Let’s start by focusing on the cache. Chrome loves storing lots of your web browsing data. At first, it can help speed things along, but soon Chrome’s pockets are being weighed down by cache, particularly if your Mac is low on space or memory. To manually delete your Chrome cache on Mac: Open Chrome and choose Chrome in the top menu. And 'chrome is out of date'. Those pop-ups make sense for a browser but our app is essentially not a browser any more. Solution: build into an electron app. Kiosk mode and loads of other benefits (access to os, developers can show menu and dev tools etc). It also means you control when updates happen rather than Chrome auto updating, or trying to.

Chrome Add comments Jan132021 As most of you know (or didn’t), Adobe Flash reached it’s End of Life on December 31st 2020, and as of January 12th 2021 does not function at all! Since Adobe is no longer supporting Flash, they are blocking and disabling all Flash content beginning January 12 2021 from web browsers including Chrome.

“Your Flash Player is out of date” is one of the most common scams on the internet. It plays on the fact that most people know that Adobe Flash is vulnerable to malware and that keeping it up to date is essential. By warning you it’s out of date, the scammers hope to trick you into clicking a link.

Everything you need to know about the 'Flash Player out of date' virus

The pop-up that warns you that Flash Player is out of date isn’t a virus, but it is malware. Adware, to be precise. Its aim is to scare you into clicking a link, which will then download more malware to your Mac. Whatever you do, don’t click the link.

1. What worries me is that I got a message on my Chrome webpage that it was no longer providing security upgrades to my computer because it is out of date. I purchased it in 2009 and have never overused or abused it. I'm disappointed that Apple no longer supports my Safari and that Chrome doesn't see fit to support it either.
2. But, we’re focusing on Chrome here so let’s figure out how to resolve that blocked out of date plugin message in all Chrome browsers. How to Update Adobe Flash Player Plugin in Google Chrome This updates the Adobe Flash Player plugin in the Chrome web browser, this is demonstrated in Mac OS but it works the same in Windows too.

The pop-up can appear on your Mac for a couple of reasons. One is that a website you have visited has either been compromised and scammers have placed an advert on it, or that the site owner has been paid to display the advert and thinks so little of their visitors they are happy to put them at risk in order to earn money. The other is that you have already downloaded malware, perhaps a browser extension that has infiltrated your browser and is displaying intrusive adverts, no matter which sites you visit.

You can tell which is the most likely in your situation by asking yourself if the adverts only appear when you visit specific sites or whether they appear randomly. If it’s the latter, your browser has likely been compromised by a malicious extension. Fortunately, these aren’t too difficult to remove. Read on to find out how.

How to remove the 'Flash Player is out of date' virus

Some instances of the pop-up occur because of a website you visit. Others will appear because your browser has been infected by a malware extension. Here’s how to deal with those extensions. We’ll also show you how to remove any files, like cookies, the website that displayed the pop-up may have placed on your Mac.

Remove extensions from Safari

1. Launch Safari, click on the Safari menu, and choose Preferences.
2. Select the Extensions tab.
3. Review the installed extensions and look for one that you don’t recognize or that looks suspicious.
4. Click on the suspicious extension and press Uninstall.
5. Choose the Privacy tab and select Manage website data.

6. Scroll through the list of sites until you see the one that displayed the pop-up and press Remove.

Remove extensions and data from Chrome

1. Launch Chrome, then click on the More button (three dots) in the toolbar.
2. In the menu, choose More Tools then Extensions.
3. Alternatively, type chrome://extensions into the address bar.

4. Look for an extension that you haven’t installed yourself, or that looks suspicious.
5. Choose it, and press Remove.
6. Type chrome://settings into the address bar.
7. Press Advanced, then Privacy and Security.
8. Scroll down and click on Clear Browsing Data.
9. Check the boxes next to all three options and choose a time period from the menu.
10. Scroll down and press Clear browsing data.

Remove extensions and data from Firefox

1. Click on the three horizontal lines at the right of Firefox’s toolbar.
2. Choose Add-ons.
3. Select Extensions and look for an extension you haven’t installed.
4. Click Remove.
5. Click on the three lines again and choose Options.
6. Select Privacy in the sidebar and click on “clear your recent history.”
7. Choose a time range from the menu, check “cookies” and “cache.”
8. Press Clear Now.

