I don’t know what else to suggest regarding Chrome. I don’t use it myself. But it and all processes running should show in the Activity monitor. When Chrome runs, it should show several Google Chrome processes running along with a PID (process ID number as shown in the Terminal session). A shame that you don’t have Time Machine backups. In that case, I would make a copy of the Library under your logon ID (find it via Finder, alongside Desktop, Documents, Downloads etc.), copy it to a portable HD or USB stick. Buried in that Library are Logs and Diagnostic Reports, that may contain clues to what is going on. In Diagnostic Reports, you may have a Google Chrome crash report. Also make a copy of the Chrome application in your Applications folder. And in the future, run Time Machine backups to an external destination. Good luck.
I just went to the Photo Forum that I post one...scrolled down to the bottom of the page...noted a forgot password...One Liner..so to speak clicked it...and was immediately logged on there.
Just a touch odd. as Im using a browser I haven’t used there previously.
the chrome thing is now merely an annoyance rather than a serious conundrum...at least for the moment.
Thank you
I have two internal drives in my dead mac that likely have several thousand photographs on them..
What should it cost me to have someone put those drives in enclosures and access this material?