X?
I was thinking about ...
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Automator: start embedded YouTube
So, I need to show some kids a sequence of YouTube videos (with Automator, because there's no one available to man the computer for 30 minutes), but it's at a school where the YouTube domain is ...
