Open multiple Gmail accounts at once

Jun 08, '07 07:30:03AM

Contributed by: gand

I like to have more than one Gmail account open at the same time. As you can't have more than one in the same browser, I use Firefox's ProfileManager flag to manage one profile for each Gmail account. Type in terminal:

/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox -ProfileManager \
https://mail.google.com/mail/
The first time you do this, you'll create a new profile, one for each of your Gmail accounts. Launch this command each time you wish to open a new account. The Dock will display multiple Firefox icons, one for each open profile. If you wish, you can check "Remember me on this computer." As Firefox passwords are not managed by Keychain, you can store one for each of your accounts. You can also do this in Safari. Type in terminal:
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari \
https://mail.google.com/mail/
Each time you launch this command, a new instance of Safari will open. You can then login to a different Gmail account in each. If Safari is not your default browser, use a gmail.webloc file instead of a URL:
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari \
path/to/file/gmail.webloc
(Just drag your browser's Gmail favicon to the desktop, and then onto your Terminal window). The Dock will display multiple Safari icons, one for each open istance.

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