UPDATING CHROME

Most Google applications will automagically update without your ever knowing. Chrome will update as well if you have allowed it to "auto-update as needed." Many Chrome extensions and applications will require the latest greatest Chrome version and enabling auto-update ensures that all those special gadgets and gidgets will work properly every time you launch Chrome.

Problem: Not all school or district networks allow the magic to happen.

So, when you open your Chrome browser at home with version 5.0, everything works fine. But when you are at your school (or work) and Sign In, the apps don't work because you're still using Chrome v 4.0.

There is a fix - update manually!

After opening Chrome, make sure you are Signed In to the Chrome browser. You should see your username in the upper right corner of Chrome.

Next, select the Chrome menu icon - it is located right under your username (called "the hamburger" in some Google circles).

Select Settings - a new tab will open.

There is a lot of good information on this page but we want to know about Chrome. 

Choose "About"  which is located in the menu on the far left.

If there is an update available, select the Update link.

Updating takes an enormous amount of time (about 5 seconds) and you will be asked to Relaunch afterwards.

The same tabs that were open before relaunch will open after relaunch - including the "About" tab. And, you'll see there, that you have an up-to-date version of Chrome.

It's that simple!

So if you find that extensions or add-ons or anything about Chrome is acting a little wonky, try Updating - most problems are fixed within the 5 second time frame.

That's enough time to ponder what exactly can be done in 5 seconds.