Python Installation on Apple Mac OSX
For installation Visit python.org/download/ and download the Mac installer. It will have a name similar to Python 3.1 Mac Installer Disk Image, although the version number may be different. Make sure to download version 3. x, not version 2.x
Your browser should automatically mount the disk image and open a Finder
window to show you its contents. Double-click on the Python.mpkg installer package to launch the Python installer for Mac.
- On Mac OSX you can have Python 2 installed in /usr/bin/python and Python 3 installed as /usr/bin/python3.
- Go to the website Homebrew
- An alternative way to install python Anaconda with Python 3.x
$ which python3
$ brew install python3
Free Python Editor for Apple Mac OSX
- CotEditor
- TextWrangler
- TextMate
- Type “text editor” in your Apple Store (filter to free)