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Python 101 - How to Create an "exe" for Mac

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Mike Driscoll
Apr 14, 2026
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Each operating system has its own method of installing or running an application. On Windows, you run an executable most of the time. Executables have an extension of .exe. Apple’s Mac software has the concept of applications that use the extension .app. These are technically a bundle of files including a runnable binary. They are kind of like a runnabl…

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