Two accounts in my device looks like interlinked

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Two accounts in my device looks like interlinked

I have created two profiles in my mac for office and home purpose.

I am using two profiles one signed in with a apple ID and one without signed in but I do not need same applications in both profiles

I downloaded HomeBrew in new profile and HomeBrew from my old profile got removed.

I want to use both the profiles independent of each other so I can install different softwares

in both and adding or removing package or app in one does not affect the other.

Can someone please help me understand how this can be done

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.4

Posted on Aug 3, 2022 9:11 PM

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Eric Root

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Aug 4, 2022 9:32 AM in response to vignesh268

All installed applications are available to both profiles. There isn't a way to install an application for only one profile. To accomplish what you want to do, you would need to partition the hard drive, install the OS on both partitions, and have one profile on each partition.

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vignesh268 Author

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Aug 5, 2022 8:47 PM in response to Eric Root

Thanks for clarifying this much helpful. Can you please let me know how installing packages also work for different profiles like homebrew, node, java

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