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    Can you really not run multiple text editors under MacOS?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Alchemist, Jul 17, 2009.

  1. Alchemist

    Alchemist Notebook Deity

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    Ok, I hope this is a stupid question. Im fairly new to using a mac as my 'daily driver' and have noticed an ODD difference between mac and win.

    In windows if you want to run 1, 2, 5 or 10+ copies of the same app... just launch it again. Apps can restrict their instance count if they want but in general you can run as many copies of something as you want.

    On the mac... the 'launch' icon becomes the 'goto' icon after the app has been launched... so there doesnt seem to be a way of easily launching a second copy of the same program.

    So is there a way to do this? when im doing web work on windows ive been known to have 30+ notepad windows open... dont see a way to do this on the mac. Am i missing something?
     
    Alchemist, Jul 17, 2009
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  2. lixuelai

    lixuelai Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    File->New?

    Textedit btw.
     
    lixuelai, Jul 17, 2009
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  3. MKang25

    MKang25 NBR Prisoner

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    If you have microsoft office or text edit you can just go up to the file button and there will be a button called open new document, window etc..
     
    MKang25, Jul 17, 2009
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    Ah... makes perfect sense... one app instance, many windows instead of many instances of same app.

    Thanks
     
    Alchemist, Jul 18, 2009
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    windows can also restrict launch instances in some cases.

    this is one of those things that makes sense after you think about it. you don't actually want two separate instances of textedit running. you just want several windows open within the textedit program.
     
    masterchef341, Jul 18, 2009
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