diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9bfca038c..74a44ffbb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ nosetests.xml
 .idea
 .cache
 
+# VSCode
+.vscode
+
 #Mr Developer
 .mr.developer.cfg
 
diff --git a/news.d/bugfix/1271.osx.md b/news.d/bugfix/1271.osx.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d213102be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news.d/bugfix/1271.osx.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Mac notifications no longer have "Plover" as their title.
diff --git a/osx/app_resources/dist_blacklist.txt b/osx/app_resources/dist_blacklist.txt
index 7bf434ead..0c1b3ce0d 100644
--- a/osx/app_resources/dist_blacklist.txt
+++ b/osx/app_resources/dist_blacklist.txt
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 :
   _CodeSignature
   share
-  Resources/English.lproj
+  Resources
 :bin
   !python
   !python3*
+  !Info.plist
   *
 :lib
   **/*.tcl
diff --git a/osx/make_app.sh b/osx/make_app.sh
index cc5e5c285..e39e8ea75 100644
--- a/osx/make_app.sh
+++ b/osx/make_app.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,24 @@ run mkdir -p "$frameworks_dir" "$resources_dir" "$macos_dir"
 # Create the Python framework.
 run osx_standalone_python "$frameworks_dir" "$py_installer_version" "$py_installer_macos" "$py_installer_sha1" "$reloc_py_url" "$reloc_py_sha1"
 
+py_binary="$py_home/bin/python${py_version%.*}"
+
+# Extract Python binary from launcher and fix its references.
+run mv "$py_home/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python" "$py_binary"
+run install_name_tool -rpath "@executable_path/../../../../../../" "@executable_path/../../../" "$py_binary"
+# Remove the codesignature so that we can change the identifier for notifications.
+run /usr/bin/codesign -s - --deep --force "$py_binary"
+run tee "$py_home/bin/Info.plist" <<\EOF
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+    <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
+    <string>org.openstenoproject.plover</string>
+</dict>
+</plist>
+EOF
+
 # Switch to target Python.
 SSL_CERT_FILE="$("$python" -m certifi)"
 run_eval "appdir_python() { env PYTHONNOUSERSITE=1 "$py_home/bin/python" \"\$@\"; }"
diff --git a/plover/oslayer/log_osx.py b/plover/oslayer/log_osx.py
index 7276f7b12..f138d2ba7 100644
--- a/plover/oslayer/log_osx.py
+++ b/plover/oslayer/log_osx.py
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ def emit(self, record):
         # Notification Center has no levels or timeouts.
         notification = NSUserNotification.alloc().init()
 
-        notification.setTitle_(__software_name__.capitalize())
-        notification.setSubtitle_(record.levelname.title())
+        notification.setTitle_(record.levelname.title())
         notification.setInformativeText_(self.format(record))
 
         ns = NSUserNotificationCenter.defaultUserNotificationCenter()