In most cases, that will be enough to make sure that any malware that’s causing you to see the “Your Flash Player is out of date” pop up has been removed. However, there may also be a launch agent that will cause the extension to be reinstalled the next time you start your Mac. Here’s how to remove it.

Remove suspicious Launch Agents

The easiest way to remove launch agents is to use CleanMyMac X. It can also quickly and easily remove website data like cookies and cache, as well as uninstall browser extensions from some web browsers.

Here’s how to use it to remove launch agents:

1. Download and install CleanMyMac X.
2. Launch it and choose the Optimization tool.
3. Press View all Items.
4. Choose Launch Agents.
5. Select the launch agent you want to remove and press Remove.

The “Your Flash Player is out of date” pop-up is one of the most common scams on the web. It can appear even if you don’t have Flash installed on your Mac. It’s an attempt to scare you into clicking on a link that will then download malware to your Mac. Don’t ever click the link. If you do, you should scan your Mac for malware, which you can do using CleanMyMac X’s Malware Removal tool:

This was our take on removing the 'Flash Player out of date' virus. Hope you have succeeded!

System cleanup in one click

Few computer issues are as annoying as a slow browser experience. And unfortunately no browser has a big “Fix Everything Now” button you can click to magically make it work again.

Google Chrome’s settings can be particularly frustrating, with features and fixes seemingly hidden in a confusing interface that doesn’t act like a Mac application at all. Luckily, you can use an app like CleanMyMac to do some helpful troubleshooting. CleanMyMac can clear Chrome’s caches, cookies, and site data. It lets you manage your extensions and can even reset the entire application to make Chrome act like new again.

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But not every problem is quite that dire, so here are a number of tips for identifying and fixing the most common Chrome issues.

How to kill a frozen tab or window in Chrome

If one of your tabs or windows in Chrome just stops responding — so badly that you can’t even close it — don’t worry, it’s an easy fix:

1. Go to Window > Task Manager in the menu bar.
2. Find the problem window or tab, click to select it, and then End Process.

That will kill whatever process is keeping the tab from loading correctly. The tab will probably show an error message saying, “Something went wrong,” but just click the X on the tab to close it.

If Chrome is just completely frozen, you can force-quit the entire app by pressing Command–Option–Escape, then selecting Chrome in the Force Quit Applications window and clicking Force Quit.

How to disable Flash and check for out-of-date components

You used to be able to disable Adobe Flash Player on Chrome’s plugins page, but it (chrome://plugins) was removed as of version 57. Now you can visit its replacement (chrome://components) to see if any of Chrome’s components, including Adobe Flash Player, are out of date and apply an update. Ideally, all of them should be updated behind the scenes, but you never know.

Adobe Flash Player comes baked into Chrome, so its settings are now on the main settings page (chrome://settings or Chrome > Preferences in your Mac’s menu bar), tucked inside Advanced > Privacy & Security > Content Settings.

The shortcut right to this section is chrome://settings/content. Click Flash and disable the switch next to Ask First to block sites from using Flash entirely. The Block and Allow sections below also let you blacklist or whitelist Flash on a site-by-site basis.

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What to do if Chrome is running slow

If Chrome is just moving like molasses and you aren’t sure why, it’s time to do a troubleshooting routine that could isolate the issue. We’ll start with the basics, like clearing caches and cookies, and then work our way up more advanced steps.

1. Clear the cache, cookies, and site data

You’ll have to log into sites again, but this step is often enough to speed things up noticeably. It’s also the easiest fix, which is why we recommend to try it first.

To clear the data via Chrome browser settings:

1. Open Chrome > Preferences in the menu bar or just type chrome://settings as the URL. You can also use the Command–comma keyboard shortcut.
2. Scroll down to the Advanced section and click Advanced to expand all the options.
3. At the bottom of a section labeled Privacy and Security, you’ll see an option to Clear Browser Data. Click the arrow to expand it and change the Time Range drop-down from Last Hour to All Time.
4. In the Basic tab, leave the boxes checked to clear your browsing history, cookies, and other site data, as well as cached images and files.
5. Then click Clear Data at the bottom.

