OS X Chrome, drag URL to desktop
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On Chrome for OS X, is it possible to create a shortcut (bookmark) by dragging the star (to the left of the URL) to the desktop or folder? This works on Chrome for Windows but not for the Mac.
Follow up: My OS X Google Chrome does not have the globe icon left of the URL. It looks like this:
macos mac google-chrome
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On Chrome for OS X, is it possible to create a shortcut (bookmark) by dragging the star (to the left of the URL) to the desktop or folder? This works on Chrome for Windows but not for the Mac.
Follow up: My OS X Google Chrome does not have the globe icon left of the URL. It looks like this:
macos mac google-chrome
edited Sep 15 '11 at 4:33
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Works for me if you mean the globe on the left of the URL rather than the star on the far right.
– fideli
Jun 26 '10 at 4:54
On my OS X Chrome (5.0.375.86), to the left of the URL is a star, and to the right is a right facing triangle.
– Wavy Crab
Jun 26 '10 at 6:25
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On Chrome for OS X, is it possible to create a shortcut (bookmark) by dragging the star (to the left of the URL) to the desktop or folder? This works on Chrome for Windows but not for the Mac.
Follow up: My OS X Google Chrome does not have the globe icon left of the URL. It looks like this:
macos mac google-chrome
edited Sep 15 '11 at 4:33
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asked Jun 26 '10 at 3:50
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On Chrome for OS X, is it possible to create a shortcut (bookmark) by dragging the star (to the left of the URL) to the desktop or folder? This works on Chrome for Windows but not for the Mac.
Follow up: My OS X Google Chrome does not have the globe icon left of the URL. It looks like this:
macos mac google-chrome
macos mac google-chrome
edited Sep 15 '11 at 4:33
3498DB
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asked Jun 26 '10 at 3:50
Wavy Crab
75041432
edited Sep 15 '11 at 4:33
3498DB
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asked Jun 26 '10 at 3:50
Wavy Crab
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edited Sep 15 '11 at 4:33
3498DB
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edited Sep 15 '11 at 4:33
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Works for me if you mean the globe on the left of the URL rather than the star on the far right.
– fideli
Jun 26 '10 at 4:54
On my OS X Chrome (5.0.375.86), to the left of the URL is a star, and to the right is a right facing triangle.
– Wavy Crab
Jun 26 '10 at 6:25
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Works for me if you mean the globe on the left of the URL rather than the star on the far right.
– fideli
Jun 26 '10 at 4:54
On my OS X Chrome (5.0.375.86), to the left of the URL is a star, and to the right is a right facing triangle.
– Wavy Crab
Jun 26 '10 at 6:25
Works for me if you mean the globe on the left of the URL rather than the star on the far right.
– fideli
Jun 26 '10 at 4:54
Works for me if you mean the globe on the left of the URL rather than the star on the far right.
– fideli
Jun 26 '10 at 4:54
On my OS X Chrome (5.0.375.86), to the left of the URL is a star, and to the right is a right facing triangle.
– Wavy Crab
Jun 26 '10 at 6:25
On my OS X Chrome (5.0.375.86), to the left of the URL is a star, and to the right is a right facing triangle.
– Wavy Crab
Jun 26 '10 at 6:25
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For me, if i select the address in the address bar, (a little tricky, must select all, wait a tick, and click the selection) and drag that to the finder, a bookmark is created.
Agree that it is annoying that google doesn't keep such a simple behaviour consistent across platforms. It's one thing to adjust UI elements to fit the platform (ie. standard close/zoom controls on the left) and quite another to leave out cross-platform behaviours (ie. the star dragging a bookmark) and expected behaviours (ie. on Mac Safari/Firefox dragging the favicon drags an url bookmark.)
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Since your original post, Chrome now has an information icon to the left of the url/search bar (see screenshot below). If you click, hold and then drag you'll be able to save a link of the webpage to the desktop or Finder.
This seems to be the only way to do it now - at least I can't get the "select all, wait a tick and click for selection" to work like I used to be able to.
edited Nov 11 '16 at 13:09
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Yeah Finder issue. Relaunch finder.
Hold Option and Right-Click finder in dock. On MacBook Ctrl-option-Click.Select relaunch and it works again.
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For me, if i select the address in the address bar, (a little tricky, must select all, wait a tick, and click the selection) and drag that to the finder, a bookmark is created.
