Hint: MacOS Homebrew Cheatsheet
Homebrew is an open-source package manager for Apple MacOS not too different from the well known linux package manager like dpkg, rpm or the FreeBSD pkg. Some commands which I need regularly even though not often are composed in the following list. # search for a homebrew package $ brew search <expression> # get the newest version of homebrew package $ brew update # Show updated homebrew packages $ brew outdated # Upgrade all updated homebrew packages on your system...
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Install miniconda on MacOS
One of the most used tools in the data science field (alongside R) is Python with its enormous amount of libraries like NumPy, pandas or SciPy. Alongside these there is also the web frontend Jupyter that makes it easy to create interactive Python notebooks which are locally served on your system. If this is not your cup of tea, there are several existing hosted solutions like Google Colaboratory For compatibility reasons MacOS has only Python 2 installed per default (even...
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