Is there a way to create a truly separate instance...
# tribef
flat-morning-91037
11/21/2021, 11:47 AMIs there a way to create a truly separate instance of an app in macOS? Such that even preferences of those two instances are isolated of each other?
Context: I recently got new MBP 2021, and obviously not every tool I use is available on Apple Silicon, so I’m working with iTerm2 (which is run natively), and built-in Terminal (which uses Rosetta), but I’d like to use iTerm2 for both.
flat-morning-91037
11/21/2021, 11:49 AMI know one can create multiple profiles within iterm2 (along with custom startup commands), but it tends to be unpredictable at times given how binaries that run in arm64 mode vs Rosetta mode identify architecture.
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victorious-energy-56764
11/21/2021, 12:07 PMCopy paste the app again in Applications and name it something else
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flat-morning-91037
11/21/2021, 12:08 PMYes, except that it won’t create separate preferences. 😄
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victorious-energy-56764
11/21/2021, 12:36 PMWhy not? It creates a separate folder in both Apps and Home
victorious-energy-56764
11/21/2021, 12:36 PMYou can change the plist file to specifically set a different file.
victorious-energy-56764
11/21/2021, 12:37 PMI'll double check once I'm at the desk. It's been a while I did this
victorious-energy-56764
11/21/2021, 12:38 PMI did this Skype when testing out Krisp in very early days
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flat-morning-91037
11/21/2021, 1:37 PMSo while it won’t work for every app (I’m talking about duplication of app’s
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