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vskorpen_
Copper Contributor
Oct 31, 2019

How to create separate shortcuts for different profiles on mac?

I would like to have separate Edge Dev shortcuts on my dock for each of my profiles. Anyone know if this is possible to do with a parameter like --profile for instance? --profile-directory="Profile ...
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HotCakeX
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Feb 10, 2021

Francisv 

Francisv wrote:

I've tried what is suggestion as answer but it didn't seem to work for me?

 

Any way I can get two Edge icons in my dock. Perhaps something like chrome where I see a bit of the profile picture to help me know which icon is which profile?

Yes I have 2 profiles in Edge and the profile picture is shown on Edge shortcut on taskbar, desktop etc.

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Francisv
Copper Contributor
Feb 10, 2021
I think I'm just not getting it. I can't seem to get it to work.
Tried to create alias for edge and change destination that didn't work either. I can do it easily on windows but not sure why my mac don't cooperate or i'm simply doing it wrong
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    Alexandra-R
    Former Employee
    Feb 10, 2021

    Francisv I'm not positive that's the right string on Mac, let me confirm with the team. Profiles may be handled a bit differently there. 

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      Francisv
      Copper Contributor
      Feb 11, 2021
      Awesome thanks!
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        Alexandra-R
        Former Employee
        Feb 11, 2021

        Thanks for your patience on this Francisv!

         

        There's going to be a little trial and error here so please bear with me. 

         

        Can you try the string you've already tried, but leave the quotes off of your profile directory? Like this but with your username: 

        --profile-directory=Default

         

        Let me know results, this may be the only change you need to make 😃

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