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		jcynix on July 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I've started using Firefox and can never go back t... Multiple profiles in parallel? Sure, you can start multiple instances of Firefox in parallel from the command line and use them with different profiles. I do that (on a Mac) regularly. Works under Windows too, IIRC.

cpeterso on July 17, 2022 [–]

You don’t need to use command line options to open new profiles in Firefox. Just open the about:profiles page.

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