Category: Chrome Turorials

Google Chrome is the most widely used Web Browser across the globe and perhaps the fastest when it comes to browsing websites. But, the downloading speed of any download being done via Google Chrome is slow, and often the number of failed downloads only increase our efforts to re-download the file and time too. A solution to the above problems is using a download manager. Download Managers not only reduce the number of failed downloads, but they also help in increasing the speed and giving more controls over the files we download. So, here are the Top 3 Best Download Managers for Google Chrome Browser and Chrome OS –

Top 3 Download Managers App for Google Chrome Browser – [ChromeBook Chrome OS Compatible]

Download Manager # 1 – Chrono Download Manager

Chrono Download Manager is a full-fledged Download Manager, which gives you more controls over your downloads.

It comes in with Multi-threaded supports much like IDM, so that you can download via multiple streams from the server resulting in more download speed. Also, it comes with custom one-click download helper, simply right click on any link and “select the Download Link” option from menu.

Features – 

• Multi-threaded download support (Configurable from Download Managers – General Settings option page) – chrome-extension://mciiogijehkdemklbdcbfkefimifhecn/ui/options.htm
• Custom file renaming to give you better control to rename file names before downloading.
• Pause and Resume downloading support!
• Automatically replaces Chrome Default download manager.

Click here to Download Chrono Download Manager from Chrome App Store

Download Manager # 2 – Turbo Download Manager

Turbo Download Manager is another alternative download manager like Chrono to Google Chrome’s Download. We found out Turbo Download Manager to be more powerful than even Chrono, but it lack of user friendliness kept it on the second position.

Some of the Unique Features of Turbo Download Manager are –

• Multi-threading support.
• Automatic retry of failed downloads! if the fail in between.
• Console log .

Turbo Download Manager doesn’t automatically grab downloads/links which is a good thing, to download any link via turbo download add it manually in the app or use the Turbo Download Helper extension to enable right click on any link to download via turbo download manager option.

Click here to Download Turbo Download Manager App from Google Chrome App Store

Turbo Download Manager proved to be very useful in Downloading Big Files due to its unique capability of letting Chrome Shut down, or even allowing PC to be shut down in the paused downloading file state as shown in the article – How to Shut down Chrome or PC with Active Download and then Resume it.

Download Manager # 3 – Chrome Download Manager

Unlike the above two Download Managers which increase the functionality and allow tweaks to increase the speeds, Chrome Download Manager makes it easy to manage download.

Its a lightweight extension, which lets you view your current downloads in the top-hand side corner concealed behind the down button (much like firefox) . So that you can manage your downloads without going to the downloads page, thus saving your time!

Click here to Download Chrome Download Manager from Chrome Extension Store.

So, these are the Best 3 Download Managers for Chrome which will give you more control over your downloads, thus increasing the Downloading speed!. This method is exclusively meant for Google Chrome browser for Windows 10/7/8.1/ Mac OS X, Linux (Ubuntu) etc and will not work on the Android Chrome version.

Geek Alert! – You can also use your Chrome to Download Torrents directly – >  Click here for tutorial to download torrents via Chrome.

Considering the rapid rise in number of Chromebook users & Chrome OS plus the load that uTorrent puts on Windows System & the crapware bundled with it, lead us to think on How to Download Torrents in Google Chrome Browser and we got 3 Solutions in Total for the Same. These 3 Solutions will work on Chromebooks & Google Chrome OS too as we are using chrome’s default extensions for downloading torrent thus are recommended torrent client for Chrome OS-

Solution # 1 – Using JSTorrent Client Extension for Google Chrome OS 

JSTorrent is a torrent client for Google Chrome written purely in JavaScript, Its Speedy, easier to use and works with Magnet Links too! . Though JSTorrent is a paid app on the Google Chrome Store, you can use the Lite Version which is available for Free . Also, If you want to get the Full-feature JSTorrent Version for Free you can get its code from github and directly load as Unpacked app . We have compiled a tutorial which will explain you on loading the github code –

Click here to know about How to Load JSTorrent Chrome Extension for Free using Github Or else you can Download the Free Lite Version from this link – Click here to Download JSTorrent Lite from Google Chrome Store.

How to download Torrents Using JSTorrent on Google Chrome Browser –

• First of all Download & launch the JSTorrent App on your device.
• Once you have launched the app , We first need to Specify the “Downloads location” where the file is to be saved / Downloaded. Click on “Options” as highlighted in the below image –

  

  Now, Choose the Download location by clicking on the “Choose” button in the pop-up (Specify the location for your torrent downloads) Click here for a sample image .

