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I've read you can start Google Chrome in kiosk mode in Windows by using the argument --kiosk.

I know how to do this on Windows, but how can I do this on Mac OS X?

And how can I run Google Chrome with the --kiosk argument on startup?

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    @YumYumYum ugh! It's 2017 and none of the answers work (anymore?)! – Michael Jan 19 '18 at 23:53
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This works with macOS:

/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome --kiosk
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  • You mean the argument doesn't work? The actual process of full screening Chrome is in the Mac version. Any hack to send a Cmd+Shift+F to get it to full screen? Thanks for your answer. – alex Jun 27 '10 at 23:52
  • Ok. Can you try "ls /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS" (or something like that) and post that? – Andrew Jun 27 '10 at 23:58
  • @Andrew I ran ls /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS and it printed 'Google Chrome' only. :S – alex Jun 28 '10 at 0:18
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    @Andrew Thanks for that, and how would I run this on startup? Cheers. – alex Jul 1 '10 at 13:23
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    DOES NOT WORK on OSX – YumYumYum Mar 2 '16 at 8:32
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It is probably even better to use the open command (in case the application is not located in the Application folder). E.g.: open -a "Google Chrome" --args --kiosk http://www.example.com

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    DOES NOT WORK on OSX – YumYumYum Mar 2 '16 at 8:32
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In AppleScript, paste the following text:

do shell script "/Applications/Google\\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\\ Chrome --kiosk"

Save it as an application and add it to your startup items.

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    DOES NOT WORK on OSX – YumYumYum Mar 2 '16 at 8:32
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    It did back in 2012. Now, use the code that newer comments have mentioned, /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome --kiosk --app=http://domain.com put that in a plain txt document, but add the following snippet above the call to Chrome to make it executable,#!/bin/bash and add it to your startup items, or doublbe click to launch. – vynsynt Mar 7 '16 at 21:17
  • @vynsynt, Is the binbash line really needed? – Pacerier Dec 14 '17 at 4:16
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You can create an alias to open websites or files via command line. To do this, you can include at the end of your ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile or ~/.aliases the following lines:

# Google Chrome Alias
google-chrome() {
    open -a "Google Chrome" "$1"
}
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  • This is not how you deal with spaces in filenames. Learn to quote or escape special chars properly. Also, "$1" is not going to work right when you have more than one param to pass, especially if those params themselves have unquoted values. – Marcin Jul 2 '19 at 13:54
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    Hi @Marcin! If you know how, could you improve my response? 🙂 – garciparedes Jul 2 '19 at 18:34

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