Playing using the Macintosh Client

There are several ways to set up a second client on your Mac. The method detailed below uses a minimal amount of disk space, and requires no third-party applications or scripts.

Creating a Second Client

• Navigate to your applications folder, and find the EVE Online application.
• Right-click on the icon, and select 'duplicate' from the drop-down menu.

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• Re-name the new copy 'EVE Online 2'.
• Right-click on the new copy, and select 'show package contents'.

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• A new window will open up containing a folder called 'contents'. Open it, and drag the folders named 'Frameworks' and 'Resources' to the trash.

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• Go back to your applications folder, and open the double click on the icon marked 'terminal'.
• Type 'cd '. Note the space.
• Drag the contents folder to the terminal window. This should copy the exact path of the folder. Hit return.

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• Copy/paste this command into the terminal window, then press return again.

ln -s /Applications/EVE\ Online.app/Contents/Frameworks Frameworks

• And do the same with this command. You can close the terminal window now.

ln -s /Applications/EVE\ Online.app/Contents/Resources Resources

• Back in the package contents folder, right-click on the file named 'Info.plist', and select Open with -> Textedit.

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• Locate this chunk of text, and change 'EVE Online' to 'EVE Online 2'

<key>PrefsFolderName</key>
<string>EVE Online</string>

• Save and close the file.