How to turn your MacBook into a Chromebook. (And should you?)
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- In this video, I'll show you how easy it is to turn a MacBook Pro or MacBook into a Chromebook running Chome OS Flex. You can do it temporarily, or permanently. I'll also discuss some of the reasons you might want to!
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Simple. Straight forward. Thanks for making this 👍👍
I like chromOS flex and the concept too 👍🏻 However, at the end, I have turned my old MacBook pro to Ubuntu and it shines like a diamond ✨
PS. The Speedometer looked a little similar to that of 1964 Peugeot 404.
Worked perfectly on my 2014 IMAC which had become so slow and unresponsive it was painful to use. Thank you so much!
I have the same macbook and the chrome operating system. but I can't write "@" and I don't know how to copy something or download pictures because I'm missing this right mouse button option. What do I have to do?
Excellent content
If you install chrome os flex. Can you boot macOS from the start up disk still?
awesome stuff. Keep up the great work Sir
Thank you. And thanks for watching!
First and foremost thanks for your tips 💐. I’ve just installed Flex on a Mac Mini from 2014 and it seems to function well enough, but I haven’t found how to automatically boot to Chrome OS. Now I have to press the Option Key during the startup sequence and then choose the right drive, which is strange since the installation should wipe everything else.
Any thoughts?
Thanks I have installed Chrome OS Flex in my macbook pro 2011
now keyboard backlights are not working.. is there any tricks to enable it?
the smaller number on speedometer, then faster browser.; the faster (I know) is Tor.
Hi, what about the backlit keyboard
Would this work on a MacBook pro 2012
Yes. I'm using it on a 2012 Macbook Pro and it's much faster than Catalina was for me. The only issue I've seen is no support for keyboard lighting.
How do you change back
You can always use the internet recovery, or a usb drive to reinstall macOS. I have videos on both of those on this channel.
Just did this with an old Mac from work to save it. Only trouble is that it isn't able to run google play store. It will work until I switch it to linux anyway.
Great video
But in 2024 it doesn't appear Chrome Flex in the list of devices. Which to select?
You just try and if it works you are lucky :)
is it possible to install normal chrome os on that macbook? or it will not work?
does usb flash drive need to be empty?
can you please do a video on how to turn your chromebook into a macbook air please
lol. I wish!
Hmmm.... I think the 4k option in the video quality is not really in 4K... XDXD
I shoot everything in 4K with a 4K camera. But when I zoom into a screen to make it easier to read, it reduces the resolution. Sorry. But thanks for watching!
7:44 I ran this on my Chromebook and got 28.0 😭
Better than my Chromebooks, lol
I am trying to de-googlize my customers, and now this. Why? If you don't want to use Mac OS, there are so many great Linux distro that will easily do a better job than anything google.
I appreciate that it can be done though.
That’s really the uproar of the video. Just to show it can be done. But I could see where there might be an Android user who has everything in the Google-verse and nothing in the Apple world. It’s just an option. Thanks for watching!
@@FamilyGeekery I did like your video, and value the hint/hack. But privacy wise, google is not my friend. (privacy wise, we have no friends 🤗 )
True!
I no longer have a Chromebook. I have a Macbook Pro Air. I do not want to make my Mac a Chrome book too. I want my Google to know this!!! Can you help me??? Thx much
I'm not sure I understand your question.
If you don’t want to make your MacBook a chromebook, then just buy another Chromebook.
Im sure someone will do this and will be useful on old MacBook's, but for me its sacrilege ❌🧐
Lol, I know what you mean. It’s just neat that it’s so easy.