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Google Touts Chrome 89 Memory Savings That 'Keep Your Mac Cooler' While Browsing
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I use Google Meets all the time on Safari. What can't you live stream or do for video calling?
Chrome on Mac is awesome - I highly recommend everyone to install it!
The satisfaction you get from Deleting it is indescribable!
The satisfaction you get from Deleting it is indescribable!
Just use Firefox. Just as fast as Safari. No wildly spinning fans, way more extensions, and you get narrow tabs to boot. 
Because it has more features. For instance, you can't log into Safari with multiple Google Accounts.
Example: With Chrome, if your Company uses Google Workspace, you can sign in with multiple accounts, separating your bookmarks, history, multi-task & manage different workspaces, different Google Drives, different Gmail accounts all using 1 browser....
Chrome runs circles around Safari in that regard.
Shortly after Chrome first came out, my new (at the time) Mac Pro started waking itself up. Searching logs and Activity Monitor to see if there was a problem with my new Mac, I discovered Chrome running background processes and helpers w/o permission, even if the app wasn't open or the computer on! Deleted Chrome and the issue went away.
Needless to say I have not touched Chrome since!
Deleted Chrome and the issue went away.Needless to say I have not touched Chrome since!
I thought I'll never utter these words, but I rather have Edge for this.
I'd never use the same browser for private and company stuff, preferably not even the same computer.
Well let me tell you this. I can use Safari sans flash anc my fans rarely come on. Two minutes of chrome and they are roaring. Chrome is not worth it for me.
Except that both Chrome and Edge now use a lot less RAM than Safari due to safari caching, and the lack of sleeping tabs which chrome/edge have.
Power consumption on M1 is pretty much the same, if only just a tiny bit better on safari.
So Chrome was running if the computer wasn't on...? Eh?Shortly after Chrome first came out, my new (at the time) Mac Pro started waking itself up. Searching logs and Activity Monitor to see if there was a problem with my new Mac, I discovered Chrome running background processes and helpers w/o permission, even if the app wasn't open or the computer on!
Needless to say I have not touched Chrome since!
I'm not saying Chrome is good or bad, I use Safari, Chrome and Edge and they all have advantages and disadvantages. I'm just against spreading known false information, we have enough of that in normal media and politics.
Nowhere in my post did I mention private vs company. It's all different "Work" spaces.
Anyway, at the end of the day everyone has different goals. Some want to multi-task & save time. Some want to keep their personal and work browsing separate. To each their own...
Actually, I believe the message you quoted said "starting waking itself up." That could mean the computer was powered on, but asleep. So in that case the computer would still be on, right?
I always think about how 5x less CPU usage multiplied by 310 million users might add up. These changes may be too small to notice for an average user but what kind of global affect does this add up to? Given the performance per watt we're seeing with M1, it's kind of amazing to think about how it might benefit us on a macro scale. Apple always seems to be very conscious of these things. Just like removing the chargers which will add up to pretty amazing environmental impact.
I discovered a Google helper application/process running which was installed along with Chrome (part of Chrome?). It was indeed responsible for waking my Mac from sleep.
I'm a big fan of Edge - its not just resources that concern me about Chrome!
