<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">It is possible to run multiple copies of the same Chimera on a Mac. Here’s how. From a Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal) type the command</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>open -n -a Chimera</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The -n option tells the Mac to start another copy of the application. If you prefer to start the second copy by clicking an icon then you can make that icon using /Applications/Automator, choose to make an Application, select Run Shell Script, enter the command open -n -a Chimera as the script to run, then File / Save… to save this application as “Chimera+” or whatever you want to call it. This icon always starts a new copy of Chimera so you can have as many running as you like.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Tom</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img height="464" width="785" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="47AB970C-D7DD-47B7-BE99-A1DA5931784E" src="cid:21E5F359-2374-44D7-9C95-81710C815999@cgl.ucsf.edu" class=""></div></body></html>