Open multiple instances of Maya on Mac OS

On a Mac OS by default, you can have only one instance of Maya running. The instance can have multiple windows open, but this means you are limited to be working on one project or file at a time.

Performance and workflow improvements in Maya 2019

Maya Performance Webinar, speaker: Steven RoselleMaya 2019 was released early this year, and ships with massive performance and workflow improvements. In the video above Steven Roselle explains the improvements made by Autodesk for this new release of Maya, comparing it with 2018 release. The big…

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We can open another instance of Maya with the help of the command line, for this we will be using the Terminal.

Open multiple instances of Blender on Mac OS

Blender [/tag/blender/] is a fantastic open-source 3D animation [/tag/animation/] software, it knows to make people say “wait Blender can do that too!”. Here is how to open multiple instances of Blender on Mac [https://darryldias.me/tag/mac]. Open Terminal Enter the following command. open -n /A…

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You can open it with the help of spotlight or go into the others folder in the Launchpad.

Enter the following command in the Terminal.

2018

open -n /Applications/Autodesk/maya2018/Maya.app/

2017

open -n /Applications/Autodesk/maya2017/Maya.app/

For 2016

open -n /Applications/Autodesk/maya2016/Maya.app/

2015

open -n /Applications/Autodesk/maya2015/Maya.app/

2014

open -n /Applications/Autodesk/maya2014/Maya.app/

2013

open -n /Applications/Autodesk/maya2013/Maya.app/

2012

open -n /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/

2011

open -n /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/

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