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Chrome officially rocks! right? I officially made the it my default web browser at work last week which is a big move for me as I have been a dedicated Firefoxian for several years. After Google added extension support to its browser I was hooked! A week later I have filtered down my favourite extensions (which will be a future post) and now I want it on my Mac too!

I’d given up hope that would happen and that I’d have to wait till early next year when Google pull there finger out, but I am happy to say I have found a solution and you can have extensions working in no time!

The Steps

First you need to head over to here and download the latest build of Chromium (At time of writing I am using 34164) and then install it to your Applications folder.

Next run Chromium and enter the following in the Search/URL bar:

chrome://extensions/

You will be redirected to the extension page which will be looking pretty boring right now. To find some extensions to install go to this website:

https://chrome.google.com/extensions

Once you reach an extension that you want to install you will notice that the ‘Install’ button is greyed out. Open another tab and head over to:

http://grack.com/blog/2009/12/08/re-enable-install-button-for-mac-chrome-extensions/

Scroll down to where it says ‘Enable Extension Install’ and drag this to your Bookmarks toolbar. Now flip back to the Extension you just found and click on the bookmark you just dropped. This will enable the ‘Install’ button at which point you can install the extension!

You will have to do this for each extension as Google will disable the ‘Install’ button but thats a fair price to pay for a working Chrome!

Bookmarks Synching

Another nice little treat is that the latest Chromium build has Bookmarks Synching as you will probably have seen on Windows versions which means for someone like me, you can Sync your bookmarks between both operating systems Boom!

You can find this option by clicking on Chromium in the top left and then ‘Bookmarks Synched…’ at which point it will ask you for your Google username and password.

About the author...

Stu Greenham is a Web Designer / Developer who lives in Hull (North East England) and works for the web agency Strawberry. Follow him on Twitter (@stugreenham) to find out what he's up to.

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