
Tap on the Download Chrome button on the top right-hand cornerĪ pop-up box will be displayed asking you to choose which version of Chrome want to be installed on your MacBook If you have a new MacBook with the M1 chip, do yourself a favor and follow these steps below:

How to install Google Chrome on new Macs with the M1 chip Turns out, it’s super easy, and the results you see after installing are immediately noticeable. This is the wrong version, and I needed to get the faster and better version installed on my machine. Image: Twitter / I had Chrome installed on my Intel-based Mac, the previous version of Chrome was ported over to this new MacBook. I literally never knew this existed, even though it’s been covered pretty extensively. Apparently, Google has its own version specifically designed for Macs with the M1 chip.

It turns out I was running the wrong version of Chrome. I was pretty much getting the same experience I had on my older 2015 MacBook. So far, so good.īut one thing I noticed when running Google Chrome was that it wasn’t as fast as I thought it should be. I finally got my hands on Apple’s latest MacBook Pro with the M1 Max chip. It can run natively on Intel-based Macs and Apple Silicon (M1 and future versions). Again, for emphasis, the technique and solution outlined in this article is focused on fixing Google Chrome update problems in a Windows environment.UPDATE 5:32 PM ET: Google now offers a universal version of Google Chrome. The problem for home users and commercial users without a group policy system in place is that this group policy system sometimes hiccups and turns the automatic updating off.


Since 2010, however, Chrome has included more advanced group policy settings intended to help network administrators streamline when/how Google Chrome updates when installed in a Windows enterprise environment. RELATED: What Are the SysInternals Tools and How Do You Use Them?īy default, Google Chrome automatically updates itself (and occasionally reminds you to restart the browser to apply those updates if it has been awhile since you’ve completely shut the application down). Why do you want to mess around with the update function and Why do you even have to in the first place? Although updating any software always runs the risk (however small) of breaking something, web browsers are a tool you want to keep as up-to-the-minute updated as possible so you can minimize the threat of zero-day exploits and security holes. There are two pertinent questions to address in this section.
