You’ll also need a Google account and to be signed in to that account with Opera. Of course, it is limited to the desktop version of Opera, so don’t bother attempting this on your mobile version. This process will succeed, regardless of the operating system you are using. You do not need Chrome installed to make this work.

The only thing you’ll need is a running instance of Opera. Let me introduce you to this handy bit of magic. Once installed, I could then add any Chrome extension I needed to Opera. It should come as no surprise that the extension worked like a charm. I quickly installed it and gave it a test.

After a bit of searching, I came across an Opera extension that allows you to install Chrome extensions on the browser. One particular extension, unavailable to Opera, had become a must-use for me, so I had to figure something out. SEE: TechRepublic Premium editorial calendar: IT policies, checklists, toolkits, and research for download (TechRepublic Premium) What's hot at TechRepublicĬhatGPT cheat sheet: Complete guide for 2023Ħ best alternatives for 2023 (Free & Paid) Unfortunately, some of those extensions aren’t exactly “cross-platform.” During that migration, I wound up collecting a few extensions that made getting my work done a bit more efficient.

It’s been a long journey, but, at least for the time being, Opera is it. In the past year, I’ve made the switch from Firefox to Chrome to Brave to Vivaldi to Opera.

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