It's why I switched from Safari to Chrome on OS X. I have a profile for
- My TrueSelf that only a few shall know.
- John (Kateva) Gordon
- My corporate self
I also have profiles I use when I'm assuming my children's identity (ex: Facebook monitoring). All the Profiles sync through Google Cloud including bookmarks, passwords, extensions and so on. So I use the same Profile everywhere.
Even in Darkness, Google does some things well.
I switch my three primary profiles all the time. That's how I know the great weakness of the current implementation. The Profile Google gives me is never the one I want. I frequently have to switch identities, which opens a new window, then hunt that window down ... Meanwhile, the original Window hangs on.
I want some shortcuts that will take me directly to the Profile I want. In both Windows (easily) and Mac (comand line), there are ways to do that as described in SuperUser and Quora:
- How do I start Chrome using a specified "user profile"? - Super User
- Is there a way to create shortcuts for a direct access to a user's profile in the new Google Chrome? - Quora
This is top-secret stuff, these parameters don't show up on the most popular listing of Chrome command line options.
The command line parameters are of the form:
- chrome --profile-directory="Prof
ile 1" -> Kateva - chrome --profile-directory="Prof
ile 2" -> Corporate - chrome --profile-directory="Default" -> Personal
They match the directory names shown in (Win) C:\Users\[userid]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data.
I've created a Windows shortcut for each Profile, now I have to give them unique icons.
I've created a Windows shortcut for each Profile, now I have to give them unique icons.
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