Chrome Causing rMBP Freezing?

[Trey M]

During the course of today I've been in Chrome 3 different times when suddenly my scrolling will stop working, and before I know it my entire system locks up (spinning wheel) and all I'm able to do is move the mouse or hold the power button. I try to Force-Quit Chrome but it is to no avail. Has anyone been experiencing this or a similar issue with Chrome seeming to be the culprit?

BTW, I currently have Automatic Graphics Switching off.

 

[tekksan]

I had similar issues with Chrome and finally just gave up using it and went back to Safari. I tried messing with the Flash settings in Chrome because I thought the internal version of Flash may be at fault but it didn't help. I tried re-install. I used Discrete Graphics only. Nothing helped. It would still freeze my whole system every few days. Since I've been back on Safari, I've had no issues.

 

[ohbrilliance]

I have something similar happen on a mac mini. Alt tab, the dock and switching in general just stop working for 30-60 seconds. Happens every day or two. I'm pretty sure it occurs when using Chrome, but I do use Lotus Notes, and goodness knows how buggy that thing is.

 

[sarthak]

Use Safari. It's far more stable, efficient and optimized for gestures especially in Mavericks.

 

[Trey M]

See that's the thing I just really don't like Safari...I've liked Chrome ever since Google started developing it and I have all my bookmarks, etc. synced through Chrome. I also like the Chrome mobile app on my iPhone a lot more and it's a lot better to be using the same browser on both mobile + laptop. Pretty annoying this is an issue that pretty much brings down the whole system...I also wouldn't be surprised if it was Flash related. I think it is an issue with the graphics, but I'm not positive.

 

[elado]

Try to disable
"GPU compositing on all pages"
on chrome://flags

 

[sofianito]

It doesn't happen in my old 2007 MBP...