Preparing an OS X Application for Deployment

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You must configure several project options for your OS X application before you build your application for distribution, be it for self-distribution or for submission to the Mac App Store.

The properties that you configure are bundled with your application, usually in the form of .plist files. Because these properties provide key information about your application, you should ensure that they contain the right values before you deploy your application, or you might have to rebuild your application in order to change the configured values (for example, if you sandbox your application).

To configure your OS X application, select Project > Options:

• On the Application page, provide the icons and images to represent your application.
• On the Entitlement List page, assign the entitlements (system access rights) that you want for your application.
• On the Version Info page, define key-value pairs for the info.plist file of your OS X application. For example:
  • CFBundleIdentifier is a unique identifier for your application. For example: com.mycompany.myapp.
  • CFBundleVersion is the version of your application. For example: 1.0.0.

If you need to customize your info.plist file, see Customizing Your info.plist File.

See Also

• Configuring an Application Entry on iTunes Connect to Wait for Upload
• Sandboxing Your OS X Application
• Submitting Your App to the Mac App Store
• Preparing an iOS Application for Deployment
• Deploying Multi-Device Applications