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[3.7] [doc] Remove references to obsolete BuildApplet on macOS (GH-20023) (GH-20306)
(cherry picked from commit 7864f11) Co-authored-by: Andre Delfino <[email protected]> Automerge-Triggered-By: @ned-deily
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* A :file:`Python 3.7` folder in your :file:`Applications` folder. In here
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you find IDLE, the development environment that is a standard part of official
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Python distributions; PythonLauncher, which handles double-clicking Python
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scripts from the Finder; and the "Build Applet" tool, which allows you to
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package Python scripts as standalone applications on your system.
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Python distributions; and PythonLauncher, which handles double-clicking Python
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scripts from the Finder.
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* A framework :file:`/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework`, which includes the
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Python executable and libraries. The installer adds this location to your shell
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Distributing Python Applications on the Mac
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The "Build Applet" tool that is placed in the MacPython 3.6 folder is fine for
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packaging small Python scripts on your own machine to run as a standard Mac
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application. This tool, however, is not robust enough to distribute Python
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applications to other users.
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The standard tool for deploying standalone Python applications on the Mac is
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:program:`py2app`. More information on installing and using py2app can be found
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at http://undefined.org/python/#py2app.

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