After updating my MacBook Pro to Sequoia Chrome is not loading most websites

figured it out. If you have local pages or some in general not loading.

"I’ll leave this post just in case anyone else has this issue. The problem ended up being a local network permissions issues with the Mac, which seemed to happen after updating to macOS sequoia. To fix open system settings, privacy & security, then go to local networks, and allow Firefox access."

Chrome in my case was unchecked (never touched this setting before).

figured it out. If you have local pages or some in general not loading.

"I’ll leave this post just in case anyone else has this issue. The problem ended up being a local network permissions issues with the Mac, which seemed to happen after updating to macOS sequoia. To fix open system settings, privacy & security, then go to local networks, and allow Firefox access."

Chrome in my case was unchecked (never touched this setting before).

After waiting for 15.1 and my several beta testers in my fleet to not report any problems, we released Sequoia to our org. About 40 users in and one of the folks running a 14" 2021 Macbook Pro who upgraded from 14.7.1 to 15.1 immediately reported that his Chrome and 3 other Chromium browsers all behaved the same way. NO pages would load. Error was ERR_CONNECTION_RESET

We tried dumping and reinstalling Chrome, running the reset command, dumping cache, turning off firewall, confirming that Safari and Firefox worked without a hitch, booting into safe mode, we EVEN went to recovery console and reinstalled the OS. Nothing helped. Apple support had suggested wiping the device entirely OR just creating a new user. Well. the new user solved the problem! So something about the upgrade to 15.1 caused something bad to happen with the original user profile. We're waiting for Apple to tell us more about 1) WHAT caused it and 2) whether there's a command to execute that can fix that user.

Regrettably neither of the 2 agents I spoke with had a familiarity with this issue (so much for the forums making their way into Apple's awareness) but they were very pleasant and professional at least :)

I suspect that people don't want to create a new user, though for some it might be a relatively painless solution.

I will update this post if I learn anything useful w/r to fixing -- or better yet avoiding -- this problem from happening.

alexsigout wrote:

Nope, it's opening on other devices, like iPhone, iPad, and a non-Sequoia MacBook.

FWIW, I didn't have IPv6 enabled in my router. Once I enabled it I could reach the link you sent in Chrome and Safari.

Going into system settings > Privacy and Security > local networks, and toggling the Google permission on like you suggested fixed it. I just had to restart after toggling it on and everything worked perfectly. Thank you so much!

This doesn't seem to be a Chrome-specific issue from our testing. We have found that the issue only happens if we have Netfiltering from our Antivirus turned on. If we turn Net filtering off or completely turn the Antivirus off, then we have no issues with chrome or any other browser.

In my case it wasn't just Chrome, it was all browsers loading excruciatingly slow or not at all.

My particular flavor of this problem was solved by disabling the firewall (System Settings>Network>Firewall). I have a hardware firewall so I "think" I'm OK for now until I have time to go back in to see what rules have changed with the Sequoia update.

Those of you in a work environment where only some and not others are having this problem may want to start there and see what the differences are.

This Worked for me: Firewall blocks Chrome after a system update. Go to System Settings > Network > Firewall and either turn it off temporarily or add Chrome to the list of allowed apps.

Here are some more methods you can try for your mac: https://itechhacks.com/fix-chrome-not-loading-most-websites-macos/

I had this same issue this morning. I was unable to open Chrome after updating MacOS to 15.0.1. After trying everything I possibly could (reinstall Chrome 2wice, terminal commands from different forums, turn off firewall) to no avail, I turned off my VPN (ProtonMail) and this resolved the issue. It was the VPN. I don't know if this is specific to PM or all VPNs but no VPN resolved the issue.

I had this same issue this morning. I was unable to open Chrome after updating MacOS to 15.0.1. After trying everything I possibly could (reinstall Chrome 2wice, terminal commands from different forums, turn off firewall) to no avail, I turned off my VPN (ProtonMail) and this resolved the issue. It was the VPN. I don't know if this is specific to PM or all VPNs but no VPN resolved the issue.

In Chrome, go to the three dots in the upper right corner, then select 'Settings' > 'About Chrome.' This will run an update that solved my problem.

Hey, I fixed my Chrome issues. I had to reset the settings and that did the trick.

chrome://settings/reset

I had an experience in which I could not login to my AT&T account with Apple’s iCloud Private Relay turned on. Turned it off and the login went as usual. VPNs, Firewalls, and of course anti-virus apps can and often do cause all manner of issues like this.

Try this. In network settings, details for ethernet or wifi, turn off "limit ip address tracking" and test. I had several sites that would not load until I did that.

Even with the latest update or a fresh installation Chrome fails to access a local website in my home network since I upgraded my MacBook M1 Pro to Sequoia.

But it works if I start Chrome from the command line (or in the Finder from /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome)!

There is the same problem with Firefox, but for Firefox the command line trick does not work.