• Once, you’ve specified the location, you need to add the torrent to the client, You can add a torrent by either Copy-Pasting the Magnet URl of the torrent, or directly link of the .torrent file  (You can also add your local .torrent file by keeping the option Blank and clicking on the “Add” button . As shown in the image below –If you have pasted the Magnet URL or the link , Click on “Add” to add it to the list, Once your torrent is successfully added it will be added to your list!
• That’s it! You can also use the Start / Stop or Remove buttons to perform the corresponding actions .

Solution # 2 – Using Bitford Torrent Client for Google Chrome OS

Bitford is an alternative to JSTorrent client for Chrome OS which is free! . Though, Bitform lacks functionalities in comparison to JSTorrent, but nevertheless it gets the Job of Torrent download done , Besides that Bitford also lets you Play / Stream torrent data so that you can watch videos even while they’re being downloaded at the background.

Click here to Download Bitford for Chrome from Google Chrome Store

To Download torrents using Bitform first download the .torrent locally and then launch the Bitform App , Now Click on “Load File” option as shown below –

Now, select the local .torrent file which you downloaded and it will start downloading the contents! . Its that easy.

Solution # 3 – Using Torrent Leech Sites

This Method is different from the methods we discussed above. Unlike the previous two methods we don’t need to continuously power-up our PC nor download any extension or app for Downloading torrents  . We just need to leech torrents online on Torrent Leech Sites and then we can directly download them via simple http connection .

Click here for Tutorial on How to Use Torrent Leech sites to download Torrents.

So, These are the 3 methods which can be used to download Torrents on Chromebooks/ Chrome OS . Infact After using JSTorrent you might use it on Windows , Linux and Mac OS too! . Feel free to comment if you face any issues 🙂

Many times Google Chrome simply blocks some extension and we cannot use them any further or sometimes we need to install extensions which aren’t present on the Store. In such scenarios, we can test the Google Chrome Extension by loading unpacked Extension & Installing it in Google Chrome Developer mode . In our tutorial we’re going to use JSTorrent Extension which is a JavaScript based Torrent Client for Google Chrome & then install it externally –

Tutorial to Install & Load Unpacked Extensions in Google Chrome Browser / OS

• First of all download the .zip or .crx file of the Extension you need to install manually on Google Chrome and extract it to a folder –
  As we are using JSTorrent in our example : You can download the JSTorrent Zip for Free from Github using the below URL –
  Click here to Download JSTorrent .zip from GitHub.com
• Once you have downloaded the Zip file, extract it to a folder (In case of .crx files, rename the files first to .zip and then extract) .
• Now Return again to Google Chrome, Navigate to Settings – > Extensions .
• Here Look for the Option “Developer Mode” and enable it as shown in the image below –.
• Once you’ve enabled the Developer Mode option it will modify the extensions tab from clear one in the previous image to one which looks similar to the image below “It will reveal Load Unpacked Extension” option –

  

  Now Simply Click on The “Load Unpacked Extension Option” it will ask you for the Directory from where the extension is to be loaded as shown below –

  

  Here Specify the directory to which we extracted the .crx file of extension or .zip file in the First Step and Click on OK.

• That’s it your Extension will now be added to Google Chrome , Now Scroll down in the “Extensions” tab present inside Chrome Settings, you’ll see Your Extension in the list (In our example JS Torrent ) Now Simply Click on the “Launch” option highlighted to launch your extension ! –

  

  Voila! You’ve installed as well as launched an Unpacked Extension on Google Chrome . We used JSTorrent in our example because it charges users on Google Chrome Store, although its source code is available for Free on Github. If you face any problem’s while loading extensions feel free to comment.

Chromebooks and Chrome Os is on the trend, due to the lightning fast speeds, ease of use and lower costs . Same is the case with Python by virtue of its vast possibilities of application in fewer lines of Coding & scripting . Hence, here’s a small tutorial by which you will be able to do Python Programming on Chrome Os itself , as well as run Python Shell in chrome Os itself !. I will be covering two python apps/extensions on Python for Chrome OS , you can use anyone which you like –

App / Extension # 1 – Python

This is my favorite app/extension for running Python in Chrome as it provides a complete Python Shell for running and executing the apps . Giving a native Linux feel , the shell is based on the famous NaCl module and provides Python 2.7.7 , which gives platform for more productivity without voiding the warranty . After you install the app , simply Run the app through the Chrome App launcher.

Click here to download Python for Chrome Os / Chromebooks.

App / Extension # 2 – Skulpt Interpreter

Skulpt Python interpreter for Chrome Os is yet another extension which enables Python scripting and programming on your Chromebooks. Though Skulpt Interpreter doesn’t provide you the native experience of python shell , but is powerfully built. and is quite handy too!

Click here to download Skulpt Interpreter for Chrome OS.

So, these were the Python tools or extensions for Google Chrome OS, if you know of any other such good app/extension for Python on Chrome feel free to comment .