Chrome has become nearly unusable due to frequent crashes.
The following behaviour:
Crashes.
I get a crash report that is not informative to the likes of me.
Click restart.
Window with a single tab will opens, but there is a 16 second long pause. Eventually I get the "Aw Snap" error message.
Click reload. Loads instantly.
Click History, reopen window of 9 tabs.
At this point I will be stable for a time period ranging from minutes to hours. At some point the window gets sluggish, then will crash.
I currently have all extensions disabled.
Latest trial: All plugins disabled.
Chrome PDF Viewer
Adobe Flash Player 24.0 r0
Native Client
Widevine Content Decryption Module 1.4.8.903
I know what the first 2 do. 2nd pair???
Since disabling hasn't crashed. Chrome offline editing (google sheets and docs) disabled.
I downloaded and reinstalled Chrome from Google's site.
What do I try next?
Head of crash report:
Process: Google Chrome [80267]
Path: /Applications/Web/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome
Identifier: com.google.Chrome
Version: 55.0.2883.95 (2883.95)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Responsible: Google Chrome [80267]
User ID: 502
Date/Time: 2017-01-20 09:21:08.719 -0700
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.10.5 (14F1912)
Report Version: 11
Anonymous UUID: D841BE19-D6E1-08BE-285B-1E5BA599F56E
Time Awake Since Boot: 3100000 seconds
Crashed Thread: 0 CrBrowserMain Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (SIGILL)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000000
Application Specific Information:
Performing @selector(itemSelected:) from sender NSMenuItem 0x6000008ae040
I'm running Version 55.0.2883.95 (64-bit) under Mac Yosemite 10.10.5
Computer has 24 G of ram. 4 cores.
Firefox sometimes has inordinately long pauses, but this has been true for many releases.