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edgesuggestions
Oct 03, 2020Iron Contributor
optional suggestion: new menu bar app for mac
i wish i could launch one of my edge profile (no matter from which edge) directly in the menu bar. so you create a profile launcher.app and then i can search a profile installed on my 4 browser, with...
HotCakeX
Oct 10, 2020MVP
On Windows you can create shortcuts to different profiles and pin them to desktop, start menu and taskbar, can't you do that on mac?
edgesuggestions
Oct 10, 2020Iron Contributor
i don't see such options, but at the end my desktop or dock are already full of alias or application or folder or other things.
Alias for profile is ok if you own 2-5 edge profiles (so it wouldn't take a lot of space on the desktop too). is like using alias for websites, is not a good solution if you visit a lot of websites.
- HotCakeXOct 10, 2020MVP
We talked about Alias in the other post and what they are for.
you can create different profiles on Edge but don't need to connect them to online accounts and sync passwords, favorites etc.
Outlook aliases are to protect your identify from 3rd party sites by keeping you anonymous, right? if you could sync data and start adding personal information to it, it wouldn't be anonymous anymore, it would be just like your main Microsoft account. so this is the mentality behind Outlook aliases.
for shady websites that you don't trust, you can always use temporary Emails from sites like this:
https://temp-mail.org/en/Also, another example. Firefox has a feature called container. it works just like Edge profiles (as long as they are offline profiles). you can't connect Firefox containers to an online profile and they don't support sync. that is to protect your identity.
- edgesuggestionsOct 10, 2020Iron Contributor
HotCakeX you can create shortcuts to different profiles and pin them to desktop = alias (which is not related to alias for outlook, but more like alias for finder)
- HotCakeXOct 10, 2020MVP