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Being in multiple Slack teams simultaneously

  1. I want to see notifications from two (or more) Slack teams.
    Can the Mac OS Slack client be launched twice?
  2. Can I specify two teams in IFTTT Slack channel properties?
    Since I want to send Weather notifications to two different teams.
    Or maybe this is solvable only through using multiple (different emails) IFTTT accounts?

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  • How can I be sure, that two instances launched in that way (open -n) share their files without conflicts?
    – Nakilon
    Commented Nov 8, 2014 at 21:56
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    I guess the first part is that Slack is a SaaS hosted on their service, not on your computer. Application information is stored by team, so different teams wouldn't cause conflict. It's also good to know that Slack recommends this workaround until the next version comes out w/multiple team support.
    – mbb
    Commented Nov 9, 2014 at 14:44
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    Sadly, this technique doesn't work anymore. The additional spawned instance of Slack opens, sets focus on the existing instance, and closes. :(
    – JakeRobb
    Commented May 22, 2018 at 20:01
  • Not sure whether anything changed since @JakeRobb's posting, but this technique works for me with Slack 3.3.7 on macOS 10.13.6.
    – mhucka
    Commented Feb 5, 2019 at 0:11
  • @mhucka I just tried it. Same version combination. When I execute that line in Terminal, it briefly opens a new instance of Slack, but it closes immediately and brings focus to the existing open instance. What, exactly, happens when you do it?
    – JakeRobb
    Commented Feb 5, 2019 at 14:24