Comments on: Run multiple Firefox profiles as separate Applications on Mac http://sonnygill.net/mac/mac-multiple-firefox-profiles/ Priceless eggs, variable gravity Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:30:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Theophony http://sonnygill.net/mac/mac-multiple-firefox-profiles/#comment-778 Theophony Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:13:14 +0000 http://sonnygill.net/?p=232#comment-778 Just finished working with this in Firefox 8.0.1 and it looks like putting the profile names in quotes will cause the profile manager to open. However, if you leave the quotes around the profile name out, it will ope the profile without prompting. Here's what I used (I'm opening 4 at once and I wanted them to open at the same time, so I added the ampersand at the end of lines 1, 2, and 3). Example below: /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -P customer1 -no-remote & /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -P customer2 -no-remote & /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -P customer3 -no-remote & /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -P customer4 -no-remote Just finished working with this in Firefox 8.0.1 and it looks like putting the profile names in quotes will cause the profile manager to open. However, if you leave the quotes around the profile name out, it will ope the profile without prompting. Here’s what I used (I’m opening 4 at once and I wanted them to open at the same time, so I added the ampersand at the end of lines 1, 2, and 3).

Example below:

/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -P customer1 -no-remote &
/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -P customer2 -no-remote &
/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -P customer3 -no-remote &
/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -P customer4 -no-remote

]]> By: David http://sonnygill.net/mac/mac-multiple-firefox-profiles/#comment-777 David Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:18:54 +0000 http://sonnygill.net/?p=232#comment-777 Excellent post... Thanks, very useful Excellent post… Thanks, very useful

]]> By: El Conorio http://sonnygill.net/mac/mac-multiple-firefox-profiles/#comment-776 El Conorio Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:41:29 +0000 http://sonnygill.net/?p=232#comment-776 And, edit your profiles.ini, so the default number is set to your normal profile: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/732034#answer-3105 And, edit your profiles.ini, so the default number is set to your normal profile:

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/732034#answer-3105

]]> By: El Conorio http://sonnygill.net/mac/mac-multiple-firefox-profiles/#comment-775 El Conorio Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:22:23 +0000 http://sonnygill.net/?p=232#comment-775 Oh, and add "-no-remote" to enable running multiple profiles simultaneously. /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -P “MyProfileName” -no-remote Not sure why /dev/null was in there...? Oh, and add “-no-remote” to enable running multiple profiles simultaneously.

/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -P “MyProfileName” -no-remote

Not sure why /dev/null was in there…?

]]> By: El Conorio http://sonnygill.net/mac/mac-multiple-firefox-profiles/#comment-774 El Conorio Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:17:10 +0000 http://sonnygill.net/?p=232#comment-774 Try this: /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -P "MyProfileName" See here: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Command_line_arguments Try this:
/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -P “MyProfileName”

See here:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Command_line_arguments

]]> By: Dragan http://sonnygill.net/mac/mac-multiple-firefox-profiles/#comment-773 Dragan Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:39:03 +0000 http://sonnygill.net/?p=232#comment-773 Hi, I was trying to using Automator to run the 2 new Ff profiles by your instructions, but after finishing I wasn't able to run any of these 2 new profiles. When I wanted to run any of those, it is written: "The action "Run Shell script" encountered an error. Check the action's properties and try running the workflow again.". Did you meat such problem? I did everything by your instructions, and now i am stuck :). I have OSX 10.6.8, Firefox 6.0.1. For your kind help I'd like to thank you in advance. Regards Hi, I was trying to using Automator to run the 2 new Ff profiles by your instructions, but after finishing I wasn’t able to run any of these 2 new profiles. When I wanted to run any of those, it is written: “The action “Run Shell script” encountered an error. Check the action’s properties and try running the workflow again.”. Did you meat such problem? I did everything by your instructions, and now i am stuck :) . I have OSX 10.6.8, Firefox 6.0.1.
For your kind help I’d like to thank you in advance. Regards

]]> By: QA http://sonnygill.net/mac/mac-multiple-firefox-profiles/#comment-772 QA Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:05:12 +0000 http://sonnygill.net/?p=232#comment-772 Some helpful tips: 1. Don't copy and paste the script as instructed because there is HTML formatting in there that shouldn't be and it will cause the script not to run. Instead type it exactly as it appears in the screen shot, except replace "MyProfile" with the name of your profile. 2. It's Command+C and Command+V. Remember, we're in Mac OS X, not Windows or Linux... or a Hackintosh for that matter ;-) 3. For me it didn't launch directly into the specified profile, but instead opens Firefox Profile Manager, which is almost just as good since it saves me the step of using Terminal, but not 100% there. I suspect this is because Mozilla has changed how Firefox handles profiles since the time this article was written. If anybody figures this one out, please let me know. Some helpful tips:

1. Don’t copy and paste the script as instructed because there is HTML formatting in there that shouldn’t be and it will cause the script not to run. Instead type it exactly as it appears in the screen shot, except replace “MyProfile” with the name of your profile.

2. It’s Command+C and Command+V. Remember, we’re in Mac OS X, not Windows or Linux… or a Hackintosh for that matter ;-)

3. For me it didn’t launch directly into the specified profile, but instead opens Firefox Profile Manager, which is almost just as good since it saves me the step of using Terminal, but not 100% there. I suspect this is because Mozilla has changed how Firefox handles profiles since the time this article was written. If anybody figures this one out, please let me know.

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