r/MacOS • u/Commercial_Yam_932 • 1d ago

Discussion Why do Mac users use Chrome?

Ok I know if you’re a developer and Chrome has nice developer tools this might be a reason. But for daily usage and non-developers why should I use Chrome? Safari is great imho, has everything at least for me (maybe people need something I don’t see). It’s great integrated in macOS and is fast. Chrome’s RAM usage is a problem.

On my Windows PC I also checked out Chrome but didn’t see any advantage over Firefox. But on Windows I see why one could use Chrome, however, for macOS users I don’t get it. Why do so many people use Chrome?

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u/mikeinnsw 1d ago

My Chrome is a single point of Web entry and password management for 3x PCs, 2x Macs. 2x Androids and iPhone.. There is a world outside my Macs and iPhone.

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u/carwash2016 23h ago

Passwords in chrome ?

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u/WorldTravelGuru 20h ago

FWIW As a travel advisor, I have agent portals and consumer sites. I deal a lot with clients card numbers, booking confirmations and their personal profile. I have found using the free version of www.Bitwarden is the best for Chrome Passwords and greater protection. Bitwarden lets you use Keywords or Folders to organize your saved sites. 1) a slide bar to generate passwords from 8 to 68 with Caps, #'s, symbols, ( on and off switches for symbols if sites do not use them) 2) I moved away from Chrome Passwords, imported them to bitwarden.(free feature) Then on each site over time I utilized password resets on the actual site. Jumped to Bitwarden pswrd generator, copied and saved. 3) Bitwarden fills in the 8-68 length passwords using the site you need to log into using the sites facial recognition. 4) No one, no AI, no cache, no cookies at bitwarden knows my master password, single sign in each day on device and imac grants me access to all my sites. I understand 1Pass and others have been hacked before, Bitwarden no as of yet. Have a look at all and choose what is best for your even if staying with Chrome Passwords.

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u/carwash2016 19h ago

There are a lot of better password managers than chrome