This document provides instructions for setting Chrome as the default browser on a Mac. It explains that Chrome integrates well with Google services, facilitates single sign-on, and updates automatically. The steps include clicking "Set Google Chrome as your default browser" when first launching Chrome, or going to Settings > Default Browser and clicking "MAKE DEFAULT" if Chrome is not already set as the default. Following these steps will set Chrome as the default browser to open web links on a Mac.

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Setting Chrome as the
Default Browser
A Mr. Casal Tutorial

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Why Chrome?
● Chrome is Google’s browser
● Integrates seamlessly with Google Suite
○ Drive
○ Calendar
○ Sites
● Facilitates easy single sign-on
○ The “Log in with Google” button most web services offer
● Automatic updates

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When logging in the first time...
Click the Chrome icon on the Dock and you’ll see this box...

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● Select the “Set Google Chrome as your default browser” box
● Then click “Start Google Chrome”

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● Chrome will launch but the
macOS will try to keep
Safari as the default
● Click the “Use ‘Chrome’”
button
○ Sometimes this box will be
partially hidden behind the
Chrome window

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If you don’t see
those previous
boxes...

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Launch Chrome...
● Once Chrome opens, look under the address bar
● You might see a “Set as default” button
● Press it

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If Chrome still
isn’t the default...

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● Tap the 3 dot menu
● Choose “Settings”

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Scroll down the Settings
Look for the “Default browser” section
Click the “MAKE DEFAULT” button

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● Chrome will launch
but the macOS will
try to keep Safari as
the default
● Click the “Use
‘Chrome’” button
○ Sometimes this box
will be partially
hidden behind the
Chrome window

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Google Chrome is now your
default browser...

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Created by
Chris Casal
purveyor of geekery
Heathcote School