For a faster result, use CleanMyMac to clean the caches of Chrome and any other browsers, as well as cookies, local storage, saved passwords, autofill values, and more. It’s much more convenient since you can clean every browser with just a few clicks, rather than having to dig into the settings of each browser.

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Just click Privacy in the sidebar, choose Chrome from the list, and select what you want to clear.

2. Check extensions with Chrome’s Incognito mode

Browse in Incognito mode by opening a new window (File > New Incognito Window or Shift–Command–N). While you’re in Incognito, Chrome rejects cookies and site data, and doesn’t keep your history or any info you enter into forms. But more importantly for us, Chrome also disables your extensions, so this is a good way to tell if one of your extensions is causing the slowdown.

If Incognito mode seems to speed things back up, you can try turning your extensions back on one-by-one. That way if you experience slow performance, you’ll know it was probably the extension you just enabled. To do this, click the button with three vertical dots at the top-right of the browser window, then select More Tools > Extensions. For each extension that’s enabled, you’ll see another checkbox to Allow In Incognito.

Some extensions can’t run in Incognito mode at all, so you can do this test again in normal browsing mode by disabling all the extensions and then re-enabling them one-by-one. And while you’re at it, it’s a good idea to disable any extensions you aren’t using anyway.

3. Disable hardware acceleration

If your Chrome is running slow, you might think to enable hardware acceleration. Well, many Mac users on Google’s Chrome Help Forum report the opposite: that Chrome runs better on macOS with this option turned off.

1. To check if you’re using hardware acceleration, visit Chrome’s Settings (Chrome > Preferences or chrome://settings) and open the Advanced panel.
2. Almost all the way to the bottom, you’ll find a switch labeled Use Hardware Acceleration When Available. If it’s unchecked, try checking it. If it’s checked (which it should be by default), try turning it off.
3. After you’ve changed the setting, the word Relaunch appears.
4. Click it to relaunch Chrome.

4. Reset flags to default settings

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Chrome has experimental features called Flags, found by typing chrome://flags into the URL bar. Some of these can actually speed up your browsing, with tricks like using more threads to downloading raster images faster and loading low-priority iFrames last. But! These are experimental features, and if Chrome isn’t acting the way you’d like, you might get some relief by setting all the Flags back to their default settings.

To do this, go to chrome://flags and click Reset All To Default at the top of the page.

5. Reset Chrome

If you’re still having troubles and none of the above helps, you can reset all of Chrome’s settings, basically restoring it to its freshly installed state, although this method still saves your bookmarks and stored passwords.

To do this, open Chrome > Preferences in the menu bar, then scroll down to the bottom, opening the Advanced menu if it’s not open already. At the very bottom you’ll see an option to Reset, which restores all the settings to their defaults. This can really help if an extension has been changing your settings without your explicit knowledge.

Resetting Chrome does delete all your extensions, themes, cookies, pinned tabs, your saved homepage, and startup tabs, as well as content settings. But the browser may work better in its natural state, and then you can re-add extensions and re-adjust settings as needed.

Naturally, CleanMyMac can reset Chrome as well. Just click the Uninstaller tool in the sidebar, then find Chrome in the list of applications. Right-click on the arrow and select the Application Reset, next to the Complete Uninstallation.

Of course, uninstalling and re-installing Chrome is a more drastic step than just resetting it, but if you do decide to uninstall the whole app, CleanMyMac will make sure to get all the associated files and preferences, everywhere they exist on your Mac.

6. Try Chrome Canary

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Another tip is to consider installing Chrome Canary, which is a beta version of Chrome meant for developers and early adopters.

It’s less stable than the regular shipping version of Chrome but has all the latest updates, so sometimes it does have fixes that aren’t in the main version yet. Some Mac users who couldn’t get Chrome to even launch report having a much easier time with Chrome Canary. You don’t have to uninstall Chrome to install Canary either; they can coexist side by side.

Again, Canary is beta software, and Google admits it “can be prone to breakage.” It gets updates nearly every day, and it can be just the thing if you can’t figure out why the regular version of Chrome isn’t working properly.

Using all the tips above and CleanMyMac to easily manage them will speed up your Chrome considerably. It’s also a good practice to schedule a regular browser cleanup once in a few months to keep things running fresh at all times.

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