Chrome Download for Catalina (10.15.7)

Hello, I am on a Mac desktop that is no longer able to run any newer versions than macOS Catalina. Does anyone know how to download Chrome for this version? I have tried many ways that have been mentioned in other posts but they have all seemed to disappear. I am trying to do online courses and they won't work without Chrome.


Please help!

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 27, 2025 8:09 AM

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Posted on Feb 28, 2025 8:06 AM

Which version of Chrome runs in Catalina? If it's earlier than Chrome 124 then try Chromium Legacy which is based on v124.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/chromium-legacy-google-chrome-for-os-x-10-7-10-9.2283612/

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Feb 28, 2025 8:06 AM in response to h_m_a_c

Which version of Chrome runs in Catalina? If it's earlier than Chrome 124 then try Chromium Legacy which is based on v124.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/chromium-legacy-google-chrome-for-os-x-10-7-10-9.2283612/

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Feb 27, 2025 8:51 AM in response to h_m_a_c

Try Vivaldi v6.9 which is the last version supported on macOS 10.15 Catalina (unfortunately I cannot find the actual stable download, but these snapshots are usually Ok these days):

https://vivaldi.com/blog/desktop/permission-dialog-changes-vivaldi-browser-snapshot-3468-4/


Vivaldi is based on the same Chromium rendering engine as Google Chrome.


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Mar 25, 2025 7:11 PM in response to salmanjaved

salmanjaved wrote:

kindly how to install chrome in my macbook

See my earlier link to download Vivaldi v6.9 which is a Chromium based browser. Anything requiring Google Chrome should work with Vivaldi. However, keep in mind v6.9 of Vivaldi is from 2024 so as the Internet & online services keep changing, more & more things will stop working with Vivaldi.


Another option is an LTS or ESR version of Firefox, but even that support will end at some point.


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Mar 29, 2025 7:35 PM in response to faustin194

faustin194 wrote:

faustin how to install google chrome to catalina 10.15.7


Did you bother to read the requirements on Google's Web site – or my previous reply in this thread?


The current version of Google Chrome requires Big Sur or later. You cannot install and run it on Catalina. I do not believe that Google still offers older versions of Chrome that are compatible with Catalina for download.

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Mar 30, 2025 10:12 AM in response to Servant of Cats

Servant of Cats wrote:

Did you bother to read the requirements on Google's Web site – or my previous reply in this thread?

I don't think anyone reads the entire thread these days since I did offer everyone a direct link to a Chromium based browser that will run on Catalina and you mentioned FireFox is still fully available & supported on Catalina. I wonder why we even bother.

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