..note::

Check out our:ref:`guide for installing Python 3 on OS X<install3-osx>`.

**Mac OS X comes with Python 2.7 out of the box.**

**Mac OS X comes with Python 2.7 out of the box between versions 10.8 and 12.3.**

You do not need to install or configure anything else to use Python. Having said

If your Mac OS X version is between the above versions,

you do not need to install or configure anything else to use Python. Having said

that, I would strongly recommend that you install the tools and libraries

described in the next section before you start building Python applications for

real-world use. In particular, you should always install Setuptools, as it makes