The open secret to using Python on macOS is to leave the system Python (2.7x) completely alone and install pyenv/pipenv to manage your environments. This will s

The open secret to using Python on macOS is to leave the system Python (2.7x) completely alone and install pyenv/pipenv to manage your environments. This will save you a world of pain. Since it's 2019 and I no longer need 2.7, when I run this... $ pyenv versions system * 3.7.3 (set by /Users/wyclif/.pyenv/version) ...it's dead simple. Now, if I wanted to I could manage any number of previous versions with pyenv and pipenv.