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I use two instances of Chrome at the same time - one for my work tasks and one for my personal stuff. Both are signed in as different people ('WorkMe' and 'HomeMe')

If I get a URL sent to me via Skype (or some other non-browser system) and I click it, how can I ensure it opens up in a particular browser window?

On a PC it was quite simple - the last Chrome window that was active is the one that links open in. So I'd just click one Chrome window to make it active and then open the URL. But this doesn't seem to be the case on OSX El Capitan. Links always open in the same browser window regardless of what I've been doing on either one.

How can I ensure that when I click a link in Skype / Word or wherever that it'll open in the specific browser window that I need?

For context: It makes a difference because I have multiple profiles, so I will be signed in to different systems on different browsers. For instance if someone Skypes me a link to Twitter about a work-related issue I want to ensure it opens in the browser where I am signed into my work twitter account, not my personal one.

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  • On OSX, it's whichever you most recently created a new tab in. I'm posting this as a comment because I'm hoping for a better answer.
    – mh.
    Commented Jul 3, 2017 at 21:12
  • @mh. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case in El Capitan, at least not from my test this morning.
    – JonW
    Commented Jul 4, 2017 at 8:30
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    For Mac users, there is this app which does exactly what you want. hikmetcancelik.com/open-in-profile
    – Can Celik
    Commented May 16, 2020 at 10:44
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    @JonW your question itself solved my problem. I am on a windows machine and didnt know how to manage this. so although it wasn't your intention but thanks
    – jaafar Nasrallah
    Commented Oct 24, 2020 at 17:57
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    @CanCelik you should post this as its own answer. It's the only thing that worked for me.
    – camslice
    Commented Jul 1, 2021 at 10:36

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For Mac Users:

There is an app that does exactly what op needs.

https://hikmetcancelik.com/open-in-profile

Disclaimer: I'm the developer of this application.

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  • I think this partially solves it. Although as far as I can tell it forces all links to always open in one specified profile. But sometimes I want a link to open in Profile A and other links to open in Profile B. (i.e. if I get a link sent to a work-related URL I want it opening in my Work profile, but if I get a link to a personal 'fun' URL I want it opening in my Personal one).
    – JonW
    Commented Jul 5, 2021 at 10:11
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    @JonW I completely understand and that's my next update for this tool but haven't got a chance to work on it yet. Will update here once I do though.
    – Can Celik
    Commented Jul 5, 2021 at 15:54
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You can use a browser picker for this. For example, the free Velja app (made by me). Velja supports creating rules that enables clicking a link in, for example, Skype, makes it open in a specific Chrome profile.

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This app is by far the best browser picker app. It supports Chrome profiles as well as a whole slew of other features. Highly configurable and even supports Apple Handoff when used on multiple computers. I've tried many browser picker apps but this one takes the cake:

https://loshadki.app/openin/

I have no affiliation with the developer. Just a very satisfied customer.

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    Thank you for recommending the app! I am developer, it is just my pet project, mostly built it for other reasons, but got a lot of feature requests to support multiple profiles in Chromium browsers, so had to research that.
    – outcoldman
    Commented Oct 29, 2021 at 16:39

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