With these settings, the app will have the following infos: 'NSHumanReadableCopyright': u 'Copyright © 2015, Chris Hager, All Rights Reserved' 'CFBundleGetInfoString': 'Making Sandwiches', # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- from setuptools import setup To run your application directly from the Terminal Or the open command ( $ open dist/Sandwich.app). The resulting development app in dist/Sandwich.app can be opened just like any other. The app built with alias mode simply references the original code files, so any changes you make to the original Sandwich.py file are instantly available on the next app start. This is not a standalone application, and the applications built in alias mode are not portable to other machines!
│ │ ├── config -> /Users/chris/Projects/chris/python-gui/tkinter/env/bin/./lib/python2.7/config │ │ └── python -> /Users/chris/Projects/chris/python-gui/tkinter/env/bin/./bin/python