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Google Chrome For Mac Beta Now Available

Mac users rejoice! Today Google has made the beta version of its Chrome browser available for Apple computers. The download is free.
Mac users rejoice! Today Google has made the beta version of its Chrome browser available for Apple computers. The download is free.I have been using one of the Chromium builds for about two weeks now. For the most part, it works well. It hasn't crashed, but I find it a bit slow (which is the opposite of Google's goal for the browser). Still, I like the user interface and the way the tabs and tools work.

Now, Chrome has reached a full beta state and Google is making the download available to whoever wants it. There are a few features missing when compared to the Windows version, such as a bookmark organizational tool, Gears support, Sync for Mac, multi-touch support, and App Mode.

Themes are available and it employs a preview page that shows recently visited sites each time you open a fresh tab.

What's most improved in the beta compared to the pre-beta version is speed. It is much, much faster now. The only unfortunate part was that I had to uninstall the pre-beta version and reinstall the beta. that means I lost all my settings. Oh well.

The download is available here.

Here's a video demo of how it works:

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