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title: "Download Profile Porter for Mac and Windows · Setup in three steps"
description: "Download Profile Porter for Mac or Windows and set it up in about a minute, then make it your default browser."
url: "https://profileporter.com/download/"
---

ProfilePorter.dmg

# Your download is starting.

If it doesn't, [download ProfilePorter.dmg](https://profileporter.com/download/ProfilePorter.dmg) (about 6 MB, macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon or Intel).

Then three steps, about a minute. On Windows? [Get the Windows version](https://profileporter.com/download/#windows)

ProfilePorter-Windows.zip

# Your download is starting.

If it doesn't, [download ProfilePorter-Windows.zip](https://profileporter.com/download/ProfilePorter-Windows.zip) (Windows 10 or 11).

Then three steps, about a minute. On a Mac? [Get the Mac version](https://profileporter.com/download/#mac)

## Set it up in three steps

1. Step 1 of 3

   ### Move it to Applications.

   Open **ProfilePorter.dmg** in Downloads. In the window that opens, drag **Profile Porter** onto **Applications**.

2. Step 2 of 3

   ### Open it and allow access.

   It asks for Full Disk Access so it can read your browsers' history and cookie names. Nothing is uploaded.

   Click **Open Privacy Settings**, then turn on Profile Porter under **Privacy & Security › Full Disk Access**.

3. Step 3 of 3

   ### Make it your default browser.

   macOS asks you to confirm. Links now go to the right profile.

   Skipped it during setup? It's in **Settings › Links**: click **Set as default**.

## The panel is in your menu bar.

Press ⌃⌥Space from anywhere.

## Set it up on Windows in three steps

1. Step 1 of 3

   ### Give it a folder of its own.

   Open **ProfilePorter-Windows.zip** in Downloads. Move **ProfilePorter.exe** to a folder such as **%LOCALAPPDATA%\\Programs\\Profile Porter**.

   It updates itself, so keep it out of **Program Files**, where it can't change its own file.

2. Step 2 of 3

   ### Open it.

   It starts in the tray, by the clock, and walks you through the rest. Nothing to allow: it reads your browsers' history and cookie names right here. Nothing is uploaded.

   If Windows says it protected your PC, click **More info**, then **Run anyway**.

   ![Profile Porter's first-run panel on Windows: found 5 profiles in Chrome and Firefox, one thing before your first link. Step 1, send clicked links here, with a Set as default browser button.](https://profileporter.com/download/windows-setup-default-light.png)![Profile Porter's first-run panel on Windows: found 5 profiles in Chrome and Firefox, one thing before your first link. Step 1, send clicked links here, with a Set as default browser button.](https://profileporter.com/download/windows-setup-default-dark.png)

3. Step 3 of 3

   ### Make it your default browser.

   Click **Set as default browser**. Windows opens **Settings › Apps › Default apps** at Profile Porter: click **Set default**. Links now go to the right profile.

   Skipped it during setup? Right-click the tray icon and choose **Make it the default browser…**, or click **Set as default…** in Settings › Links.

   ![Profile Porter Settings on Windows, Links tab. The Default browser row has a Set as default button.](https://profileporter.com/download/windows-settings-links-light.png)![Profile Porter Settings on Windows, Links tab. The Default browser row has a Set as default button.](https://profileporter.com/download/windows-settings-links-dark.png)

## The panel is in your tray.

Press CtrlAltSpace from anywhere.

![Profile Porter's panel on Windows: five profiles on the left, Personal selected, and its top sites.](https://profileporter.com/download/windows-home-light.png)![Profile Porter's panel on Windows: five profiles on the left, Personal selected, and its top sites.](https://profileporter.com/download/windows-home-dark.png)

Stuck? Email [support@profileporter.com](mailto:support@profileporter.com).