Google Chrome will not fully load or function since updating to Tahoe 26.1. I have reinstalled MacOs and Chrome (several times), opened in Safe Mode, nothing works. Suggestions? Thanks
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 26.1
Big +1 on John Galt's post.
Chrome is a known, massive resource hog. On top of that, from the moment you turn your Mac on to the time you turn it off, it is constantly sending anonymized data of your computer and web usage to Google's servers. Chrome doesn't even have to be running. The keystone agents…
/Library/LaunchDaemons/google.keystone.agent.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/google.keystone.xpcservice.plist
…do that by launching apps buried within the Chrome app, which load at startup. One of them is just for checking for updates to Chrome. The other is for all-the-time data harvesting.
We don't allow any software written by Google on our Macs. Not Chrome, Google Earth, or anything else. Google's real business is collecting marketing data. You are their unwilling and unpaid source for it when you use any of their junk. If Safari isn't a browser you care much for, try Firefox or Brave. If you have a Google/Gmail account, you do not need Chrome to access it online. You can do that from any browser.
As John mentioned, Brave in particular is an excellent replacement for Chrome. It’s built on the same open-source Chromium web code, but without any of Google Chrome’s intrusive data harvesting. One thing that makes Brave a better alternative are dumb web sites (like some banks) which insist you use Chrome for access. In almost all cases, Brave also works.
And yet another reason to never allow any app written by Google on your computer.
Google told users that when using incognito/private mode, Chrome would not track your usage, or collect data. They lied. It did anyway. Google has now agreed to settle the 2020 lawsuit with a five billion dollar fine.
But even so, according to another article on the lawsuit, that 5 billion is still a drop in the bucket to what Google has made on the collected data.
Remove Chrome and its daemons. Never install it again.
The solution is to not use Google Chrome.
No one needs Google Chrome, least of all Mac users. If Safari does not meet your requirements, consider using Brave:
Brave is Chrome without the Google.
Chrome does not work post Tahoe update
