$ brew link python i believe

that would link python 2 in the case where you have a user installed 2.7 as well though no?

@bnorquist Adding the following line to ~/.bash_profile (not ~/.profile) fixed this issue for me:

export PATH="~/Library/Python/3.6/bin:$PATH"

This fix is actually noted in the documentation in this section's note, but it references ~/.local as the typical output example, instead of the example above that is relevant to macOS users.

Not sure why this was closed. Following the instructions here will not work as stated. It says, under the "Working with Python 3" section:

$ python

will launch the homebrew-installed Python 3 interpreter. But it will not under the instructions as they currently stand. It will launch the version of Python shipped with MacOS, since the stated path, export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH is now incorrect, as stated and corrected for in this PR and the corresponding issue. Something needs to be added here, otherwise many people will become confused.

$ brew link python i believe

It's not the solution, see

$ brew link python
Warning: Already linked: /usr/local/Cellar/python/3.7.0
To relink: brew unlink python && brew link python
$ python --version
Python 2.7.10

the solution I found (for a High Sierra clean install) is based on this PR. I too wonder why @kennethreitz closed this...

Just went through this again on a new computer. @kennethreitz brew unlink python && brew link python doesn't work. If you follow the instructions here: https://docs.python-guide.org/starting/install3/osx/ on High Sierra python will still point to system python 2.7. I get the same behavior as @jmmendivil above.

Hey so I'd love to get the macOS install guide updated so that the steps work correctly with a new Mojave install.

Anybody here want to spin up a macOS VM & update the article?

@dbader #936
just tested these steps on a Mojave vm, works just fine.