Unable to use Google Chrome browser on my new iMac

Another alternate approach to troubleshooting the Chrome browser, and should be much easier, is as follows:

1. Make sure Chrome is not running at all.
2. Hold down the Shift key while opening Chrome. Keep holding Shift until the browser fully loads. Alternatively, you can use the Terminal: Type the following command and press Enter: open -a "Google Chrome" --args --disable-extensions
3. Try running Chrome again. If it can start up now, go on to the last step.
4. Re-enable your extensions one by one, by restarting Chrome after enabling each one, until you find the culprit. Once you've identified the problematic extension, you can either remove it or look for an update that might fix the issue.

It may be possible that there may be some conflicting software on your Mac that is not allowing Chrome to launch normally. Most likely, its a defective Chrome extension that's cause the crashing.

Since we can't run Chrome without it crashing we will need to modify its preference file (.plist).

Open your User Preferences (aka, ~/Library/Preferences) folder in the Finder. Then, locate and open the Chrome's plist file in a text-editor. Now scroll down to the line starting the settings blocks: "settings": { Each of the extensions will have its own block inside the settings block. To disable them, change their states to 0: "state": 1

To simplify things, just do a search for all lines containing

"state": 1

and change them to

"state": 0

You should now be able to open Chrome without any extensions. If it works, you know one or more extension could be the culprit.

Just had to replace my internal and external hard drive on my iMac. I can't open photo library or an email address connected to my Gmail using Safari. It works in Firefox and Chrome but not on Safari....how can I fix it?

debdgale wrote:

Just had to replace my internal and external hard drive on my iMac. I can't open photo library or an email address connected to my Gmail using Safari. It works in Firefox and Chrome but not on Safari....how can I fix it?

Your problems have nothing to do with this thread. You should start your own including info on what year iMac you have running which version of macOS.

Try starting up your Mac in Safe Mode. Then try opening up the Google Chrome browser. Did it work this time?

Ref: Use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

mnjul wrote:

No, it still won't open. And Firefox browser won't work, either.

FWIW, the fact that Firefox won't work either seems to indicate it's something more than a Chrome issue.