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Update paragraph explaining --load-cookies and --cookiefile

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Alexander Graf
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@@ -208,22 +208,24 @@ Instead of :option:`--login`, it is possible to use
.. option:: --load-cookies BROWSER-NAME, -b BROWSER-NAME
Use Instagram cookie in your browser to login.
This feature requires the `browser_cookie3 <https://github.com/borisbabic/browser_cookie3>`__ library.
Compatible with :option:`--cookiefile` if you want to load cookies from browser profiles.
Incompatible with :option:`--login` due to potential username mismatch between user input and browser login.
Supported browsers: Arc, Brave, Chrome, Chromium, Edge, Firefox, LibreWolf, Opera, Opera_GX, Safari and Vivaldi.
Load Instagram session cookies from a browser instead of using Instaloader's own login mechanism.
This method requires the `browser_cookie3 <https://github.com/borisbabic/browser_cookie3>`__ library.
By default, cookies are loaded from the browser's main profile, but you can specify a custom cookie file using :option:`--cookiefile`.
In subsequent runs, you can just use :option:`--login` to reuse the
same session, which is saved by Instaloader.
Since :option:`--load-cookies` and :option:`--login` are alternative ways to acquire a session, they cannot be used together when initially acquiring a session.
Supported browsers: Arc, Brave, Chrome, Chromium, Edge, Firefox, LibreWolf, Opera, Opera_GX, Safari, and Vivaldi.
Once logged in via browser cookies, Instaloader saves the session, allowing you to use :option:`--login` in subsequent runs.
.. versionadded:: 4.11
.. option:: --cookiefile COOKIE-FILE, -B COOKIE-FILE
Cookie file path of a browser profile to load cookies from.
Specifies a cookie file path for :option:`--load-cookies` to load cookies from a particular browser profile.
This option must be used together with :option:`--load-cookies` and does not work on its own.
.. versionadded:: 4.11
.. versionadded:: 4.11
.. option:: --sessionfile SESSIONFILE, -f SESSIONFILE