macOS Automator shell script problem

[steevg]

Hi,

I'm trying to run two instances of Firefox, but the shell script I'm using inside Automator returns an error.
I'm not greatly familiar with scripting (done a little AppleScripting in the past) so found instructions from the following page to help:

https://ubuntu101.co.za/osx-and-macos/run-multiple-copies-of-firefox-on-osx/#comment-136

Can anyone please advise why the following doesn't work in 10.13.3

open -n /Applications/Firefox_Test.app –-args -P Georgia -no-remote

Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[kryten2]

Posting the exact error you get might be useful for others trying to help you.

I am now running macOS Sierra 10.12.3 and it’s all still working 100% ….. APPLE PLEASE DON’T FICKIN BREAK THIS AGAIN !!!!

You read the whole tutorial, right?

 

[steevg]

Tried 3 times, totally uninstalled Firefox, rebooted, re-downloaded and started over . . . but happy to go back and try again.

Any chance the script may not work in 10.13.3?

 

[mikzn]

another option might be to run the developer version of firefox and the regular version - I have both and run both at the same time - and keep them synced with FireFox Sync

 

[steevg]

I'll give it another go, using developer mode, and post back.

Thanks for the feedback guys.