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  1. rjalex

    Python (pyenv) environment screwed up. Please help

    ** SOLVED ** (see second post) Hi guys, not sure what I've done but things aren't working as before. pyenv global does not change the default python interpreter as it did before. here's my setup: pyenv 2.3.27 installed via brew bob@Roberts-Mac-mini ~ % pyenv versions system * 2.7.18 (set by...
  2. MendyLanda

    Problem fixed: How to keep a bluetooth connection on forever!

    Hi everyone 👋 Recently I bought a bluetooth speaker and I noticed that when my mac goes to sleep, the bluetooth connection is lost and I have to reconnect to the speaker every time I wake up my mac. I tried to searching for a solution but I couldn't find anything that worked for me. So I...
  3. D

    macOS Restoring Bash and Python 2.7 on Monterey a good idea?

    Many years ago I taught myself some Bash and Python and wrote a couple of scripts which I still use all the time for work. So far this hasn't been a problem as I was still using Sierra on my old Mac. But now I just got a new Mac Studio running Monterey, which seems to have ditched both Bash and...
  4. D

    macOS Moving from Sierra to Monterey. Will my Bash and Python code survive?

    I am using Sierra right now but will be moving over to a new Mac soon. Many years ago I learned some basic programming (bash and python) and wrote a few little scripts that I still use a lot for work. I have since forgotten most of what I had learned, though. I read somewhere that the version...
  5. trickster is meaningless

    Developers/Musicians using M1+ Macs

    Hey all, A lot of the focus around the M1 is on video/photo editing. However there aren't a huge number of reports on audio or software development. I'm going to refer to M1 here as the generation rather than the specific chip, so that'll encompass the Pro/Max/Ultra. My daily driver is a 2016...
  6. L

    MP 1,1-5,1 Trying to get the biggest speed/processing power upgrade for least $ for my Mac Pro 3,1 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Cores

    Hi Mac Pro experts, I'm looking to substantially increase the speed/processing power of my Mac Pro (early 2008) 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Cores. I've read that it's possible to switch out the two processors with 3.8 GHz Quad-Cores (or 2 hex-cores) and max out the RAM at 32 GB. However, I read that...
  7. GSWForever8

    Run python in terminal?

    How do you run python in macOS terminal?
  8. 1

    Right click Open With IDLE not working in mac finder Python

    Hello, whenever I have IDLE open, I can right click a python script in finder and open with IDLE. However, when IDLE is not already open, I get an error message saying “The document could not be opened.IDLE cannot open files in the python script format”. I have seen similar issues online but I...
  9. M

    Delete Python Core Services

    Hello, so I downloaded the Minstaller for a LUT package and it decided to instal Python 3 in my core services. It keeps asking me to install developer tools at Startup. I have tracked the file to the core services folder and cannot delete it. Can anyone give me directions how I might? Even if...
  10. Denimbeard

    Hoping to clean out bloat on Macbook Air, run as clean as possible

    I'm trying to set up my macbook for a clean python environment to use with my upcoming classes, and wanted to know if there are any good solutions for clearing out unneeded, junk, or bloat in my system, without a clean install again. I think a lot of things are coming through from previous...
  11. nettmanek

    PyQt5 and Big Sur

    Hi All, I am programming in python using PyQT5 and I have noticed that none of my apps runs on Big Sur - Python itself works - I have reinstalled PyQt5 and also updated my python to 3.9 version which was released just few days ago but still none of the Qt windows want to open. Anybody know how...
  12. M

    Python on MacBook Air

    Hello, I made a factory reset of my MacBook Air, and downloaded a firewall and an antivirus program. Then I noticed that the firewall picked up a program called "Python", which I found to be strange. To my knowledge, this is a similar program to R (Statistics, coding, forecasting, etc...
  13. galgot

    A webkit2png equivalent for Tiger ?

    Hi, does someone knows an equivalent of webkit2png command line tool that would use Firefox (or TenFourFox or something else completely, but would have to be CL) on 10.4 ? I’m trying to reproduce this ...
  14. iPodClassic1

    macOS Python) How to use Safari Selenium WebDriver without the automated test mode?

    Hi, I'm playing around with Python using the Selenium WebDriver, and I'm trying a simple script that will open up a browser window and automate some work stuff; however, the browser window has an orange address bar, and whenever I want to interact with it, it just pops up. Which kinda breaks...
  15. Prplehz76

    Remote user that I can’t shake!

    I need some heavy duty help to shake a remote user! I’ve tried everything even had professional IT help but he’s sneaky and can disappear as quickly as he appears! I’ve got all the programs he/she is infiltrating and can see the workflow on my console. I have used sudo on my terminal and can...
  16. O

    macOS [HELP] dev wanted to compile open source app for macos

    gajim (gtk3/python) is a Jabber/XMPP networks chat client with secure OMEMO encryption. after a long and active development time gajim v1 has been released and looks and feels really smexy. the gajim devs are searching for macos artists to support them to build a native macos client now...
  17. Andropov

    Python 3.6 and matplotlib on PowerPC

    I installed Python 3.6 and matplotlib (along with numpy, scipy, etc) through MacPorts on my iMac G4 but importing matplotlib.pyplot crashes python: 192:~ Raul$ python3 Python 3.6.5 (default, Mar 29 2018, 15:41:19) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5577)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits"...
  18. tevion5

    Leopard Python IDE?

    I'm trying to play around with python development on PPC Leoaprd with my Quad, after discovering to positive surprise the latest version of Python 2 and a still very recent version of Python 3 are still available for PPC OS X. I love using PyCharm on my MacBook Pro, but the oldest version of...
  19. D

    macOS USB-Serial programming

    Hi everyone, I'm currently stuck in a problem. I'm using a computer-controlled power source in order to supply current to some coils. The issue starts with the computer. For Windows there are drivers that solve it, but none for Mac nor Ubuntu/Linux. The source connects via USB port and is...
  20. M

    macOS Python installation questions

    I just bought the new programming course from The Teaching Company and am setting up to play with Python. It looks to be a painless way to learn Python and review familiar programming concepts. Fun stuff for me but, with non-existant to minimal unix skills, I need some help getting started. I...