It’s annoying on macOS that, if you have an app running in one desktop, and try to open another instance in a separate desktop by clicking on it or spotlight, the OS will jump to the original one, instead of opening a new instance.
This can be solved by Automator
app. You can do some pre-build actions or run scripts with it, and Actions created with Automator
can be indexed by spotlight.
You can open new instances of applications either with shell command or applescript.
- With shell command
Run
open -na <app>
to open a new instance of app. Note that this may mess up your dock since it will likely create separate icons for each instance. Refer to the manual (man open
) for more info.