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  • Save as “single file” via AppleScript is live in Chrome!

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    David Faden
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    Back in December 2024, I got to submit a change to Chrome/Chromium adding support for saving as MHTML via AppleScript: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/6107133/1 — Adding support for MHTML in Chrome’s Apple Script “save” action. Just now, I noticed that it’s live: It’s a little thing, but I’m excited. Woohoo!

  • Chrome crashing

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    David Faden
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    I’m unsure what triggered it — updating Mac OS, updating Chrome, or something else — but Chrome has started crashing for me consistently within seconds of starting up. I haven’t figured out a fix yet so I’m back to my old friend Firefox, but I did learn a few things. Crash logs go in ~/Library/Application…

  • Adding support for MHTML in Chrome’s Apple Script “save” action

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    David Faden
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    MHTML is a handy format for archiving pages. In Chrome, you can get it by selecting “Save Page As…” and choosing “Webpage, single file” as the output format. In a Chrome extension, you can get it via chrome.pageCapture.saveAsMHTML, which is what I use in the gg_download extension I’ve been hacking on. In the project I’m…