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<p dir="auto">(1) Runs MailMate<br>
(2) Moves key files and folders while MailMate has them open<br>
(3) Runs MailMate for second instance</p>
<p dir="auto">Now there are two copies of MailMate running, one using the renamed files/folders, relying on file system semantics to keep the instances operating on the correct files?</p>
<p dir="auto">When switching between apps (e.g., cmd-tab or Dock), how would one distinguish between the instances? Just the appearance of the viewer window?</p>
<p dir="auto">--Randall</p>
<p dir="auto">On 18 May 2020, at 7:46, Guillaume Barrette wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">Before seeing TJ's email, I thought of a manual solution, but now I think SwitchUp may be a better solution (less risky).</p>
<p dir="auto">However, if you want to try, you can simply create a script (or do it manually) that would switch between 2 sets of MailMate associated files (data).</p>
<p dir="auto">In short, you would need to switch the directories/files at:</p>
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<li>~/Library/Application Support/MailMate</li>
<li>~/Library/Preferences/com.freron.MailMate.plist</li>
<li>~/Library/Caches/com.freron.MailMate</li>
<li>~/Library/Saved Application State/com.freron.MailMate.savedState</li>
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<p dir="auto">To do that, you can move them out or rename them and MailMate will create a new set when it starts again. Then you can switch between those 2 sets and you should get what you want (if I'm not missing a file).</p>
<p dir="auto">So, I would say, I won't give you any guarantee, but if you feel confident in manipulating those files, you should be fine. Do a backup before and the first 2 directories should be the 2 most important since they are your data and the 2 others mainly some cached data.</p>
<p dir="auto">Hope this helps!</p>
<p dir="auto">Best,</p>
<p dir="auto">--<br>
Guillaume</p>
<p dir="auto">On 18 May 2020, at 7:22, TJ Luoma wrote:</p>
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<div style="white-space:normal"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #777; color:#777; margin:0 0 5px; padding-left:5px"><p dir="auto"><a href="http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/switchup/" style="color:#777">http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/switchup/</a> was an application<br>
designed to do just that: let you run multiple separate apps as the<br>
same user.<br>
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It's no longer in active development, but seems to work fine in<br>
Catalina. There's a 60-day trial on its website.<br>
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The only downside is that it's no longer in active development,<br>
although it is still for sale.<br>
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