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How to change mac app name from executable?


I have a mac app. Let's say the app is myapp.app, and runs an executable called myapp. In the docker, when you hover over the icon, it says 'myapp'. I would like to change this so that the hover over says something different, such as My App.

This isn't a question how to do it once I'm on the mac, but how to build the app in such a way that this is the default behavior. I am constructing the .app on a Linux machine. Is this something that can be set in Info.plist or similar?

(I'm specifically wanting to have the display name have a whitespace in it, as it is two words, else I would change the executable name itself)


Solution

  • Unfortunately, Dock uses file system name. So you should change .app name to "My App.app"