The following are included just to be thorough/complete, for backward compatibility, and for Troubleshooting purposes. NOTE: Since (at least), the following steps are unnecessary. However, it will still appear as a running window in the actual Chrome App Dock Icon. When using it in the dock, it should use its own 'running indicator' separate from any other Chrome Apps or Chrome itself. Move, copy, and use the shortcut anyway you'd like, using it like any other icon/shortcut on the desktop or Mac Dock You can modify these subfolders to customize your App/Shortcut (i.e change the icon, customize the launch by modifying profiles, or opening with special (command-line) flags, etc.) To see the app's details, use RIGHT-CLICK > 'Show Package Contents' on the folder to enter/navigate/see its contents (e.g. However, by default when you CLICK on the folder in Finder (Mac's file explorer), it launches the app instead of actually entering/navigating into the folder. The 'shortcut' itself acts like most other apps, i.e., Apps in MacOS (Since at least 2016) are actually special System FOLDERS. app extension on the folder name if you have enabled the 'show extensions' setting for the Finder (Mac file explorer) The root of your ' User Applications' folder ( /Users//Applications/Chrome Apps) or.Ī subfolder for all Chrome Apps (probably /Applications/Chrome Apps). The root of your ' System Applications' folder ( /Applications). The Shortcut should have been created in either (with the Finder automatically launching a new window open to the folder): STEP 3: Using/Customizing Your 'App'/ 'Shortcut' / 'Dock Icon': ' Add to Applications…' or ' Create Shortcut.' (has changed over time/versions)Ī small window will pop up - make changes to the Title as you like STEP 2: Create the 'Chrome Application' and OS level 'shortcut'.Ĭlick on the hamburger/'three dots menu' button in the top far right of Chrome. ) using an existing or newly open Chrome tab/window. STEP 1: Simply navigate to the page you want to run/launch as a Web Application (e.g.

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