"Hiding" running applications from each other

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  1. B1ueguy, Nov 28, 2011

    B1ueguy macrumors newbie

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    Hi

    So I've run into a problem with two apps conflicting with each other. One is detecting the presence of the other and force quits. Is there a way (or another app) to hide a running app? Something like Little Snitch that operates locally. Thanks guys
     
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  2. Makosuke, Nov 29, 2011

    Makosuke macrumors 603

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    A crude way of doing so would be to just create a second user account without admin privileges and open the second app within it; unless they're using a system-wide flag, that will hide one from the other.

    Alternately, you could find the lockfile they're using and move/delete it.
     
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  3. old-wiz, Nov 30, 2011

    old-wiz macrumors G3

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    Have you considered that perhaps there is a reason the two apps won't work at the same time? Before going to a lot of trouble to figure this out, it's quite possible that running both at the same time will result in messing up data files.
     
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