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99From the macOS menu bar (or on Windows, the application menu ☰ in the top-left of the sign-in screen), go to **Help → Troubleshooting → Enable Developer Mode**, then **Developer → Configure Third-Party Inference…**.
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11If you turn on Developer mode while the app is running a third-party configuration, it stays on across restarts. If you turned it on before that, the **Developer** menu is gone once the app relaunches into a third-party configuration, for example after **Apply Changes**. Go to **Help → Troubleshooting → Enable Developer Mode** again, and it stays on from then on. If the configuration sets [`developerModeEnabled`](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/configuration#developermodeenabled) to `false`, neither that item nor the **Developer** menu appears.
11If you turn on Developer mode while the app is running a third-party configuration, it stays on across restarts. If you turned it on before that, the **Developer** menu is gone once the app relaunches into a third-party configuration, for example after **Apply Changes**. Go to **Help → Troubleshooting → Enable Developer Mode** again, and it stays on from then on. If the configuration sets [`developerModeEnabled`](https://claude.com/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/configuration#developermodeenabled) to `false`, neither that item nor the **Developer** menu appears.
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1313To turn Developer mode off again, go to **Developer → Open Developer Config File**, change `"allowDevTools": true` to `false` in the file that opens (or delete the file), save it, then quit and reopen Claude Desktop. The **Developer** menu is gone on the next launch.
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1717The in-app configuration window, showing the Connection section for a gateway provider.
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19The sidebar groups settings the same way the [configuration reference](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/configuration.md) does. Fill in **Connection** first, then work down through the sections your deployment needs.
19The sidebar groups settings the same way the [configuration reference](https://claude.com/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/configuration.md) does. Fill in **Connection** first, then work down through the sections your deployment needs.
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2121## Apply locally or export for a fleet
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23Use **Apply Changes** to write the configuration to this device only and relaunch into it. This is the [single-machine setup](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/installation.md#single-machine-setup) path for evaluation and pilots.
23Use **Apply Changes** to write the configuration to this device only and relaunch into it. This is the [single-machine setup](https://claude.com/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/installation.md#single-machine-setup) path for evaluation and pilots.
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2525Use the **Export** menu to generate deployment artifacts for a fleet:
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3030| `.reg` policy file | Intune, Group Policy, or any Windows MDM |
3131| ADMX template (`.zip`) | Intune or Group Policy; a schema-only template, you enter values in the management console |
3232| Profile Manifest (`.plist`) | Jamf, ProfileCreator, or similar macOS tools; a schema-only template, you enter values in your tool |
33| JSON config | The response body for a [bootstrap server](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/bootstrap.md), or a configuration file for a device without MDM |
33| JSON config | The response body for a [bootstrap server](https://claude.com/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/bootstrap.md), or a configuration file for a device without MDM |
3434| Egress allowlist | Your firewall or network team |
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36See [Deploy with MDM](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/mdm.md) or [Deploy with a bootstrap server](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/bootstrap.md) to distribute what you exported.
36See [Deploy with MDM](https://claude.com/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/mdm.md) or [Deploy with a bootstrap server](https://claude.com/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/bootstrap.md) to distribute what you exported.
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3838When a managed profile is already present on the device, the window opens in read-only mode and shows the deployed values. Author new configurations from a device without a managed profile.
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