Chrome App Launcher Mac Users Can

Today, Mac users can finally get in on the fun, as Google has released a developer preview of the app launcher for Mac.

The Chrome app launcher allows you to open your favorite Google apps like Gmail and Drive right from your dock.

Click on the dock icon and a popup menu opens showing the apps you currently have installed.

Each app will open in its own window outside of Chrome, just like any normal desktop program.

Theyre also connected to the cloud, silently updating themselves and your work without the hassles of hitting save.

Your apps are also synced across your devices, allowing you to pick up your work regardless of where you last left off.

Enable the app launcher by entering chrome:flags into the address bar of Chrome, and then and locating and enabling App Launcher OSX App Bundle.

It may be easier to hit CmdF and search for launcher -- its approximately 23 of the way down the page.

Once youve enabled the extension, relaunch Chrome.

Go browse the selection of desktop apps in the Chrome Web Store, find one youd like to try and install it, then launch it once its installed.

From there, you can open the launcher, or drag the icon into your dock for easy access.

Head over to Googles blog for more information on the launcher as well as suggestions on apps that work with it.

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