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Run multiple Expanders to multi-task archive expansion
As pointed out in this thread at macosxhints.com's forums it is not necessary to have multiple copies of an application to open multiple instances. To launch as many instances as desired of a cocoa application, for example TextEdit, type in the terminal, as many times as needed:
To launch an application that does not have such a file, i.e. certain carbon apps, type in the terminal:
I guess it wouldn't take much of a trouble for anyone experienced with AppleScript to create a droplet that would launch a new instance of whatever application using that info.
Run multiple Expanders to multi-task archive expansion
Uh... now that I think of it you might need to prepend
sudo -u yourusernamehere in both cases for the hint to take effect.
I am using my Windows PC right now so I cannot check it :-p
Run multiple Expanders to multi-task archive expansion
Ouch, and I forgot to add the Ok... just like this (without linebreaks) : |
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