Python users on the Mac are likely aware that Python is being deprecated from macOS 12.3 onward, and will no longer be preinstalled on the Mac. But Python remains an incredibly popular programming language, and if you rely on Python you’ll likely want to continue to have Python available in macOS. It’s easy to get Python 3 on the Mac, so let’s go a step further and show you how you can make Python 3 the new default Python version in macOS, whenever the python command is executed.

Installing Python 3 on the Mac

If you already installed Python 3 on the Mac…