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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)

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  • <key>CFBundleName</key> <string>Sublime Text</string> probably. Commented May 18, 2018 at 6:04
  • @Rishav, no, the Dock doesn't use the bundle name from the Info.plist. It used the name of the app bundle in the file system. Commented May 18, 2018 at 14:07
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    @ffConundrums: Having whitespace in the name (the bundle filename or the executable) is no problem. The executable name doesn't matter for the Dock, though. Commented May 18, 2018 at 14:09
  • @KenThomases thanks so much, I didn't realize I could keep a space in the executable. Just change the executable name (Info.plist to update that), and the name of the app itself - worked like a charm :) (Well, with followup to the app code of course) Commented May 18, 2018 at 20:00

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

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