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Expand Up @@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ What you get after installing is a number of things:

* A :file:`Python 3.9` folder in your :file:`Applications` folder. In here
you find IDLE, the development environment that is a standard part of official
Python distributions; PythonLauncher, which handles double-clicking Python
scripts from the Finder; and the "Build Applet" tool, which allows you to
package Python scripts as standalone applications on your system.
Python distributions; and PythonLauncher, which handles double-clicking Python
scripts from the Finder.

* A framework :file:`/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework`, which includes the
Python executable and libraries. The installer adds this location to your shell
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Distributing Python Applications on the Mac
===========================================

The "Build Applet" tool that is placed in the MacPython 3.6 folder is fine for
packaging small Python scripts on your own machine to run as a standard Mac
application. This tool, however, is not robust enough to distribute Python
applications to other users.

The standard tool for deploying standalone Python applications on the Mac is
:program:`py2app`. More information on installing and using py2app can be found
at http://undefined.org/python/#py2app.
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