I'm trying to load Google Chrome onto my macbook air with m1 chip and it isn't giving me the option to load the apple chip version of chrome it just downloads a googlechrome.dmg file.
Any ideas how I can force it to offer me the m1 version, or will it offer that when I open the dmg file? (From what I have seen on youtube it should offer the choice when you hit download for mac OS X 10.11 or later.)
Hi happlenz,
I just downloaded Google Chrome from the download page, and it looks like the app inside the DMG is actually a Universal version of Google Chrome. This means that it can run natively on both Intel-based Macs and Macs with Apple silicon (M1 and future).
In the past, Google did offer two versions of Chrome to download. The Apple silicon (M1) version was actually a Universal version, but was twice as large as the Intel-only version.
Hi happlenz,
I just downloaded Google Chrome from the download page, and it looks like the app inside the DMG is actually a Universal version of Google Chrome. This means that it can run natively on both Intel-based Macs and Macs with Apple silicon (M1 and future).
In the past, Google did offer two versions of Chrome to download. The Apple silicon (M1) version was actually a Universal version, but was twice as large as the Intel-only version.
Thank you Encryptor5000
I did wonder whether that was the case, but thought that this time of year would be a bad time for Google to change the system without notice just when people would be getting a new Macbook for Christmas!
Chrome not giving option for m1 version
