Publishing App on Mac (Private Usage) - xcode

I'm too stupid right now... I wrote a small code on Swift, that will help me with my productivity in my work. Now I want to publish the app, but I don't know how. The library of apple doesn't tell me how to publish it for private usage.
I just need the .dmg or something similar, so I can start it from my mac.
Sorry for this nooby question.
Phil
p.S. I remember that you had to have a developer account for publishing apps on iOS and that it costs like 80€. I hope that's not the case for me.

just go the project list of xCode and you will see the name of the app. Use the right click in order to click on "Open with Finder". There you have it.

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https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/101265
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As I said in comment to Matt below his correct answer to my actual question above, I needed to get the project right to get to that point.
Here are the more intimate details for the lurkers. I hope this helps some of you.
I was getting, or trying, to get all of this in place manually instead of letting VS do it's work getting this stuff together while I got to coding. FastLane FTW
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I never get the automatic provisioning to work. And while this bundle signing settings look like it will not work, it does. I have received my apple approval for beta and users are in testflight.
Also, make sure you update the version of the app in the plist for subsequent releases. This change is not carried through from the AssemblyInfo.cs as one might expect. viola.
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FWIW - My VS2017:
While this does not perfectly match the info # https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/cross-platform/macios/apple-account-management?tabs=windows it worked for me. That page was key to the solution and deserves citing. Your mileage may vary.
If I missed something please reach out and I will update this.

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