Google's web browser, for viewing web pages on the internet. Based on the WebKit rendering engine, currently available for Intel Macs.
Questions tagged [google-chrome]
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Shortcut for toggling between different windows of same app?
I opened two Google Chrome windows (because I am using multiple Gmails) and when I do the Cmd ⌘ Tab ⇥ shortcut it just shows me other applications that I opened but does not show me the other Chrome windows that are already opened.
How to switch to…
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How do I disable Chrome's two-finger back/forward navigation?
In dev builds of Chrome, they've implemented, refined, and released two-finger swipes left/right in order to browse back/forward in the browser history. Unfortunately, you can accidentally trigger it while you're in the middle of a long down/up…
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How do I remove the Google Chrome notifications bell icon from the Mac OS X menu bar?
This bell icon showed up in my menu bar one day and there's no obvious way to disable it. How do I get rid of it?
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How to get the chrome tabs to always show when in full screen mode?
I would really like to use Chrome on my new 2013 Macbook Air with tabs, but without the menu bar. So, I use full-screen mode, but it hides the tabs. Is what I want possible? And, if so, how can I get it to work that way?
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How to switch between different Chrome windows with keyboard shortcuts?
Switching between applications is easy with command-tab.
Switching between tabs is easy with command-} or control-tab.
Switching between separate windows within an application is easy with command-`.
However, that last one doesn't seem to work with…
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How to remove chrome app icons from launchpad?
I uninstalled Google chrome by deleting it from the Applications folder and I also deleted the associated profile data from ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome.
But I have failed to remove all the Chrome apps icons from launchpad.
I would…
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Clicking on external links opens Chrome but not the link
When I click on an external link and Google Chrome is not running yet, Chrome will launch but will not open the linked page. Instead, it starts at my last opened tab (which is the behaviour I expect), but the clicked link should also open in another…
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"Hold Cmd-Q to Quit" from Chrome
Has anyone else noticed that Chrome refuses to quit instantly when using CmdQ?
Happens with one or several tabs open...
All the other apps I run can be ended by typing / tapping briefly CmdQ, but Chrome insists that I have to hold for an appreciable…
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How to prevent Command-I/Command-Shift-I from opening Mac Mail when in browser?
When in a browser (Chrome or Safari), the following keyboard shortcuts both launch the MacOS Mail app, and there doesn't seem to be any way to change or disable them.
Command+I
Command+Shift+I
Cmd-I / ⌘-I is particularly annoying because of course…
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How to Auto-Hide the address bar in Google Chrome?
How can I hide the address bar in Google Chrome? I found this article but I am unable to find a solution for macOS. Ideally, I would like all toolbars to disappear similar to how they do in QuickTime. see images:
Is there such a solution…
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Chrome: Keyboard shortcut to go to Address Bar?
I just recently switched from Windows and *nix to OS X, and I miss being able to hit F6 to go straight to my Address Bar. What's the OS X equivalent?
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Zooming in Google Chrome using the mouse wheel?
On Windows and, if I'm not mistaken, on Linux, it's possible to zoom in and out in Google Chrome using the mouse wheel. However, this doesn't seem to be working on Mac OS X.
Does anybody know if this feature can be enabled? Or is there any…
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How to make Google Chrome Helper not use as much CPU
I've found solutions for this problem but they dont seem applicable now in 2017.
For some reason, Google Chrome Helper is using a lot of my CPU and fans are going full blast. I found this link on Apple's site that seems to help everyone but I can't…
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How to disable "look up" context menu in Google Chrome OSX 10.10+?
This is a distinct question from Is the "Lookup in Dictionary" context menu option hardcoded in Google Chrome for Mac?
I want to get rid of the "Look Up x" contextual menu in Chrome:
How can it be done?
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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 that I do. I launch my web development profile from…
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