can't switch profiles

[bruvio]

installed on mac 14.6.1 using firefox 130.0 (64-bit) and after creating a new profile it does not switch.

[joseb552]

Did you ever get it working? I just installed on Mac as well (15.0.1), the extension is installed and it sees the two profiles I created previously but I can't find a way to switch between them.

[MYanello]

Did you try the solution here? @bruvio @joseb552
#106 (comment)

[philhoyt]

It was installed on MacOS 15.1.1 M2 Pro so using arm64 with brew.
I completed the installation, and clicking on profiles does nothing.

tried the config fix
~/.config/firefoxprofileswitcher/config.json
with no change.

[MariaGuadalupeHaizea]

How do you restart
after running

echo "{"browser_binary": "C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe"}" >> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\FirefoxProfileSwitcher\native-connector

I tried running this executable after killing it

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\FirefoxProfileSwitcher\native-connector\firefox-profile-switcher-connector.exe

But that creates a new window for the process and the firefox profile switcher thinks the connector is not running and shows the "install not complete" dialog... I might have to restart ...

I checked in services but I could not find a service by that name to restart

[MariaGuadalupeHaizea]

After an unnecessary reboot, I still get the " setup incomplete warning"

It looks like the above command line was wrong

This was the config.json file

C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\FirefoxProfileSwitcher\native-connector

{
    "allowed_extensions": [
        "profile-switcher-ff@nd.ax"
    ],
    "description": "Profile Switcher for Firefox",
    "name": "ax.nd.profile_switcher_ff",
    "path": "firefox-profile-switcher-connector.exe",
    "type": "stdio"
}

{"browser_binary": "C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe"}

I am trying the following instead

{
    "allowed_extensions": [
        "profile-switcher-ff@nd.ax"
    ],
    "description": "Profile Switcher for Firefox",
    "name": "ax.nd.profile_switcher_ff",
    "path": "firefox-profile-switcher-connector.exe",
    "type": "stdio"
	"browser_binary": "C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe"
}

The warning does not go away, I will restart the computer again

[MariaGuadalupeHaizea]

After a reboot, it still does not work

[chocoagua]

I found a solution to fix this issue: you need to open up about:profiles, set another profile as default, and then switch back to your intended default profile. There are some times when an update messes up the extension and leaves it unable to recognize one's profiles, but i've managed to get it to run again using the process I described

[dpaci]

bump, tried all solutions including above comment to no avail

[rods012]

Also having the same issue on Arch Linux, it will not switch profiles when I click them.

[DataFisherman]

After trying all the solutions for me the extension does not work. I will definitely remove it.

[pulbhaba]

Hey linux users,

~/.config/firefoxprofileswitcher/config.json this is a configuration location for Linux, not Mac.

Hey mac users,

I've recently got this working in my Mac, the config path for mac is different from Linux, here it is.

~/Library/Preferences/ax.nd.nulldev.FirefoxProfileSwitcher/config.json

OS: Sonoma
Firefox was installed using brew install firefox

[mihir965]

@pulbhaba

What changes did you make in the config.json file on mac to get it working?