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## environment-pyinstaller-osx-compatibility.md

      
        
          
            
              
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                Create mac binaries with pyinstaller that are backwards-compatible on Mac OS X
              
          
        
      
        
  
      
    Make mac binaries with pyinstaller that are backwards-compatible on Mac OS X

Here are some instructions to freeze Python applications that are compatible
with versions of OS X earlier than the one that PyInstaller is used on.
These steps involve compiling and installing Python, PyQt5 etc. manually.
Surprisingly, on my 2016 MacBook, it didn't take too long to set up.  The basic
idea is that Apple's LLVM/clang compiler can produce binaries that are