Mutiple Application Instances in X?

dstranathandstranathan
Posted:
in macOS edited January 2014
Why cant I start multiple instances of applications in X?



I want to run FileMaker Pro 5.5 for one task (a looped script, which KILLS FMP performance) and THEN LAUNCH ANOTHER INSTANCE of FMP 5.5 to work in (data-entry stuff). Why can't I do this in OS X? This is a common practice in Windows (and UNIX I think).



Any thoughts?

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    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    It's redundant. Once you load the resources once (which is what an application is), it would be a waste to duplicate the resources running already. That's why apps can open more than one file or project, and why good apps are multi-threaded.



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