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Scott Nonnenberg 2023-06-15 15:54:42 -07:00
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@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ empty application. But you can use the information from your production install
Desktop to populate your testing application!
First, exit both production and development apps (In macOS - literally quit the apps).
Second, find your application data:
Second, find your application data in the [appData](https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/app#appgetpathname) directory:
- macOS: `~/Library/Application Support/Signal`
- Linux: `~/.config/Signal`
@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Once you have the additional numbers, you can setup additional storage profiles
between them using the `NODE_APP_INSTANCE` environment variable.
For example, to create an 'alice' profile, put a file called `local-alice.json` in the
`config` directory:
`/config` subdirectory of your project checkout where you'll find other `.json` config files:
```
{
@ -163,8 +163,7 @@ Then you can start up the application a little differently to load the profile:
NODE_APP_INSTANCE=alice yarn run start
```
This changes the [userData](https://electron.atom.io/docs/all/#appgetpathname)
directory from `%appData%/Signal` to `%appData%/Signal-aliceProfile`.
This changes the `userData` directory from `%appData%/Signal` to `%appData%/Signal-aliceProfile`.
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