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Sync chrome tabs with safari locally
I want to be able to check my open tabs on my iOS devices that I have open on my Mac's Chrome browser. I have looked up if its a possibility to sync Chrome directly with iCloud but its not possibile.
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Delete certificate for specific website
When I go to github, Chrome warns me that "The site's security certificate is not trusted!"
I am sure I am using the correct URL. When I go to the same URL in Firefox, I don't get this issue.
How do ...
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Chrome Won't Load Google.com Until I Clear Cache
I can visit any website except for Google.com just fine. Other browsers pull up Google just fine. Only Chrome has the issue. Once I clear the cache it will work again just fine. But I must clear the ...
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Change the MacOS MenuBar name of a Chrome Save-Application App
I created an app for a page (say reddit.com) that I visit often using the Chrome Save as Application shellScript. When I did so, I had two problems:
The reddit.com icon was not the icon of my ...
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Are there any mulittouch gesture controls for Chrome
I just installed Chrome for Mac, but have also enjoyed the multitouch features that are in Safari. Is there any extension and/or plugins for Google Chrome that allow me use some similar touch gesture ...
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chrome extension don't show any content but functional
The extension suddenly become what the picture shows, you can use all of them,but it just render nothing to me
My chrome : Version 27.0.1430.0 dev
OS: OSX 10.8.2
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Completely disable zooming in Google Chrome on Mac
A keyboard shortcut (Control+Option+scroll up / down) I use constantly trigger accidental page zoom in Google chrome. I would like a way to disable this behavior or even completely disable zooming in ...
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How do I manage sound on a Mac?
Windows has a sound manager that I can use to alter the volumes of various programs. Is there an analogous program on Mac Lion?
I want to lower the volume of audio coming from just the Google Chrome ...
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Mac External HDD (time machine) unwanted access
While I am using the browser I often hear the external HDD spin up. This causes the browser to freeze for about 5 - 10 seconds while the drive is doing whatever it is doing. I am not sure why this ...
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Why is Google Chrome having trouble connecting to Google's servers?
When I bring my Macbook to work I often experience really long response times (~60 seconds) when I use google.com / the unified search bar (or whatever it's name is...). When I'm at home or when I use ...
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Chrome web browser standalone app
I am on Mac OS X and I have followed the instructions on this page to create a standalone application icon to launch a web app in Chrome, much like the way Fluid works, except using Chrome instead of ...
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When I try to download files with Google Chrome, it crashes the app on my Mac
Every single time I try to download anything or even add new add-ons to my Chrome Browser, it crashes the app and doesn't download anything. Even before the update to OS X 10.8 it wouldn't download ...
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Downloaded files not launching in Chrome - Why?
Strange behavior in Chrome, in OSX Mountain Lion.
After I download a file, it appears in the bottom bar of the browser, normally I can just click on the file and it launches. Or click the small arrow ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to open a bookmark from the Bookmarks Bar on Chrome for Mac?
Tabbing from the Location/Search "Omnibar" will bring focus to individual items in the Bookmarks Bar, but no variation of Return, Enter and meta-keys seems to open them.
Is there any way to trigger a ...
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No Java Applet support for Mac OS-X on Chrome 10.7.5 after 2012-006 update
Since the 2012-006 update to Apple Java, the Java Preferences pane has disappeared. Apple says that you install the latest version of Java from Oracle in order to reinstate support for Applets. But ...
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is there a way to make Google Chrome to focus only on text fields when pressing tab?
is there a way (setting, or extension) to make tabbing on Google Chrome (at least on Mac OS X) to focus only on text fields, instead of all focusable elements? That is, let's say the focus in on the ...
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Google Chrome title bar appears blurry using non-Basic Themes
Running Windows 7 Professional on a Retina MacBook Pro through Boot Camp, any Windows themes that are not "Basic" will result in Google Chrome's UI to appear bloated and blurry, as can be seen in ...
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How to automatically fill in www. and .com in chrome in Mac - equivalent of Ctrl+enter in Windows?
In windows it was possible to just type the domain name and then press Ctrl+enter which resulted in the www. and .com prefix and suffix being added automatically. Is there an equivalent on the Mac?
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Where is the Google Chrome crash dump location for Mac?
For Windows, here are the instructions.
Where are the crash logs on Mac OS X?
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What is the equivalent of Chrome's Alt+Enter in the address bar for Firefox?
In Chrome, if I want to duplicate the current page in a new tab, I highlight the address bar and click Alt+Enter. What's the equivalent keyboard shortcut for Firefox?
I'm currently on a Mac with ...
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Gmail as icon on Dock in os x
On Windows, I can add Gmail as a faux application to the Taskbar, by using something like "add to task bar" in the Wrench->Tools menu. This promotes it to appear as a native application in the task ...
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What is the risk of not running an anti virus on a Mac?
One of the family's computers is a Macbook Air, recently the virus subscription expired and my problem is to decide whether to renew/replace it. When the Mac was bought (2010), the anti virus program ...
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What caused this kernel panic?
The log says chrome, but the only reason chrome would crash would be flash related and I had no windows with flash open
Tue Jul 24 19:02:30 2012
panic(cpu 4 caller 0xffffff80002c4794): Kernel trap at ...
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Mac OS 10.6 vs Chrome - video on youtube is not displayed
After starting my Mac OS 10.6 from sleeping mode are not displayed video on youtube. I use Google Chrome.
Does anyone the same problem or tip, what caused this? It's annoying me still restart Macbook ...
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Convert Cached CSS file to valid CSS
I have a cached file of css in my google chrome cache: visible in 'about:cache.' When I click on it, however, the file is a mix of binary and the css, not the original valid css file.
How can I strip ...
