Open in Helium

[Mac OS X only] The easiest way to open a webpage in Helium or HeliumLift.

Total ratings

4.06 (Rating count: 17)

Review summary

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Pros
  • Works great for daily use.
  • Saved users after Chrome updates broke other functionality.
  • Helium is a resource-friendly alternative for video playback.
  • Easy to setup with clear instructions.
Cons
  • Hasn't worked for some users for six months.
  • Crashes Chrome when clicking the arrow button.
  • Requires manual link copying for some users.
  • Not compatible with the newest Mac models.
Most mentioned
  • Solution found through trial and error.
  • Download Helium from the Mac App Store first.
  • Issues with recent Chrome updates.
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Recent reviews

Recent rating average: 4.40
All time rating average: 4.06
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Date Author Rating Lang Comment
2019-12-14
Volodymyr Gerasimenko		 perfect
2019-12-14
Vol Herasymenko		 en perfect
2019-10-11
Chancely Stater		 Most recent chrome update broke what I was using before and this saved the day! Thanks Duder.
2019-10-11
Chancely “BeardDuder” Stater		 en Most recent chrome update broke what I was using before and this saved the day! Thanks Duder.
2019-09-20
Tim Z		 Works great! Use it daily.
2019-08-11
Tim Z		 en Works great! Use it daily.
2019-08-02 Emily Klassen Clicking the arrow button (yes, with helium installed from the app store), completely crashes chrome.
2018-12-10
William Xie		 Solution that I found through trial and error to get this to work: 1. Get this extension for chrome 2. Download Helium from App Store 3. Press the black arrow to on a youtube video page and it should launch it in Helium 4. If it doesn't, go to the URL on the youtube page and prepend `helium://` to it. It should open a new chrome tab asking for permission to open Helium app. Check the box to always allow. Then 3 should work. It worked for few of my macs but not the newest. Took a while to figure out why. Hope this helps. Note that the current version of Chrome also supports picture-in-picture natively but I find it way too resource hogging unlike Helium so this is still the optimal way to watch videos on the Mac.
2018-12-10
William Xie		 en Solution that I found through trial and error to get this to work: 1. Get this extension for chrome 2. Download Helium from App Store 3. Press the black arrow to on a youtube video page and it should launch it in Helium 4. If it doesn't, go to the URL on the youtube page and prepend `helium://` to it. It should open a new chrome tab asking for permission to open Helium app. Check the box to always allow. Then 3 should work. It worked for few of my macs but not the newest. Took a while to figure out why. Hope this helps. Note that the current version of Chrome also supports picture-in-picture natively but I find it way too resource hogging unlike Helium so this is still the optimal way to watch videos on the Mac.
2018-11-27
kuro		 nice~ NOTE: download Helium from MacOS App Store first
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