I just upgraded to Mac Sonoma 14 and now Chrome won't work.

It opens to a blank page. No bookmarks bar, no content and acts like there are spaces where I can click but nothing is visible.

Posted on Sep 27, 2023 10:41 AM

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Posted on Oct 3, 2023 7:54 PM

I was shocked after installing Sonoma 14 when my Chrome browser was no longer functioning. Glad I had another computer that did NOT have Sonoma so could learn others had the same problem. I did download Chrome again using my Safari browser and successfully installed it., All my bookmarks, etc were restored. Deleted the earlier version of Chrome. Bottom line: Apple messed up not having figured this out BEFORE they launched Sonoma.

God knows how many customers they screwed up, not all of which will easily find the solution. I may wait a week or 2 before I install any future mac updates.

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Oct 3, 2023 7:54 PM in response to MelodyS99

I was shocked after installing Sonoma 14 when my Chrome browser was no longer functioning. Glad I had another computer that did NOT have Sonoma so could learn others had the same problem. I did download Chrome again using my Safari browser and successfully installed it., All my bookmarks, etc were restored. Deleted the earlier version of Chrome. Bottom line: Apple messed up not having figured this out BEFORE they launched Sonoma.

God knows how many customers they screwed up, not all of which will easily find the solution. I may wait a week or 2 before I install any future mac updates.

Dec 4, 2023 8:04 AM in response to MelodyS99

After struggling with this problem for days, I followed the advice here and downloaded a fresh copy of Chrome without deleting the old version. It seems to be working well and has all my bookmarks etc. intact.


My question now is, can I delete the old version or will I lose all those bookmarks? Apologies if this is a stupid or obvious question ... this isn't my area of expertise.

Oct 6, 2023 12:45 PM in response to MelodyS99

Had the same issue since I upgraded to Sonoma.

Noticed at some locations Chrome worked fine, but at home it did not, so I figured it was something to do with the network rather than some configuration.

Network with WPA Chrome works fine. but when using the default router which uses WPA2 at home it didn't, so just a change in this setting seemed to work for me.

Apr 1, 2024 6:51 PM in response to MelodyS99

Try using Chromium, which has the same features as Chrome but a slightly different build. If it doesn't work, you may consider downgrading to macOS Ventura with a bootable USB disk. Let me know the results. Another option is to use Safari, Firefox, Brave, Opera, etc. if you don't have to use Chrome. You can also trying downloading an older version of Chrome, or a new version. Good luck.

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I just upgraded to Mac Sonoma 14 and now Chrome won't work.

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