Hi Ester.
It sort of worked.
I thought both apps would stay opeen so I could close one when I was
finished, leaving the other copy open to do the import. It appears to
have kind of merged them though, as if I hadn't done anything different.
Jane
On May 10, 2008, at 12:16 PM, Esther wrote:
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.
<snip>
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.
<begin excerpt>
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.
<end excerpt>
Cheers,
Esther
