#Change profile icon for mac osx how to#

It will ask if you want'Д®cho ' to set Chrome as default this applies to that instance of chrome.'Д®cho ' Choosy - works great with this!'ДЇor icons, you can use any PNG (or probably many other formats). In that case,'Д®cho 'close all instances, then open the 'normal' Chrome, add profile, close, and'Д®cho 'Note: when you launch first time you will get 'Welcome to Google Chrome''Д®cho ' dialog box. DO NOT pin the app-area'Д®cho ' Chrome icon(s) to the app area of the dock! DO NOT run 'normal' Chrome!'Д®cho 'The only exception to (3) is if you need to add a new profile. BE SURE to only open Chrome via this stack. Right click on the stack and select 'List' for easy viewing.'Д®cho ' Also select 'Display as Folder' and give the folder a nice icon.'Д®cho '3. From the finder, drag the 'Chrome-Launchers' folder to the stacks area'Д®cho ' of the dock.

#Change profile icon for mac osx how to#

Add (identical) icons of your choice to each pair of profile Launchers'Д®cho ' / Runtimes in the folder ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/'Д®cho ' cdi-chrome-multiple-profile-instances-in-dock-with-different-icons.d'Д®cho ' (google for numerous guides on how to change mac os x app icons)'Д®cho '2. Test -d '$LAUNCHERS/$SHIM' || osacompile -o '$LAUNCHERS/$SHIM' $TXTД®cho 'Done with automated portion. # To check: defaults read ~/Library/Preferences/ app-bindingsД®cho -n '/Users/$USER/Library/Application\\ Support/Google/Chrome/$RUNTIMES/$APP/Contents/MacOS/Google\\ Chrome -user-data-dir=/Users/$USER/Library/Application\\ Support/Google/Chrome/$LINK' > $TXT #plutil -replace KSProductID -string 'cdi.$UUID' - '$RUNTIMES/$APP/Contents/ist' #plutil -replace CFBundleDisplayName -string '$UUID' - '$RUNTIMES/$APP/Contents/ist'

#plutil -replace CFBundleName -string '$UUID' - '$RUNTIMES/$APP/Contents/ist' #plutil -replace CFBundleIdentifier -string 'cdi.$UUID' - '$RUNTIMES/$APP/Contents/ist' PROFILE_DIR='/Users/$USER/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/$' | tr | cut -c 1-4,29-32)'

Mkdir -p '/Applications/Google Chrome $1.app/Contents/MacOS'ДЇ='/Applications/Google Chrome $1.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome $1' It comes from this site, I copy and paste for readers' convenience: #!/bin/bash You can create that second application by running the following script. For having two Chrome running at the same time you need to create a second runnable Google Chrome App.