Running multiple Chrome versions
How to run multiple Chrome versions on your local machine
Note
These steps are suitable for Mac. It was tested in a Mac Intel. It can be adapted to any Chrome version.Follow these steps on a Mac to run Chrome version 90 while having another Chrome app on a different version.
- Download Chrome
90.0.4430.72
from slimjet - Do not install the
Google Chrome.app
in yourApplication
folder. Install it in yourDesktop
folder for example. - Change the name of the app to
Google Chrome 90.app
and then move it to theApplication
folder, without overwriting your current Chrome - Remove Chrome’s automatic updates by:
- Close all Chrome open instances.
- Open
Google Chrome 90.app
while not having Internet, so it doesn’t give an error after modifying theInfo.plis
. - Right-click on
Application/Google Chrome 90.app
- Click on
Show package content
- Open the file
Contents/Info.plist
in your IDE - Find the key
KSUpdateURL
- Replace the string below:
https://tools.google.com/service/update2 tohttps://tools.google.com/[DUMMYTEXT]
- Run
Google Chrome 90.app
as long as it’s the only one running
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Last modified 12.06.2024: Fix: correcting typos (#1411) (f364feef)