chrome isworking slow on my Macbook Air M2

Thanks for trying to help. Unfortunately the above didn’t work for me so I’m still hoping to figure this out.

We tried to persuade the Author of the question but nobody seemed home to open the door ( metaphorically speaking ) 😎

Same for me. I usually use Safari but recently installed Chrome so that I could use the Beyond 20 extension for Roll 20 and D&D Beyond. I'm running Chrome with those 2 tabs open and nothing else but the problem starts as soon as I start Chrome. Just to click the button to open a new tab takes 10-15 seconds. Everything else on my Mac is lightning fast and I'm not seeing anything out of the ordinary on the Activity Tracker. Chrome itself isn't even using much for system resources. I tried an uninstall and reinstall but same problem.

To anyone:

The best solution, by far, is to get rid of Chrome.

I really don't get what people think is so great about Chrome. It's a known, massive resource hog. On top of that, from the moment you turn your Mac on to the time you turn it off, it is constantly sending anonymized data of your computer and web usage to Google's servers. Chrome doesn't even have to be running. The keystone agents…

/Library/LaunchDaemons/google.keystone.agent.plist

/Library/LaunchDaemons/google.keystone.xpcservice.plist

…do that by launching apps buried within the Chrome app, which load at startup. And then there's this.

We don't allow any software written by Google on our Macs. Not Chrome, Google Earth, or anything else. Google's real business is collecting marketing data. You are their unwilling and unpaid source for it when you use any of their junk. If Safari isn't a browser you care much for, try Firefox or Brave. If you have one, you do not need Chrome to access your Google account. You can do that from any browser.

And yet another reason to never allow any app written by Google on your computer.

Google told users that when using incognito/private mode, Chrome would not track your usage, or collect data. They lied. It did anyway. Google has now agreed to settle the 2020 lawsuit with a five billion dollar fine.

But even so, according to another article on the lawsuit, that 5 billion is still a drop in the bucket to what Google has made on the collected data.

Remove Chrome and its daemons. Never install it again.

I know full well what I'm talking about. I've been using computers since before the Internet existed. I've used just about every imaginable browser ever made.

I don't why you're having so much trouble with Safari. I used it through my entire business career without issue. And why does my browser need a calendar? I had that in Outlook for decades, and now in the free eM Client. Why would I need to duplicate that function in my browser?

Buy hey, if you want to continue using a browser that has zero regard for your privacy, then go right ahead.

Everyone is talking about 'privacy' these days (similar to well being) but no-one actually care - just 'cool words'

What search engine do you use? google? or duckduckgo? You sure B.Gates got nothing to do with the second one?

But the true is Safari is very basic. Doesn't fully work with Microsoft 365, no PWA, not opening websites or displaying incorrectly, Cannot select part of the link & hit right search for it ie translate etc. No proper add blocker/pop up can be installed. Pinch to zoom in/out randomly not working. Swipe to back looking good except killing previous session and page is refreshed most of the times. Formatting issue while searching for images and zooming in. So complicated when you want to clear cookies, check ssl certificate. I am IT admin for 18 years and I know how many calls I am having every day because 'something is not working'. My answer is always did you try using chrome (or chromium based browser? Always works these days when almost 90% businesses are on cloud (Microsoft/Amazon Hyper-vs)

You right Chrome/Edge are not perfect but still light years in front of Safari. Ask website developers for their opinion