Questions tagged [google-chrome]
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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Chrome: When menubar displays, webpage shifts down
All of a sudden, a couple weeks ago, I've noticed that whenever I hover my mouse at the top of my chrome browser while in fullscreen, when the top menu bar appears it shifts the whole webpage a couple ...
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Disable Automatic Gain control in Google Hangouts
I'm using the latest version of OSX with Google Chrome and Hangouts. I'm having trouble with the Hangout's automatic gain control, in that I don't want to use it. The gain control is too dumb to ...
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How to control (only) Youtube Music with media keys
Is there a way to control only YouTube Music with media keys?
Currently, if I have YT Music playing in some window in the background and then open a YouTube video and want to pause the music - YouTube ...
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Opening Safari with URL from terminal also opens URL in default browser (Chrome)
My OS is Big Sur 11.1 and when I run the following in Terminal:
/usr/bin/open -a /Applications/Safari.app https://www.google.com
...Chrome, my default browser, opens first, quickly followed by Safari.
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macOS Mojave suddenly changes focus to a Chrome window
For some reason, when I am working on my MacBook Pro (15", 2018) either typing or doing whatever, the focus changes to a specific Chrome window for no apparent reason. The window that the focus goes ...
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How to delete cookies for a specific site on iOS Chrome
"How to delete cookies for a specific site" is a good question but seems to be about Chrome on a computer rather than on iOS.
This question seems to be just about iOS Safari (rather than Chrome).
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How do I disable the prompt to discard or keep downloads in Google Chrome on Mac OS?
I have seen other posts asking similar questions to this but they were for Ubuntu and Windows. All answers were exclusive to the respective operating system. I have not seen something that will work ...
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Videos played in fullscreen on Google Chrome forces window to be viewed
This is a strange problem that started today. The problem is as follows:
When I start a video in Netflix or Youtube and fullscreen it, either by double clicking, or by pressin the full screen button. ...
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On iPad in Chrome, How to disable address bar autohide?
Is it possible to disable address bar autohide feature in Google Chrome on iPad?
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Getting asked if I want to allow or deny incoming connections on the google chrome helper app every time I launch chrome
I have clicked deny everytime, and I have checked that the firewall rule states block. Yet it keeps appearing. I realize at this point that I am actually unsure what this dialog window is asking. ie ...
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How do I use Mac dictation in Google Docs?
I'm using macOS 12.3.1 and Google Chrome 101, and I want to be able to use macOS's dictation in Google Docs, but I couldn't activate the dictation prompt in Google Docs.
I tried assigning a different ...
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Migrate google chrome profile
I bought a new mac and would like to transfer most of my settings, preferences, and files to the new mac. In my experience using the same hard drive (macOS system) with different laptops, Google ...
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How to enable horizontal scroll in browsers on a mouse with separate horizontal scroll (logitech mx)?
It's really frustrating that in Safari, Chrome when i use the horizontal scroll it switches between tabs instead of scrolling the page.
I've tried to go through the settings but found nothing on it. I ...
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What causes a MacBook Pro to randomly have a bad Internet connection for all apps except Safari?
I had a new MacBook Pro 16 inch brought to me from the States to Brazil recently. As time has gone by, the Internet connection on various apps such as WhatsApp, Google Chrome, Adobe Creative Cloud and ...
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Apple Mail not Opening Chrome links in Background
Just upgraded to the latest Chrome for Mac (Version 69.0.3497.92 (Official Build) (64-bit), running the latest macOS High Sierra (10.13.6), and that combo seems to have lost the ability to open links ...
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Flash content only shows a quarter of the image when played in full screen on second monitor
I have macOS Sierra 10.12 installed, and Google Chrome 54.0.2840.71(64-bit) with Flash Player 23.0.0.205.
I'm using the second monitor to watch movies. When I try to open full-screen Flash Player on ...
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Chrome refuses to flush / refresh DNS—why?
On OSX El Capitan, I have an issue developing a Wordpress site hosted locally by MAMP. When I visit the root hostname specified in MAMP, Chrome redirects me to an old hostname I previously used for ...
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changing Chrome desktop app Cmd-Tab behaviour
I use the Google Hangouts desktop app. But when i use Command Tab, it comes under Chrome rather than being a separate application. If I have Hangouts and Chrome open, I have to use Command ` (backtick)...
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Toolbar Button for Chrome DevTools
anybody know any way of creating/putting an icon/button in google chrome's toolbar that will open its built-in Developer Tools?
i know there are keyboard shortcut options, menu bar options, secondary-...
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Cross-browser colour issues
See the 3 screenshots below. There are several different green hex values amongst them however the CSS is declaring the correct hex (#A0CB3C), and the image has no colour profile data attached (saved ...
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How do I stop my browsers creating a new tab for every new domain?
I have a MacBook and have tried browsing with both the Safari 7 and the Chrome browsers, but every time I go from one domain to another, it automatically creates a new tab. So if I click a link that ...
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Google Chrome: Error 11 after setting Automatic Updates
Yo, got the following issue: Google Chrome is running on OS X El Capitan.
After I set "Automatic Updates for all Users" to true at the "About" page in Google Chrome and entered my credentials (this ...
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How can I eliminate the verification process for Microsoft products on macOS?
Whenever I open any Office 365 for macOS product (like Outlook), it takes a long time for it open (up to 5 Minutes), because Apple runs a "verification" process; same happens in Chrome, ...
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Is there a way to disable reminders of how to leave full screen mode?
