Hey,
got a Macbook Pro m4, but for some reason Brave and Chrome are not working. The app itself loads, but cannot load any website. Can do google search, but can’t access any url. For weird reason facebook, instagram and x works, but basic websites even apple dot com does not. Either I get timed out error, or the site doesn’t load at all like it doesnt have internet connection or it load like this (like the CSS does not load at all)
It’s not my internet because Safari and Mozilla work just fine, but for my work I don’t like to use either of these so really need to get either Brave or Chrome working.
Talked to apple support - but since Safari is working just fine, they can’t do anything about it.
I tried clearing cache, resetting DNS and most things people recommended in similar situations but neither worked for me.
I even reset my whole Mac and started all over with no extension, no other apps. It worked for couple hours but then it stopped.
Versions:
MacOS M4 Sequoia 15.3
Brave
Version 1.74.51 Chromium: 132.0.6834.160 (Official Build) (arm64)
Chrome Version 132.0.6834.160 (Official Build) (arm64)
Other things I tried:
Switching on/off DNS on Brave and Chrome, changing it to google/cloud DNS. Reset my local network, reinstalled apps, deleted extensions, private windows not working either. Reinstalled MacOS.
Checked settings → Privacy and Security → Advanced → Use secure DNS on/off.
I’ve had this laptop for 2 months, didn’t have any problem the first month, then I moved houses and that’s when the issue started. But again, I since then, reinstalled and put the Mac in default settings but that did not help.
Can someone please help me make this work.