This package will install Python $FULL_VERSION for macOS $MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET for the following architecture(s): $ARCHITECTURES.

NOTE: Python 2.7,x has now reached end-of-life.  This release, Python 2.7.18, is the FINAL RELEASE of Python 2.7.x.  It will no longer be supported or updated.  You should upgrade to Python 3 as soon as you can.  Read more here.

Certificate verification and OpenSSL

This package includes its own private copy of OpenSSL 1.0.2.   The trust certificates in system and user keychains managed by the Keychain Access application and the security command line utility are not used as defaults by the Python ssl module.  A sample command script is included in /Applications/Python 2.7 to install a curated bundle of default root certificates from the third-party certifi package (https://pypi.org/project/certifi/).  Double-click on Install Certificates to run it.

The bundled pip has its own default certificate store for verifying download connections.

Which installer variant should I use?

Use the macOS 64-bit installer for OS X 10.9 and later. As of 2.7.18, the deprecated macOS 64-bit/32-bit installer for Mac OS X 10.6 and later variant  is no longer provided.   

Using IDLE or other Tk applications 

This package includes its own private version of Tcl/Tk 8.6. It does not use any system-supplied or third-party supplied versions of Tcl/Tk.

Due to new security checks on macOS 10.15 Catalina, when launching IDLE macOS may open a window with a message "Python" would like to access files in your Documents folder.  This is normal as IDLE uses your Documents folder as its default when opening and saving files; you can still choose other locations in the Open and Save file dialog windows.  Click on the OK button to proceed.

Other changes

For other changes in this release, see the What's new section in the Documentation Set for this release and its Release Notes link at https://www.python.org/downloads/.