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Expand Up @@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ You can pass many options to the configure script; run ``./configure --help``
to find out more. On macOS and Cygwin, the executable is called ``python.exe``;
elsewhere it's just ``python``.

If you are running on MacOS with the latest updates installed, make sure to install

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Sorry to be pedantic but the correct current styling according to Apple is "macOS", not "MacOS", and that's the way it appears elsewhere in README.rst.

openSSL or some other SSL software along with Homebrew or another package manager.
If issues persist, see https://devguide.python.org/setup/#macos-and-os-x for more
information.

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There are other options besides Homebrew. And other modules are needed. Since this is somewhat of a moving target, suggest just referring to the macOS section of the Python Developer's Guide for now: https://devguide.python.org/setup/#macos-and-os-x

On macOS, if you have configured Python with ``--enable-framework``, you
should use ``make frameworkinstall`` to do the installation. Note that this
installs the Python executable in a place that is not normally on your PATH,
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