Use the Browsers tab

Settings > Browsers lists every installed browser and the profiles Bouncer found in each one.

1. Open Settings > Browsers. The sidebar lists your installed browsers. The first one is selected.
2. Select a browser.
3. Review its profiles. Each row shows the profile name. Chrome, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, and Dia rows also show the email address, or — when there is none. Arc rows show Profile: and the name of the Arc profile that owns the space.
4. Click Open on a row to bring that profile’s window to the front. If that profile has no window, Bouncer opens one.
5. After you add or rename a profile in the browser, click the refresh button in the header. Its tooltip is Refresh profiles, or Refresh spaces for Arc.

The detail area has three states. Which one you see depends on the browser.

The profile list

Chrome, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, and Firefox show their profiles right away. Safari, Arc, and Dia show them after you grant permissions.

The header reads the browser name and Profiles, such as Safari Profiles. For Arc it reads Arc Spaces. When Bouncer finds nothing, the list reads No profiles found.

Permissions for Safari, Arc, and Dia

Safari, Arc, and Dia show a setup view first. This section uses Safari as the example. Arc and Dia show the same text with their own name, and Arc says spaces instead of profiles.

The setup view is titled Safari profiles require additional permissions. Under it: “To route links to a specific Safari profile, Bouncer needs Accessibility and Automation permissions.” It has two steps. Enable Automation is dimmed until Accessibility is on.

1. Under Enable Accessibility, click Open Accessibility Settings. System Settings opens. Turn on Bouncer, then switch back to Bouncer.
2. Make sure Safari is running. Under Enable Automation, click Grant Automation Access. macOS asks you to allow Bouncer to control Safari. Allow it.

Bouncer then scans. The view reads “Scanning for Safari profiles…” and then shows the list.

If Safari is not running, the view reads “Safari needs to be running for detection to work.” and “Open Safari and try again.” Click Open Safari, then click Try Again.

If you did not allow the request, the view reads “Permission was denied. Open Automation settings and enable Safari under Bouncer.” Click Open Automation Settings, turn on Safari under Bouncer, then switch back to Bouncer.

If Bouncer already has the list, it shows the list right away. A banner appears at the top when a permission is missing:

• “Accessibility is disabled. Profile routing won’t work until enabled.” with an Open Settings button.
• “Automation access is disabled for Safari. Profile routing won’t work until enabled.” with an Open Settings button, or an Enable button when macOS has not asked yet.

Note

Bouncer checks these permissions again each time you switch back to it. You don’t need to restart Bouncer after a grant. For these three browsers, the refresh button appears only once the list is shown.

Browsers without profile routing

Opera has no profile routing. Its detail area reads Profile routing is not available for Opera. and Links will open in the default Opera window. Rules can still send links to Opera.