You would get python version 2.7 or below being installed by default with macOS, you can check your default python version by following command,
python --version
To know the list of python versions available on your macOS, run the below command in terminal,
ls -ltr /usr/local/bin/python*
If you want to set Python 3.8 as the default python version on macOS,
- Install latest version of python using terminal command: $ brew install python
- Now change the default python symlink to the version you just installed.
ln -s -f /usr/local/bin/python3.8 /usr/local/bin/python
- Now check the default version again using python --version command
⚡️ This should work on Big Sur, Mojave, High Sierra e.t.c
Comments:
- I am using macOS Big Sur and its working for me!
anonymous 03 Sep 2020 05:10:54 GMT
- Hey man! this was useful information.
bigMac 02 Sep 2020 11:12:25 GMT
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