Launching Multiple Instances

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Launching Multiple Instances

Hi All,

Is is possible to launch multiple instance of the same application in OS X. i.e. if I wanted two calculators simultaneously on the desk top how would I launch them? Double clicking on the same icon just pushes me to the same instance each time. Any ideas?

Power Mac G5 2.0DP/2.5Gb/320GB HD/iSight/iPod, Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Posted on Dec 10, 2005 2:43 AM

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MacOne

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Dec 10, 2005 4:21 AM in response to Paul Wilkins

Right-click on the app (e.g. Calculator), choose "Show Package Content", double-click on "Contents", double-click on "MacOS" and finally you can now double-click on the Unix Executable File in order to launch multiple instance of the same application.

Be careful with doing this with 'more complex' apps because you may get some problems.

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