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Update using/mac documentation which was still on 2.5.

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@ -17,14 +17,15 @@ the IDE and the Package Manager that are worth pointing out.
Getting and Installing MacPython
================================
Mac OS X 10.5 comes with Python 2.5.1 pre-installed by Apple. If you wish, you
are invited to install the most recent version of Python from the Python website
(http://www.python.org). A current "universal binary" build of Python, which
runs natively on the Mac's new Intel and legacy PPC CPU's, is available there.
Mac OS X 10.8 comes with Python 2.7 pre-installed by Apple. If you wish, you
are invited to install the most recent version of Python 3 from the Python
website (http://www.python.org). A current "universal binary" build of Python,
which runs natively on the Mac's new Intel and legacy PPC CPU's, is available
there.
What you get after installing is a number of things:
* A :file:`MacPython 2.5` folder in your :file:`Applications` folder. In here
* A :file:`MacPython 3.3` folder in your :file:`Applications` folder. In here
you find IDLE, the development environment that is a standard part of official
Python distributions; PythonLauncher, which handles double-clicking Python
scripts from the Finder; and the "Build Applet" tool, which allows you to
@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ aware of: programs that talk to the Aqua window manager (in other words,
anything that has a GUI) need to be run in a special way. Use :program:`pythonw`
instead of :program:`python` to start such scripts.
With Python 2.5, you can use either :program:`python` or :program:`pythonw`.
With Python 3.3, you can use either :program:`python` or :program:`pythonw`.
Configuration
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There are several methods to install additional Python packages:
* http://pythonmac.org/packages/ contains selected compiled packages for Python
2.5, 2.4, and 2.3.
* Packages can be installed via the standard Python distutils mode (``python
setup.py install``).
* Many packages can also be installed via the :program:`setuptools` extension.
* Many packages can also be installed via the :program:`setuptools` extension
or :program:`pip` wrapper, see http://www.pip-installer.org/.
GUI Programming on the Mac
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Distributing Python Applications on the Mac
===========================================
The "Build Applet" tool that is placed in the MacPython 2.5 folder is fine for
The "Build Applet" tool that is placed in the MacPython 3.3 folder is fine for
packaging small Python scripts on your own machine to run as a standard Mac
application. This tool, however, is not robust enough to distribute Python
applications to other users.