you can try running snippets of python code by opening terminal and typing python or python as you did when checking your version do this againbut this time enter the following line in the terminal sessionprint("hello python interpreter!"hello python interpreteryou should see your message printed directly in the current terminal window remember that you can close the python interpreter by pressing ctrl - or by typing the command exit(python on os python is already installed on most os systems once you know python is installedyou'll need to install text editor and make sure it' configured correctly checking whether python is installed open terminal window by going to applications utilities terminal you can also press command -spacebartype terminaland then press enter to find out whether python is installedenter python with lowercase you should see output telling you which version of python is installed on your system and prompt where you can start entering python commandslike thispython python (defaultmar : : [gcc compatible apple llvm (clang-)on darwin type "help""copyright""credits"or "licensefor more information this output tells you that python is currently the default version installed on this computer when you've seen this outputpress ctrl - or enter exit(to leave the python prompt and return to terminal prompt to check for python try the command python you might get an error messagebut if the output shows you have python installedyou'll be able to use python without having to install it if python works on your systemwhenever you see the python command in this bookmake sure you use python instead if for some reason your system didn' come with python or if you only have python and you want to install python nowsee appendix