Agree that it is annoying that google doesn't keep such a simple behaviour consistent across platforms. It's one thing to adjust UI elements to fit the platform (ie. standard close/zoom controls on the left) and quite another to leave out cross-platform behaviours (ie. the star dragging a bookmark) and expected behaviours (ie. on Mac Safari/Firefox dragging the favicon drags an url bookmark.)
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For me, if i select the address in the address bar, (a little tricky, must select all, wait a tick, and click the selection) and drag that to the finder, a bookmark is created.
Agree that it is annoying that google doesn't keep such a simple behaviour consistent across platforms. It's one thing to adjust UI elements to fit the platform (ie. standard close/zoom controls on the left) and quite another to leave out cross-platform behaviours (ie. the star dragging a bookmark) and expected behaviours (ie. on Mac Safari/Firefox dragging the favicon drags an url bookmark.)
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For me, if i select the address in the address bar, (a little tricky, must select all, wait a tick, and click the selection) and drag that to the finder, a bookmark is created.
Agree that it is annoying that google doesn't keep such a simple behaviour consistent across platforms. It's one thing to adjust UI elements to fit the platform (ie. standard close/zoom controls on the left) and quite another to leave out cross-platform behaviours (ie. the star dragging a bookmark) and expected behaviours (ie. on Mac Safari/Firefox dragging the favicon drags an url bookmark.)
answered Jun 29 '10 at 16:31
ghoppe
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For me, if i select the address in the address bar, (a little tricky, must select all, wait a tick, and click the selection) and drag that to the finder, a bookmark is created.
Agree that it is annoying that google doesn't keep such a simple behaviour consistent across platforms. It's one thing to adjust UI elements to fit the platform (ie. standard close/zoom controls on the left) and quite another to leave out cross-platform behaviours (ie. the star dragging a bookmark) and expected behaviours (ie. on Mac Safari/Firefox dragging the favicon drags an url bookmark.)
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Since your original post, Chrome now has an information icon to the left of the url/search bar (see screenshot below). If you click, hold and then drag you'll be able to save a link of the webpage to the desktop or Finder.
This seems to be the only way to do it now - at least I can't get the "select all, wait a tick and click for selection" to work like I used to be able to.
edited Nov 11 '16 at 13:09
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Since your original post, Chrome now has an information icon to the left of the url/search bar (see screenshot below). If you click, hold and then drag you'll be able to save a link of the webpage to the desktop or Finder.
This seems to be the only way to do it now - at least I can't get the "select all, wait a tick and click for selection" to work like I used to be able to.
edited Nov 11 '16 at 13:09
Arjan
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answered Nov 11 '16 at 12:25
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Since your original post, Chrome now has an information icon to the left of the url/search bar (see screenshot below). If you click, hold and then drag you'll be able to save a link of the webpage to the desktop or Finder.
This seems to be the only way to do it now - at least I can't get the "select all, wait a tick and click for selection" to work like I used to be able to.
edited Nov 11 '16 at 13:09
Arjan
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answered Nov 11 '16 at 12:25
ssssaaaa
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Since your original post, Chrome now has an information icon to the left of the url/search bar (see screenshot below). If you click, hold and then drag you'll be able to save a link of the webpage to the desktop or Finder.
This seems to be the only way to do it now - at least I can't get the "select all, wait a tick and click for selection" to work like I used to be able to.
edited Nov 11 '16 at 13:09
Arjan
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answered Nov 11 '16 at 12:25
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Yeah Finder issue. Relaunch finder.
Hold Option and Right-Click finder in dock. On MacBook Ctrl-option-Click.Select relaunch and it works again.
answered Jun 4 '16 at 18:42
Joeri
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Yeah Finder issue. Relaunch finder.
Hold Option and Right-Click finder in dock. On MacBook Ctrl-option-Click.Select relaunch and it works again.
answered Jun 4 '16 at 18:42
Joeri
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Yeah Finder issue. Relaunch finder.
Hold Option and Right-Click finder in dock. On MacBook Ctrl-option-Click.Select relaunch and it works again.
answered Jun 4 '16 at 18:42
Joeri
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Yeah Finder issue. Relaunch finder.
Hold Option and Right-Click finder in dock. On MacBook Ctrl-option-Click.Select relaunch and it works again.
answered Jun 4 '16 at 18:42
Joeri
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answered Jun 4 '16 at 18:42
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Works for me if you mean the globe on the left of the URL rather than the star on the far right.
– fideli
Jun 26 '10 at 4:54
On my OS X Chrome (5.0.375.86), to the left of the URL is a star, and to the right is a right facing triangle.
– Wavy Crab
Jun 26 '10 at 6:25