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navigation, search  This is a complete step-by-step guide on how
to run your own pywikibot on Wikimedia projects, from your Mac,
hopefully more easy and readable than the original one.
Downloading MacPython[edit]  Apple provides an installation of
Python with every Mac OS X installation, by default. You don’t
need to install Python, but you might want to update it. Here
are the instructions.  First of all, you need to download
Python, the application that reads the scripts and does
something with them. Download MacPython from here, choosing
“Python 2.5.2 for Macintosh OS X”. Open the downloaded dmg file
and install it. In Applications in Finder you should now find a
folder named “MacPython 2.5”. Nothing else needs to be done
here, close Finder.  NOTE: A new application will be installed
on your Mac, with the name “IDLE”. It’s just difficult and
confusing, and nothing worth spending time on trying to use.
Downloading SVN[edit]  Many Wikimedia projects re