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How can I prevent a popup browser window from appearing when I'm on wifi networks?
In particular, plenty of cafes/institutions/whatever popup a window to let you login/pay for internet. This window pops up as soon as I'm connected to the network. Inevitably, if I just go to a ...
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How do I install a crx file on Google Chrome Dev?
I'm using Google Chrome 21 Dev and I can't install .crx files. I download them, but no popup appears asking if I want to install it. Any suggestions?
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chrome 18 ignores my osx font rendering settings
I'm my mac I set all fonts below say 16px to have font smoothing disabled. chrome obeyed that as well.
yesterday it updated itself to version 18 and now it is the only software that ignores that ...
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How can I get ftp:// links in Chrome (Mac) to open the connection in Transmit?
I'm trying to get a link like this to open the Transmit FTP app when clicked from Chrome (I'm on version 16, using OS X 10.7):
ftp://username:password@example.org
Clicking a link like that that will ...
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Is there a way (an app) to automatically detect the language you are typing in and switch to the appropriate (spellcheck) dictionary?
I type about equally in both my native language and English. Spellchecking is less important when using my native language but it would still be nice to have it - or at least to deactivate English ...
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How do I change the Chrome installation folder on a Mac?
I am trying to run the selenium server and in the instructions it is said that the server assumes that Chrome is located at /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome.
How do I ...
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Why is Google Chrome so slow when searching from the address bar?
I'm using the latest dev version of Google Chrome (17.0.963.6 dev) on OS X Lion (because I heard the latest version works better with Lion).
I've cleared my cache and history, but when I search from ...
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Switch between two languages for spell checking in Google Chrome for Mac
Environment: Mac OS X 10.7.2, Chrome 15.
This is how chrome://settings/languages looks like:
When I right click on a text box and go to Spell-checker Options, I get a lot of languages there, but ...
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Mac cycle backwards through input fields?
I've tried searching for this on Google and here but can't seem to find it. I'm looking for a shortcut similar to Tab where it goes to the next input field in a form (in Chrome on the web). Is there a ...
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Flash 11 crashing Mac browsers?
I run Mac OS X 10.6.8 and Flash 11 in Google Chrome 15.
The process part looks like this:
username 93458 11.4 14.0 2469136 588600 ?? S 2:02AM 5:37.25 /Applications/Google ...
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Switching active spellchecker language in Chrome using a key shortcut instead of context menu
I am looking for a way to quickly switch active language of spell checker in Chrome. The original way to do is to use right-click on the text field, choose Spell Checking[1] from the menu and then ...
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How to keep links from opening in new windows with Google Chrome?
I have a friend who recently switched from PC to a Macbook Air. She's using Google Chrome and telling me that often times when she clicks a link it is opening in a new window, and that behavior seems ...
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Enable one finger swipe in Google Chrome on OS X Lion & Magic Mouse
Is there a way to use the one finger swipe gesture with the Apple Magic Mouse in Google Chrome as the back button, just like in Apple Safari 5.1? I know one can set OS X back to use the two finger ...
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Mac OS Modal Dialog Offscreen Blocking Google Chrome?
I have a MacBook Pro that I take from work to my house. I rarely open the lid and almost always hook up to an external monitor.
I frequently find, and I'm unable to find a pattern to consistently ...
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Google Chrome extremely slow after Time Machine restore / Parallels installation
I have two iMacs and just installed OS X Lion (clean install) on one of them (let's call it iMac A). I did a Time Machine backup and restored that backup to my other iMac (B) to avoid installing ...
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How do I uninstall Google Chrome *completely* from my Mac?
I have 2 iMacs and just installed OS X Lion (clean install) on one of them (let's call it iMac A). Did a time machine backup and restored that backup to my other iMac (B) to avoid installing twice. ...
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Stop safari from auto refreshing pages
About two days ago, when I visit a particular site in an intranet of my company, the pages I load from there automatically reload every 65 seconds. I have Mac Book pro and this happens when I use ...
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Youtube videos all appear transparent in Chrome (I can see through to my desktop — see pic!) [closed]
MBP 6,2 :: Google Chrome 13.0.782.32 beta :: Adobe Flash Player 10,3,181,26
UPDATE: only Youtube is affected. Vimeo, other flash, etc. all works great.
Hello.
I recently had to hard reboot my MBP. ...
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Can I enable H.264 video in Chrome on the Mac?
I left Chrome for a while because I was annoyed about Google taking away H.264 support. I won't go into my reasons why, but I'm considering using Chrome more as my default browser again.
The problem ...
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Running PHP files locally on Opera gives 404 error
I have been developing websites for quite some time now and recently web applications. I am trying to achieve strong cross-browser coherence with a new site that I am designing so I downloaded the ...
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How to disable WebGL in Chrome on a Mac?
Because of security considerations, I would like to disable WebGL support in Chrome. I have seen that on Windows and Linux, it can be done with the --disable-webgl command line option, but I don't ...
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Mute Flash in Google Chrome Mac OS X (or just mute any app in Mac OS X)
Is this possible using an extension for chrome or using a 3rd party app?
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Chrome extensions and popups displaying chinese text
I just noticed today a weird problem related to Chrome, and it's present in both Mac Chrome and Windows (both XP and 7) as I've been able to see. Sometime this morning my extensions stopped ...
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Keeping my Google Chrome tabs always intact
Two days ago I quit my chrome. Yesterday I opened it and used it only in Anonymous Mode. Today I opened it again and my recently closed "21 tabs" are gone from the "Recently Closed" history.
Is there ...
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Stop minimized windows from opening when application gets focus in OS X
Let's say I have one window open in Chrome but it's minimized (I want to save it for later reading). I want to open a new tab in a new window. If the minimized window is the only window I have open in ...
