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NJCher

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2. get Chrome 79

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 11, 2019, 08:19 PM

Dec 2019

And it will do this for you:

Freeze unused tabs so they stop sucking your system resources
A fun new “tab freezing” feature in Chrome 79 will help prevent your browser’s overflowing tabs from running background actions and eating up your CPU. They’ll still use system memory, so be diligent about how many tabs you really need to keep in your browser. This automatic “freezing”—which kicks in after five minutes of inactivity on a tab—won’t happen unless you flick on a Chrome flag, though.

Link: https://lifehacker.com/enable-these-hidden-security-and-performance-features-i-1840363078

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So after going through all these gyrations trying to get out of 100% disk space I've [View all] Maraya1969 Dec 2019 OP

My son always says he is disappointed in me, when I have a bunch open.🙄. dewsgirl Dec 2019 #1

get Chrome 79 NJCher Dec 2019 #2

Thanks.🤗 dewsgirl Dec 2019 #3

It's funny! Perfect for us lazy people. LeftInTX Dec 2019 #7

Have you cleaned... Newest Reality Dec 2019 #4

Thanks for reminding me. I have CCleaner. Going to run it now Maraya1969 Dec 2019 #5

Cool! Newest Reality Dec 2019 #6