Setting Mac OSX Application Menu menu bar item to other than "Python" in my python Qt application
Question: I am writing a GUI application using python and Qt. When I launch my
application on Mac, the first menu item in the Mac menu bar at the top of the
screen is "Python". I would prefer the application name there to be the name
of my application. How can I get my program name up there?

The following demo program creates a window with two menus: "Python", and
"Foo". I don't like that, because it makes no difference to my users whether I
wrote the app in python or COBOL. Instead I want menus "MyApp" and "Foo".

    
    
    #!/usr/bin/python
    
    # This example demonstrates unwanted "Python"
    # application menu name on Mac.
    
    # Makes no difference whether we use PySide or PyQt4
    from PySide.QtGui import *
    # from PyQt4.QtGui import *
    
    import sys
    
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    # Mac menubar application menu is always "Python".
    # I want "DesiredAppTitle" instead.
    # setApplicationName() does not affect Mac menu bar.
    app.setApplicationName("DesiredAppTitle")
    win = QMainWindow()
    # need None parent for menubar on Mac to get custom menus at all
    mbar = QMenuBar()
    # Add a custom menu to menubar.
    fooMenu = QMenu(mbar)
    fooMenu.setTitle("Foo")
    mbar.addAction(fooMenu.menuAction())
    win.setMenuBar(mbar)
    win.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())
    

How can I change that application menu name on Mac? EDIT: I would prefer to
continue to use the system python (or whatever python is on the user PATH) if
possible.


Answer: You seem to need an OSX .app for this to work, as the `Info.plist` file in
there contains the user-visible name for the application that is put there.
This defaults to Python, which is the title you see for the program menu.
[This blog](http://aralbalkan.com/1675) post outlines the steps you need to
take, while the [OSX Developer
Library](http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPRuntimeConfig/Articles/ConfigFiles.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20002091-CJBJIEDH)
has the docs on the property list you need to fill.

