Google Chrome Helper???

[zoran]

My Activity Monitor is filled with the Process Name "Google Chrome Helper" and my computer runs very very slow... what is that and how can i get rid of it?

 

[Weaselboy]

That is part of the Google Chrome web browser and usually only run when the browser is open. Have you tried quitting the browser?

 

[zoran]

Yes i quit it and it vanished, but the browser was very very slow and unresponsive! I almost switched to Safari from disappointment!

 

[ula40]

My Activity Monitor is filled with the Process Name "Google Chrome Helper" and my computer runs very very slow... what is that and how can i get rid of it?

I figured it out. It was eating up over 300% of my mac's memory and making my computer heat up like an oven even though I've only had it for a few months. To solve this I opened Activity Manager (located in the utilities folder in the applications), and control-clicked on the google chrome helper until I got a window (had to double click). At the bottom of the window there was a quit button and I clicked it and it closed it out and my chrome still works fine.

 

[Zazoh]

I find that browser performance swings back and forth over the years. I find in this period, Safari is much more easy on the memory and CPU, over Chrome.

That doesn't help at all, so you may want to check with the Chrome Bug site.

http://dev.chromium.org/for-testers/bug-reporting-guidlines-for-the-mac-linux-builds