A pasteable Claude Code prompt that sets up a second Claude Desktop instance on macOS, so you can stay signed in to two Claude accounts at once (e.g. work + personal).
- A new app at
/Applications/Claude Personal.app— a tiny AppleScript launcher (~1 MB) with a blue-tinted Claude icon - It launches the real
/Applications/Claude.appagainst an isolated user-data directory (~/Library/Application Support/Claude-Personal), so the two profiles stay signed in independently - Auto-updates keep working — the real Claude.app is never modified, so its updater behaves normally for both profiles
- No Xcode or Command Line Tools required — uses only tools that ship with base macOS