{"id":72881,"date":"2014-09-15T19:13:08","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T17:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=72881"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:28:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:28:35","slug":"chrome-for-mac-64-bit-only-coming-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/chrome-for-mac-64-bit-only-coming-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrome for Mac will be 64-bit only, older Macs out of luck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chrome users on Windows received a <a title=\"Chrome update brings 64-bit for Windows, offers security and speed\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/chrome-64-bit-for-windows-offers-security-and-speed-available-now\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">64-bit version<\/a> just a few weeks ago and now new details have emerged about the 64-bit Mac version. Google says the updated browser will be coming out in November. Version 39 for Mac will be significant because it will be the <strong>only version available<\/strong> unlike Windows which has a 32-bit offering for older machines.<\/p>\n<p>So why is Google switching to 64-bit for Chrome? Modern hardware is becoming more and more powerful an 64-bit apps can take <a title=\"Chrome 64-bit is faster and more secure\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/chrome-64-bit-is-faster-and-more-secure\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full advantage<\/a> of these powerful systems. 64-bit Chrome also promises heightened security and fewer crashes.<\/p>\n<p>Most Mac users are already using 64-bit capable processors so it makes sense for Google to transition solely to 64-bit. Mac users will older machines will be out of luck, stuck using an unsupported version of 32-bit Chrome.<\/p>\n<p>Switching to 64-bit also means extensions designed for 32-bit Chrome won\u2019t work any more. Extension <strong>developers will have to update their extensions<\/strong> to in order for them to work with the new browser.<\/p>\n<p>Chrome 39 is expected to arrive some time in <strong>November<\/strong> but you can try an <a title=\"Chrome 64-bit comes to the Mac\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/mac-users-can-now-get-chrome-64-bit-too\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">experimental version<\/a> of it now.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a title=\"Google Apps Update\" href=\"http:\/\/googleappsupdates.blogspot.com\/2014\/09\/google-chrome-64-bit-for-mac-and-windows.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Apps Update<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"How to protect private pictures on your phone\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/how-to-protect-private-pictures-on-your-phone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to protect private pictures on your phone<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Not all iOS 8 features available at launch\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/not-all-ios-8-features-available-at-launch\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Not all iOS 8 features available at launch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Apple annoys users by pushing U2 album to their iTunes\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/apple-annoys-users-with-mandatory-u2-album\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple annoys users by pushing U2 album to their iTunes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"How to make video calls with Viber on Android and iOS\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/how-to-make-video-calls-with-viber-on-android-and-ios\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to make video calls with Viber on Android and iOS<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Follow me on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lewisleong\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@lewisleong<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chrome users on Windows received a 64-bit version just a few weeks ago and now new details have emerged about the 64-bit Mac version. Google says the updated browser will be coming out in November. Version 39 for Mac will be significant because it will be the only version available unlike Windows which has a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/chrome-for-mac-64-bit-only-coming-november\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chrome for Mac will be 64-bit only, older Macs out of luck&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":64396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2767],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-72881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionchrome-64-bit"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330163,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72881\/revisions\/330163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72881"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=72881"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=72881"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=72881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}