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Cra 0.1.368 November 2026

Cra for Intel Macs

Cra now runs on Intel Macs. From this release on, every version comes in two downloads, one for Apple silicon and one for Intel, with the same Chromium, the same patches and automatic updates.

Cra for Intel Macs

Cra is no longer Apple silicon only. Every release now ships a build for Intel Macs, made from the same code with Cra’s own Chromium and all its patches, signed and notarized by Apple, and updating itself from its own feed. On crabrowser.app/download, choose “Download Cra for Intel”; the install command picks the right build for your Mac on its own. Requires macOS 14 or later.

Thank you

jerry699

jerry699, for the Intel work in #235 and for asking in #236

Folder icons

Right-click a folder ▸ Change Icon… for Arc’s picker of 24 symbols. The symbol sits on the folder’s front panel and turns with it as the folder opens, drawn the way Arc draws it, as are the GitHub and GitLab live folder marks.

Thank you

Grigoriy

Grigoriy, for #250

Dots for spaces

Remove a space’s icon and the dock shows Arc’s dot for it: black on a light space, white on a dark one, stronger for the space you’re in. When there are too many spaces for the dock, every space but the open one becomes a small dot, as in Arc. Arc spaces imported without an icon stay that way.

Thank you

TearsOfCloud

TearsOfCloud, for #252

Open Link in Split View

Right-click a link ▸ Open Link in Split View opens it as a new pane beside the page you’re on, up to four panes. From a pinned tab the split opens in Today, as Add Split View does. Arc never had this item; ⌥-click still downloads the link.

Thank you

Markús Kötterheinrich

Markús Kötterheinrich, for #257

A page that takes long to answer

When a site accepts the connection but sends nothing for 10 seconds, a toast says “Still waiting for <site> to respond”, with Stop Loading, instead of a blank page. It goes as soon as the page arrives.

Thank you

Quinn Battersby

Quinn Battersby, for #256

Updates with the sidebar hidden

The “An update is ready!” banner lives in the sidebar, so with the sidebar hidden it now comes as a toast in the window in front, with Restart (or Update, when automatic updates are off). It shows once a launch for each update.

Start on a new tab

Cra just opened: the sidebar keeps every tab with none selected, no page is loaded, and the command bar waits for a new tab with suggestions

Settings ▸ Advanced ▸ When opening Cra, start on a new tab: Cra opens with your tabs where they were, none of them loaded, and the command bar waiting for a new tab. Off by default, as Arc always opens on your last tab. chrome://settings no longer shows On startup, as in Arc: CEF reset it at every launch and Cra restores its own tabs.

Thank you

carbonado, for asking

What else is new

  • Fixes

    • App Shortcuts set in System Settings for Hide or Show Sidebar work, because the View menu retitles its rows as soon as the sidebar changes (#253, Markkojak).Markkojak
    • An extension that brings a tab forward no longer raises a Cra window on another monitor over the app you’re using (#239, prithsr).prithsr
    • Pages handed off from Safari on your iPhone open in Cra, following Air Traffic Control (#254, Quinn Battersby).Quinn Battersby
    • The “Cra updated!” card stays open after What’s new, so Sponsor Cra is still a click away.

Thank you

Thank you, Grigoriy, Quinn Battersby and jerry699, for pull requests, and TearsOfCloud, Markús Kötterheinrich, Quinn Battersby, Markkojak, prithsr and carbonado for the reports.

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For every change in 0.1.36, see the changelog.

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