Using Python on a Mac page out of date and erroneous

Hi I’m sorry I don’t yet know what a sensible replacement description would be or I would suggest a fix, but the page on Python on a Mac is badly out of date: 3.10.5 Documentation » Python Setup and Usage » Using Python on a Mac It wrongly states that Python is pre-installed on MacOS (it’s not now), and thinks the Intel-based Macs are “new”, and that universal binaries are for Intel and Power PC, rather than Apple Silicon and Intel. I was hoping to set up a set of virtual environments for development on a Mac, with PC-style selectable interpreters, but the package installer from Python.org will not allow a location to be selected for installation, implying that only one instance of the interpreter is allowed, which seems a very backward step. Best regards ––– Prof. Mark Woodman, PhD Director, IT Changes Ltd. | Co-founder Digital Acumen linkedin.com/in/mark-woodman

Hey Mark, Ouch yea, I agree a lot of stuff in there is pretty outdated. For your goal, from what I hear a lot of people use `brew` to install Python on macOS and I believe it supports multiple versions. You could also take a look at `pyenv` to manage local Python installations (unsure on how good that is on macOS). Regards, Simon On Fri, Jun 17, 2022, at 8:05 PM, Mark Woodman wrote:

Ouch. I've filed https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/93987 for this. I'll strongly suggest *not* using Homebrew's Python though (see reasons in [1], along with an additional recommendation). I'll second the recommendation to use pyenv. :) [1] https://justinmayer.com/posts/homebrew-python-is-not-for-you/ Best, Pradyun On Sat, Jun 18, 2022 at 7:15 AM Mark Woodman <m.woodman@itchanges.com> wrote:

Hey Mark, Ouch yea, I agree a lot of stuff in there is pretty outdated. For your goal, from what I hear a lot of people use `brew` to install Python on macOS and I believe it supports multiple versions. You could also take a look at `pyenv` to manage local Python installations (unsure on how good that is on macOS). Regards, Simon On Fri, Jun 17, 2022, at 8:05 PM, Mark Woodman wrote:

Ouch. I've filed https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/93987 for this. I'll strongly suggest *not* using Homebrew's Python though (see reasons in [1], along with an additional recommendation). I'll second the recommendation to use pyenv. :) [1] https://justinmayer.com/posts/homebrew-python-is-not-for-you/ Best, Pradyun On Sat, Jun 18, 2022 at 7:15 AM Mark Woodman <m.woodman@itchanges.com> wrote:
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