Google Chrome For Macbook Pro Download
Alen Quiroz
Everything else is working fine, but Google Chrome is running very slowly. The response time for every action is around 4-5 seconds, and sometimes it takes even longer. This sluggish performance has become quite noticeable and is impacting the overall browsing experience. If anyone has experienced a similar issue or has any suggestions on how to improve Chrome's speed, I would greatly appreciate your insights.
We don't allow any software written by Google on our Macs. Not Chrome, Google Earth, or anything else. Google's real business is collecting marketing data. You are their unwilling and unpaid source for it when you use any of their junk. If Safari isn't a browser you care much for, try Firefox or Brave. If you have one, you do not need Chrome to access your Google account. You can do that from any browser.
Google told users that when using incognito/private mode, Chrome would not track your usage, or collect data. They lied. It did anyway. Google has now agreed to settle the 2020 lawsuit with a five billion dollar fine.
Instead of harping on Kurt Lang's perfectly appropriate replies, why don't you help the OP solve his Google Chrome problems? Perhaps he did already, by following the valuable advice already posted by experienced helpers.
And if you need help with your difficulties with Safari, I suggest that you create your own Discussion. If you did, I am unable to find it. To learn how to use this site effectively, please read Find answers and ask questions in the Apple Support Community - Apple Support.
The same issue for me. Chrome is painstakingly slow in my Macbook Air M2. It has nothing to do with what processes are running and how many tabs are open. It is slow even if it is the only app that is running with only a single tab open. My Mac is new, 8 GB RAM, 400+ GB of free memory.
Yup, there are always exceptions that force the user to require a specific browser. I've seen other users mention they have to use Firefox with their bank because that's the only browser a bank supplied extension runs under.
Unlike Google Chrome, Brave does not demand full time all the time constant access to your Mac, uploading its information to its command-and-control servers to the detriment of its performance and your privacy.
Really, don't use the program. No one needs Chrome, Mac users especially. Installing Google Chrome obviates most of the reasons for even having a Mac. If you are required to use Google products, buy a Chromebook.
Same for me. I usually use Safari but recently installed Chrome so that I could use the Beyond 20 extension for Roll 20 and D&D Beyond. I'm running Chrome with those 2 tabs open and nothing else but the problem starts as soon as I start Chrome. Just to click the button to open a new tab takes 10-15 seconds. Everything else on my Mac is lightning fast and I'm not seeing anything out of the ordinary on the Activity Tracker. Chrome itself isn't even using much for system resources. I tried an uninstall and reinstall but same problem.
I don't why you're having so much trouble with Safari. I used it through my entire business career without issue. And why does my browser need a calendar? I had that in Outlook for decades, and now in the free eM Client. Why would I need to duplicate that function in my browser?
I have experienced none of the issues you list after that. Zero. You must be doing something wrong. We have ad blockers on all of our devices. Macs, iPhones and iPads. They work in Safari as expected.
But the true is Safari is very basic. Doesn't fully work with Microsoft 365, no PWA, not opening websites or displaying incorrectly, Cannot select part of the link & hit right search for it ie translate etc. No proper add blocker/pop up can be installed. Pinch to zoom in/out randomly not working. Swipe to back looking good except killing previous session and page is refreshed most of the times. Formatting issue while searching for images and zooming in. So complicated when you want to clear cookies, check ssl certificate. I am IT admin for 18 years and I know how many calls I am having every day because 'something is not working'. My answer is always did you try using chrome (or chromium based browser? Always works these days when almost 90% businesses are on cloud (Microsoft/Amazon Hyper-vs)
Google still deposits tracking cookies on the local Mac correlated to public IP addresses and anything else they can grab that serves to keep you confined to their search bubble, deliver targeted advertising, and make sure you don't engage in any wrongthink.
It's not a particularly good search engine anyway. The only thing Google offers that other search engines don't is to provide thousands of hits within 0.002 seconds or whatever they're proud of proclaiming. I prefer relevant results over thousands ranked by whatever algorithm Google wants for its own purposes.
I have a Mac with Big Sur 11.1. Recently the camera stopped working when connecting to Google Meet. However, it's only an issue for other attendees. To me everything appears fine, I can even see myself in the windows. My microphone works great. But other users report my camera not coming up. It is ONLY on Chrome that this issue happens. Works fine on other browsers. Chrome has been allowed camera and microphone access in privacy settings. I've reinstalled Chrome. I've tried multiple accounts on Chrome and all don't work so it is a Chrome wide problem. I believe that something is happening in Mac OS that is continuing to block Chromes camera access. Though this does appear to be localized to the meet.google.com domain.
I solved my own issue, for those that are having the same go to chrome://settings/system and turn off "use hardware acceleration when available" this forced a restart of the browser that has things working now. Oddly the switch was back at the "on" position after the restart but the camera is now working.
The second step helped me. Some say you need to disable auto-update in Chrome, follow this link (I could not because I do not have an editor on Mac, but so far mine does not update automatically and I can still use my camera on Messenger and Teams calls): -ways-to-disable-automatic-chrome-update-in-windows-and-mac/
Mine was already off. I cannot think of anything else to try. I even uninstalled and reinstalled chrome. Cleared cache and history, made sure camera is enabled. I don't know how I am going to teach! Help
I am having the exact same problem. This started on 1/26/21. I am a teacher on an IMAC running on High Sierra. Suddenly my kids cannot see me but I see everything perfectly fine including myself. I am using Google Meet. I have gone to Chrome, Settings, Privacy, Site Settings and camera is on "ask before accessing". I have checked every "allowed" site and camera is on allow. I have restarted the computer and I have emptied my cache. I am in need of help as soon as possible. My apple system preferences has a Privacy but no place that I can find "camera".
For me, I had to toggle the hardware acceleration switch. Make sure you try that at least. Doesn't matter if it starts as on or off. Go to chrome://settings/system and switch on/off "use hardware acceleration when available"
For some reason, when I toggled the "Use hardware acceleration when available" to ON, it only then worked. When i turned it off, then it does not work. I am wondering if it is a software glitch from Chrome, or an issue with an outdated operating system I have (High Sierra). Either way, much appreciated this advice, I was going crazy trying to find solutions.
That solution solves for the camera, but it's a compounding issue once turned back off. With hardware acceleration on, the chrome browsing experience gets extremely glitchy with screen graphics turning to streaking blue/white/green lines making given websites unreadable. Anyone have a fix here?
Thank you! Yes, the updated Chrome is the problem. The older version works so beautifully! Thank you for the tip on canceling future updates, too - unless they fix this. Not sure why it's bugged out so fully for OS High Sierra. If another update actually works for the webcam, that would be ideal!
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For some reason my chrome browsers sound doesn't work through the laptops built in speakers, but when I plug in my headphones it works fine. I've tried changing chrome settings for sound but all my settings seem fine. I've restarted chrome. I've also restarted the laptop. The problem persists.
If you click top right on that icon next to Siri which looks like two input switches stacked on top of each other. Then click on "sound" and had to change my output to "Macbook Pro Speakers". It was on "Speaker Audio Recorder" because I was using a video recorder software.
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