fixes for mac build

package/force_launcher.scpt

@@ -1,23 +1,28 @@
 set options to {"HERON", "RAVEN", "TEAL", "Quit"}
 
-set resourceName to "heron"
-set filePathName to quoted form of POSIX path of (path to resource resourceName) as text
-
-set selectedOption to choose from list options with title "FORCE Launcher" with prompt "Which FORCE application woudl you like to use?" default items {"HERON"}
+set selectedOption to choose from list options with title "FORCE Launcher" with prompt "Which FORCE application would you like to use?" default items {"HERON"}
 
 if selectedOption is false then
     display dialog "No option selected. Exiting..." buttons {"OK"} default button "OK"
 else
     set selectedOption to item 1 of selectedOption
     if selectedOption is "HERON" then
-        set resourceName to "heron"
+        set filePathName to quoted form of "/Applications/FORCE.app/Contents/Resources/heron"
     else if selectedOption is "RAVEN" then
-        set resourceName to "raven_framework"
+        set filePathName to quoted form of "/Applications/FORCE.app/Contents/Resources/raven_framework"
     else if selectedOption is "TEAL" then
-        set resourceName to "teal"
+        set filePathName to quoted form of "/Applications/FORCE.app/Contents/Resources/teal"
     else if selectedOption is "Quit" then
         display dialog "Exiting..." buttons {"OK"} default button "OK"
+        return
     end if
-    set filePathName to quoted form of POSIX path of (path to resource resourceName) as text
-    do shell script filePathName
-end if
+    -- do shell script filePathName
+    try
+        do shell script "test -e " & filePathName
+        -- If the test passes, the file exists and we proceed with the script
+        do shell script filePathName
+    on error
+        -- If the file doesn't exist, display an error message
+        display dialog "The file at " & filePathName & " does not exist." buttons {"OK"} default button "OK"
+    end try
+end if

package/setup.py

@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
 else:
     ipopt_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.executable), "ipopt")
     build_exe_options["include_files"] += [
-       (ipopt_path, "local/bin/ipopt")
+    #    (ipopt_path, "local/bin/ipopt")
+       (ipopt_path, "ipopt")  # put it in main directory
     ]
 
 setup(

package/ui/utils.py

@@ -52,10 +52,9 @@ def get_workbench_dir_from_exe_path(workbench_exe_path: pathlib.Path) -> pathlib
     @ In, workbench_exe_path, pathlib.Path, the path to the Workbench executable
     @ Out, workbench_dir, pathlib.Path, the path to the Workbench installation directory
     """
-    if platform.system() == "Darwin":
-        workbench_dir = workbench_exe_path.parent.parent.parent
-    else:
-        workbench_dir = workbench_exe_path.parent.parent
+    # NOTE: for macOS, this returns the path to the "Contents" directory in the app bundle, not the
+    # app bundle's root directory. However, this keeps pathing more consistent with other platforms.
+    workbench_dir = workbench_exe_path.parent.parent
     return workbench_dir
 
 
@@ -251,7 +250,7 @@ def create_workbench_heron_default(workbench_dir: pathlib.Path):
                 "      default {\n"
                 "        options {\n"
                 "          shared {\n"
-                f"            \"Executable\"=\"{heron_path}\"\n"
+                f"            Executable=\"{heron_path}\"\n"
                 "          }\n"
                 "        }\n"
                 "      }\n"
@@ -271,7 +270,8 @@ def convert_xml_to_heron(xml_file: pathlib.Path, workbench_path: pathlib.Path) -
     # Find the xml2eddi.py script in the Workbench installation directory
     xml2eddi_script = workbench_path / "rte" / "util" / "xml2eddi.py"
     if not xml2eddi_script.exists():
-        print("ERROR: Could not find the xml2eddi.py script in the Workbench installation directory.")
+        print(f"ERROR: Could not find the xml2eddi.py script in the Workbench installation directory ({str(workbench_path)}). "
+              f"Checked {str(xml2eddi_script)}.")
         return None
 
     # Convert the .xml file to a .heron file by running the xml2eddi.py script with the .xml file as