At some point when I updated I started getting little toast notices whenever I swapped from a windowed screen to a full-screen screen.
I use desktop spaces frequently, so I see this dozens of times ...
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Is is possible to launch a call on iPhone from desktop Chrome?
I know that this is possible with Android phones and desktop Chrome. But is it possible with iPhones and desktop Chrome as well?
In the Chrome window I can only see FaceTime, not actual phone:
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How to sync passwords between Windows Chrome and iCloud Keychain?
How can I sync passwords between Chrome and iCloud Keychain, i.e. import passwords stored by Chrome on a Windows desktop computer to the iCloud keychain in order to be used on an iPhone?
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Chrome 90 printing broken?
Since upgrading to Chrome 90, I cannot print. Chrome version 90.0.4430.212 (Official Build) (x86_64) on macOS 10.14.6 (18G7016).
If the page contains an iframe, the print preview dialogue closes and ...
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Mac Chrome bookmarks folders are gray
I was looking for answers and I can't find any. How can I make the bookmarks folders yellow again?
A similar question was asked here but is not helpful.
They are gray on my mac, however in my ...
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Chrome command line : Provide custom "Chrome Safe Storage" Keychain password
To decrypt Cookies and passwords, Chrome needs the "Chrome Safe Storage" password stored in the Keychain.
I want to be able to run Chrome with a different "Chrome Safe Storage" password. Is there ...
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Why do macOS application-specific keyboard shortcuts involving modifiers: ⌥, ⇧ not work with latest Chrome?
macOS configured per-application keyboard shortcuts including at least ⌥+⇧ (Option+Shift) are broken.
Occurs with Google Chrome version:
69.0.3497.100 (Official Build) (64-bit)
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Shift+Delete macOS equivalent?
So, the particular Shift+Delete that I'm referring to is on a website like Reddit or any website with a search bar, on Windows, one can delete past searches by selecting an item and press the shift ...
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Chrome saved password list is empty
Hi I am using Google Chrome on my mac Version Version 55.0.2883.95 (64-bit)
and my mac running on 10.11.6 (15G1004) OSX EI Captain.
I can see chrome auto filling my passwords when I login to sites. ...
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How to make Safari display forms on web pages correctly
In Safari, it is often the case that web-form show up in such a way that the text doesn't fit. Safari then inserts "..." in the text box (or combo-box, as the case may be). This happens on many ...
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open -g command still opens application in the foreground
When I run the command open -ga /Applications/Google_Chrome.app http://example.com the application behaves normally and opens the url in Chrome without bringing the application to the foreground.
But ...
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Can't click links at all in certain circumstances
This problem has bothered me for a few months now, but only in very limited circumstances. When I went on medium.com and tried to access my profile, when I clicked to open the navigation, the box ...
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MacBook Pro web browser windows cropped after resuming from sleep bug
I've been seeing this bug most recently in Yosemite 10.10.4 (14E46). It was in prior versions but I wasn't keeping track.
When I resume from sleep my browser windows are cropped in both Firefox and ...
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Chrome-like inline search highlighting in Safari?
I just switched over from using Chrome to Safari and I really like it, but I find the search function in Safari very limiting.
Are there any extensions for Chrome-like highlighting in Safari? For ...
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How to restore chrome tabs after my Mac got crashed and was subject to reboot automatically?
My Mac got crashed and was forced to be restarted automatically. And so my Chrome and Chromium session were gone too, on which when I opened them after the reboot of my Mac, "restore the last session" ...
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Cannot scroll up on Chrome in Outlook Web Access
I am, as of fairly recently, unable to scroll up in my company's Outlook Web Access. This only affects the list of emails. I can scroll up in other 'panes', and scroll down everywhere. For example, I ...
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Why doesn't the escape key close the find window in Chrome?
For some reason, Chrome will no longer close my find window when I hit the Escape ⎋ key. Instead, it pulls up some weird kind of autocomplete drop-down. This is incredibly annoying; every time I ...
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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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`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):
I'...
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Google Keystone agent failing
Whenever I check out my launchd agents in LaunchControl I notice that has exited with Error 1. The agent is sent to run the following command every 3,623 seconds (!):
/Users/kuzzooroo/Library/Google/...
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How do I disable Chrome's two-finger back/forward on specific website
How can I disable two fingers back/forward on a specific website?
I want to disable that feature in all trading sites, e.g tradingview.
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Setting bounds of Chrome windows with AppleScript
I frequently switch between setups with my external monitor on different sides, so I'm trying to create a script that sets the bounds for my standard 6 Chrome windows. I think I've figured out the ...
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YouTube video quality
I have an iPhone 13 Pro that I just purchased.
Whenever I load a YouTube video in my browser, whether that is using Chrome or Safari, every video I come across is automatically played in 320p quality ...
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macOS web browser based on Chrome/Chromium that does not auto-update in background?
On my new M1 system I've decided to switch to the desktop Safari browser for battery, privacy, and security reasons.
However, many websites are designed for Chrome/Chromium and it would be good to ...
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AppleScript forgets UI element of Chrome exists after its restart. Gets weirdly fixed, need proper solution
I made 3 scripts to switch between certain browser widths in Chrome’s developer mode. The plan is to click those scripts in my Dock so Chrome enters developer mode (DevTools) and sets needed widths. ...
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Lock Google Chrome to current tab
Often, because of educational reasons, I need to give people physical access to my fully unlocked laptop. That means they can temper with Google Chrome, and someone had actually closed several of my ...
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