Hi Shaun and Jane,
On May 10, 2008, at 05:06AM, Jane Jordan (Gmail) wrote:
>Someone posted it a while ago--a command to open up another instance
>of an app. Anyone remember what it is?
On May 10, 2008, at 06:04AM, vashaun jones wrote:
>I've seen a few tips on different sites explaining how to run two
>copies of certain applications.
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>Here's an easier way that I don't think anyone has posted here: Just
>run the application that you'd like to launch a second time from
>Terminal, using the open command with the --new (-n) flag. This will
>force an additional instance to be opened regardless of how many are
>already running. For example, if I wanted to run another copy of Mail,
>I'd do it this way:
> open -n /Applications/Mail.app
>Remember that you can drag an icon to the Terminal window and it will
>insert its path, making this even simpler!
Well, I don't know about anyone else posting about this method,
but you did about a month ago (smile. I expect that's where Jane
saw this.
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11 Apr 2008 10:46:04 -0700
Listers if you've ever had the need to open multiple instances of an
application like I Tunes or something you can use the below Terminal command to
enable this.
open -n /Applications/Mail.app
Just substitute mail for the desired application.
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Cheers,
Esther
