How to open an application in Mac OS using Python

Question

I want to open an application like TextEdit or Firefox in Mac OS using Python and wait till the applications exits. I can't figure out exact command to open an app and wait.

Answer 1

You can open any application like this example

import os

os.system("open /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app")
os.system("open /Applications/Todoist.app")
os.system("open /Applications/WhatsApp.app")