Close
  • Latest News
  • Cybersecurity
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Mobile
  • Networking
  • Storage
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
Read Down
Sign in
Close
Welcome!Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Read Down
Password recovery
Recover your password
Close
Search
Menu
Search
  • Latest News
  • Cybersecurity
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Mobile
  • Networking
  • Storage
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
More
    Home Blogs Google Watch
    • Blogs
    • Google Watch
    • Search Engines

    Google Chrome for Mac Beta Gets Bookmark Sync, Extensions

    By
    Clint Boulton
    -
    February 12, 2010
    Share
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Linkedin

      Google fans who are Mac users got a treat Feb. 11 when Google launched a fresh beta of its Chrome browser for Mac with extensions and bookmark sync.

      Existing Chrome for Mac users should be automatically updated to the new beta — officially Version 5.0.307 — within a day.

      Google first launched Chrome for Windows in September 2008.

      After hearing more than a year of grousing for not delivering a version of Chrome for Apple computers, Google delivered its first stable beta of Chrome for Mac last December.

      Google then launched Google Chrome for Windows 4.0 in January, so clearly it’s Mac’s turn. With that, Google is also offering users more than 2,200 extensions from its Chrome gallery.

      Extensions are lightweight applications that developers create that let users customize the Web browser. I profiled some of our favorite extensions on eWEEK here and here.

      Google Chrome for Mac also finally offers bookmark sync, which lets power Web users who access several computers synchronize their bookmarks among many machines, even if those computers are running the Linux and Windows versions of Chrome.

      Google Chrome for Mac is a big deal even for Windows and Linux users who love the version of Chrome running on their machines. Why?

      Chrome in December topped 4.6 percent, lapping Apple’s Safari browser, then shot to 5.2 percent market share in January.

      Chrome was trundling along for the last several months, then went from 3.9 percent to 5.2 percent after the arrival of the initial Chrome for Mac beta.

      I’d argue that largely happened due to the availability of Chrome for Mac and perhaps some Linux machines. Whether that growth continues or flattens in 2010 is another story. Chrome Operating System netbooks should help greatly in 2011 if people buy them.

      If you were leery about using Chrome for Mac before today, Google offers this instructional video to show users the ins and outs:

      Avatar
      Clint Boulton

      MOST POPULAR ARTICLES

      Android

      Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro: Durability for Tough...

      Chris Preimesberger - December 5, 2020 0
      Have you ever dropped your phone, winced and felt the pain as it hit the sidewalk? Either the screen splintered like a windshield being...
      Read more
      Cloud

      Why Data Security Will Face Even Harsher...

      Chris Preimesberger - December 1, 2020 0
      Who would know more about details of the hacking process than an actual former career hacker? And who wants to understand all they can...
      Read more
      Cybersecurity

      How Veritas Is Shining a Light Into...

      eWEEK EDITORS - September 25, 2020 0
      Protecting data has always been one of the most important tasks in all of IT, yet as more companies become data companies at the...
      Read more
      Big Data and Analytics

      How NVIDIA A100 Station Brings Data Center...

      Zeus Kerravala - November 18, 2020 0
      There’s little debate that graphics processor unit manufacturer NVIDIA is the de facto standard when it comes to providing silicon to power machine learning...
      Read more
      Apple

      Why iPhone 12 Pro Makes Sense for...

      Wayne Rash - November 26, 2020 0
      If you’ve been watching the Apple commercials for the past three weeks, you already know what the company thinks will happen if you buy...
      Read more
      eWeek


      Contact Us | About | Sitemap

      Facebook
      Linkedin
      RSS
      Twitter
      Youtube

      Property of TechnologyAdvice.
      Terms of Service | Privacy Notice | Advertise | California - Do Not Sell My Information

      © 2021 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

      Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.

      ×