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Asked: 2026-05-26T17:49:37+00:00

There are several different ways documented of setting environment variables either system wide or

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There are several different ways documented of setting environment variables either system wide or per user, see this question.

Are there any options for setting environment variables on a per-application basis?

E.g. Is there a way to use something like ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist or launchd.conf but have some variables only inherited by specific apps?

The only way I can think of is to modify each applications Info.plist, but this involves changing an applications bundle which doesn’t seem like a terribly good idea.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Typically this is done by wrapping the desired app in a small shell script or automator action that sets the environment variable and then launches the app. For example, I have an automator “application” that has the following rule:

    Run Shell Script:
  NSZombiesEnabled=YES open /Applications/MyApp.app

    When I want to launch it this way, I just run the automator action.

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