Category: macOS vs Windows

Background: I’m a Windows user. I now use a Mac for work. I’m going to document the differences as I run into them.

First up: launching multiple instances of an app.

I was doing 3d modeling work in Blender on macOS. I have a CAD model of a vehicle (model A). I used Blender to reduce the complexity of the model (model B). Now that I’m done with model B, I want to compare model A to model B.

I have model B loaded in Blender. Now I want to load model A in a second instance of Blender. How do you do that?

Windows

There are several ways I can think of to do this on Windows

1. Right-click the Blender icon in the taskbar and select “Blender”
2. Middle-click the Blender icon
3. Click “Start” and select Blender
4. Click “Search” and type “Blender” [Enter]

macOS

I tried right-clicking the Blender icon in the Dock and selecting Blender, but it just brings up the existing Blender.

I tried middle-clicking, and playing around with modifier keys. Nothing worked.

I searched the internet and found a post that said it was possible to launch a second copy of an app…but you had to do it from the command line.