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Open any application multiple times w/o making a copy
Authored by: miccet on Apr 15, '09 01:56:40AM

Or make an applescript like this:

do shell script "/Applications/Calculator.app/Contents/MacOS/Calculator -background >&/dev/null&"

Compile as an app, give it the calc icon and voila, you can have multiple calculators, without any terminal.



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Open any application multiple times w/o making a copy
Authored by: palahala on Apr 15, '09 02:42:40AM

So, to ensure I understand correctly: if one wants to have three Calculators running, one would compile your AppleScript twice, each with a different name? This would then give one a total of three Calculator "applications" that can be started?

(Thanks for this nice trick!)



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