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# Build Instructions (macOS)
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Follow the guidelines below for building **Electron itself** on macOS, for the purposes of creating custom Electron binaries. For bundling and distributing your app code with the prebuilt Electron binaries, see the [application distribution][application-distribution] guide.
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[application-distribution]: ../tutorial/application-distribution.md
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## Prerequisites
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* macOS >= 10.11.6
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* [Xcode](https://developer.apple.com/technologies/tools/) >= 9.0.0
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* [node.js](https://nodejs.org) (external)
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* Python 2.7 with support for TLS 1.2
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## Python
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Please also ensure that your system and Python version support at least TLS 1.2.
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This depends on both your version of macOS and Python. For a quick test, run:
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```sh
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$ npx @electron/check-python-tls
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```
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If the script returns that your configuration is using an outdated security
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protocol, you can either update macOS to High Sierra or install a new version
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of Python 2.7.x. To upgrade Python, use [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/):
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```sh
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$ brew install python@2 && brew link python@2 --force
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```
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If you are using Python as provided by Homebrew, you also need to install
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the following Python modules:
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* [pyobjc](https://pypi.org/project/pyobjc/#description)
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You can use `pip` to install it:
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```sh
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$ pip install pyobjc
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```
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## macOS SDK
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If you're developing Electron and don't plan to redistribute your
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custom Electron build, you may skip this section.
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Official Electron builds are built with [Xcode 12.2](https://download.developer.apple.com/Developer_Tools/Xcode_12.2/Xcode_12.2.xip), and the macOS 11.0 SDK. Building with a newer SDK works too, but the releases currently use the 11.0 SDK.
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## Building Electron
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See [Build Instructions: GN](build-instructions-gn.md).
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