Most recent update of Chrome going blank and flashing, becomes unusable

The people who are answering your questions here are NOT Apple employees. They are other users, who Volunteer their time and energy to help you in whatever way they can.

Sometimes you might get information that is tangential to you wanted to know, or WAY more information than you wanted.

PLEASE try to be gracious in your responses. If you got more than you wanted to hear, Please do not assault the person who gave you tangential or ‘too much' information. Instead, understand that they were TRYING to be helpful, even if their answer did not line up perfectly with your query.

Just ignore the overage and get on with solving your problems, and count your blessings that someone was willing to help, even if the answer was "too much" or “way off base”.

If important parts of your question did not get answered, just ask a more pointed question and Readers will try again.

Despite what "they" have to say there is never any reason to use Chrome. If it isn't working, try Brave:

https://brave.com/

Otherwise have "them" buy you a Chromebook. Installing Google on a Mac renders it effectively Google's Mac. Not yours.

Hey man, may be a bit late but only just seen this.

You can get a previous version from a couple different sites online. I am currently having issues with the latest version of Chrome constantly failing to start up after the machine is shut down, constantly been reinstalling the latest version before I decided to install a prior version.

Found a prior verson (went two versions back) and installed version 137.0.7151.56 from here

I wasn't certain at first but I used virus total to check the URL for anything suspicious and then got the file checked aswell and all seems to be good - Chrome is currently working better at the moment have not had a repeat of before yet.

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Hi there!

I had the same issues for a couple of days now and tried different versions, which didn't solve the problem. What I just found out was that I had setting checked under settings->system "use graphics acceleration, if possible.." (don't know the exact term since I translated it from German). Once I unchecked this setting, the chrome browser is stable again. Hope it solves your problem as well.

it does not seem like other users can identify with your technical issues, and none have come forward with work-arounds.

Chrome is by far the most resource-intensive App normally seen on the Mac that is not blatantly malware.

Perhaps the way to proceed is to check for mitigating factors, such as gross hardware failures or complex software interactions.

To check for gross hardware failure, run the Diagnostic:

Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac - Apple Support

Remember that in the very brief time it runs, and the limited tests it uses, "No faults found' is a far cry from "all is well"

Consider downloading and running this little "discovery" utility, Etrecheck. It changes NOTHING. Etrecheck was developed by a senior contributor here, and uses mostly system calls and simple tests to collect often-needed information.

it contains little tests for speeds of devices, CPU utilization, memory usage, energy usage and a digest of recent problems, in one easy to use package. it does not even need to be Installed. Because less can be learned when your Mac is running great, best time to run is when your problems are actually occurring, if possible.

if you follow the directions faithfully, its report (pre-laundered of all personally-identifiable information) can be "Shared" to the System ClipBoard, then Pasted into an ‘Additional Text’ window in a reply on the forums.

Use Etrecheck Pro for free:

http://Etrecheck.com

Then start a reply on the forums, click the 'additional Text' icon, and PASTE

Consider downloading and running this little "discovery" utility, Etrecheck. It changes NOTHING. Etrecheck was developed by a senior contributor here, and uses mostly system calls and simple tests to collect often-needed information.

it contains little tests for speeds of devices, CPU utilization, memory usage, energy usage and a digest of recent problems, in one easy to use package. it does not even need to be Installed. Because less can be learned when your Mac is running great, best time to run is when your problems are actually occurring, if possible.

if you follow the directions faithfully, its report (pre-laundered of all personally-identifiable information) can be "Shared" to the System ClipBoard, then Pasted into an ‘Additional Text’ window in a reply on the forums.

Use Etrecheck Pro for free:

http://Etrecheck.com

the start reply on the forums, click the 'additional text' Icon, and PASTE

Get Brave browser, it’s Crome without Google & all the ads.

I don't work in the kind of job where the company provides work computers, and I do have to use Chrome.

I provided the solution: buy a Chromebook.

But no one needs Chrome.

None of that should be difficult to understand.

tzikeh wrote:

Nothing you posted is difficult to understand; it's just not answering my question.

My question isn't about buying anything, and I can't afford to anyway, and the company I work for won't. My question is the first two lines of my post:

"Is there a way to go back to the most-recent-previous version of Chrome? The only thing I'm finding wants me to go back to a very old version of Chrome, not a more recent one."

You would need to ask Google. This site is for Apple product support, and Chrome is not an Apple product.

<< Please indicate where I "assaulted" anyone. >>

"Please stop posting answers to questions I didn't ask."

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The gracious way to respond is to simply ignore the overage, and ask a more pointed question.

There are MANY more readers than responders on these forums. just look at the number of views as opposed to the number of responses. Readers generally respond when they have something substantial to add to the discussion.