I’ve been waiting for Google Hangouts / GChat to come out with a stand alone desktop app for Mac OS X for too long.
Feb 03, 2015 The Messages app for Mac lets you easily send iMessages and even regular text messages without ever having to pick up your iPhone. Aside from cellular messages, the Messages app can also integrate into other messaging services, including Google Hangouts. Once linked, you can easily send and receive Hangouts messages right on your Mac, no annoying browser plugins necessary! Google Hangouts / GChat as a Stand Alone App on a Mac. Update #2: You’re a Mac user, and a Google user. If you’re like me, you use Google for all kinds of things – calendar, drive for files, email, etc. I highly recommend this amazing all-in-one solution which 2-way syncs with Google apps. Check it out today.
Today, I realized I already had the power to create one, and so can you.
Here’s the steps (mac only) …
- Go download and install Fluid
- Start it up
- Type in “https://plus.google.com/hangouts” for the URL and whatever you want for the Application NameUsing Fluid App to create Google Hangouts Stand alone Mac app
- Yay, you’ve created a Google Hangout stand alone desktop app for your macYay, you created a Google Hangout stand alone desktop app for your mac
- Open it up from your Applications list/folder, as you would a normal Mac applicationIn your Applications directory now is the Google Hangout app
- Here’s the first look of your shiny new app. As you can see, it just opens the URL. But wait, here’s the special part ….
- Click the quote icon in the upper right corner and your GChat conversation list appears.List of Hangout Chats
- Click on the “pop out” arrow on that window and it’ll open a new tab for the conversation.
- Ta da! Here’s your conversation, in full screen, in it’s own app.Here’s the opened chat window
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Any other tips, comments, or love? Leave ’em in the comments. Thanks!
Update for Yosemite OS X!: Thanks to some comments below, there’s a fix for those of us on Yosemite.
Change the User Agent from “Default†to “Safari 7″. Here’s a screenshot.
- Thanks to @Brooks and the few others who shared something similar.
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Update #2: You’re a Mac user, and a Google user. If you’re like me, you use Google for all kinds of things – calendar, drive for files, email, etc. I highly recommend this amazing all-in-one solution which 2-way syncs with Google apps. Check it out today.
By MiniCreo, on March 20, 2019, in Mac Uninstaller |
Summary: In this article, we help you to learn How To Completely Uninstall Google Hangouts Desktop App on Mac Mojave by using our best Mac App Uninstaller software - Omni Remover 2. Make sure you have downloaded the latest version here before continuing.
What Is Google Hangouts? Google Hangouts is a communication platform developed by Google which includes messaging, video chat, and VOIP features. It replaces three messaging products that Google had implemented concurrently within its services, including Google Talk, Google+ Messenger, and Hangouts, a video chat system present within Google+ (How To Uninstall Google Play Music on Mac OS).
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Why uninstalling Google Hangouts on Mac? On the Chrome Web Store pages, there are many negative user reviews for both the Hangouts extension and the Hangouts desktop app. These complaints are rose by this Reminder message: 'The Hangouts Chrome app will be replaced by the Hangouts Chrome extension soon.'
It means the Hangouts for Chrome extension will gain more active support from Google. If you are still using Hangouts desktop app, and you want to reclaim more free storage on your Mac, read this article to learn how to uninstall Google Hangouts desktop app on Mac (How Can I Uninstall Yahoo Messenger on Mac).
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Part 1: How To Uninstall Google Hangouts Desktop App on Mac Manually
If you're familiar with uninstalling programs on macOS, then Google Hangouts follows the same basis. You can open Finder > go to Applications folder > find Google Hangouts application file and drag it to Trash to uninstall it on your Mac. The steps are easy but it will leave a large amount of Google Hangouts app leftover junk on your Mac. Follow steps below to learn how to clean uninstall Google Hangouts on Mac manually.
- Step 1: To remove Google Hangouts on Mac Mojave, open Finder > Applications > Google Hangouts:
- Step 2: After moving the Google Hangouts binary file (an executable file that runs natively on macOS) to Trash, move forward to find Google Hangouts desktop app related chatting cache data, user profile settings, and other 'Hidden' Google Hangouts component files. To get rid of all these Google Hangouts leftover junk, you need to open Finder > in Menu, click Go > enter ~/Library/.
- Step 3: You may see a large amount of system file folders here. Now locate all the orphaned Google Hangouts files by digging into each folder. They are possibly stored in: Application Support | Caches | Containers | Frameworks | Logs | Preferences | Saved | Application State | WebKit
- Step 4: Drag the files associated with Google Hangouts to Trash > Empty Trash and restart your Mac to finish the removal of Google Hangouts on your Mac.
Part 2: How To Uninstall Google Hangouts Desktop App on Mac - Expert Method
The manual way to uninstall Google Hangouts desktop app on Mac will take about 5-10 minutes, while the process is time-wasting and labor-taking. That's why you should choose Omni Remover, an expert Mac App Uninstaller software that offers 1-Click solution to clean up Google Hangouts leftover junk. Free Download Omni Remover
Step 1:
Click here to download Omni Remover 2 (Ready for macOS Mojave) > Install and Open Omni Remover 2 on your Mac.Step 2:
In Omni Remover 2 > App Uninstall > Choose Google Hangouts icon > Clean Uninstall.Step 3:
Then Omni Remover 2 will start scanning all Google Hangouts data/files > After it finished scanning, click Clean Uninstall to start uninstall Google Hangouts from your Mac.
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Category: Mac Uninstaller
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