import tensorflow error about tensorflow_macos

[Willian-Zhang]

try deactivate and conda deactivate , also be sure to use Terminal.app instead of any IDE before running the installation script .

[ttopac]

I am having the same issue. For some reason the script in the homepage doesn't seem to be installing the arm version on my M1 Mac.

[noahc1510]

I have the same issue, too. But I installed it on anaconda base on intel platform.

[thomastiotto]

Same issue here in Apple Silicon Mac

[SevenChords]

same issue here, also using an Apple Silicon Mac, installed using anaconda3.8 since the new macs with the M1 chip ship with python version 3.9 and tensorflow_macos requires python 3.8

[mostsignificantbit]

try deactivate and conda deactivate , also be sure to use Terminal.app instead of any IDE before running the installation script .

as well the initiation command should be triggered from an expected cpu process: i.e. using any x86 IDE built in terminal to start python will start the x86 python version of the universal app installed /usr/bin and lead to the unwanted results that are experienced here.

So what to do on a M1 Mac?

• don't install any additional python versions which are not universal, i.e. just install the one that comes from Apple with Xcode command line tools / or make sure these are not used for your use case of testing arm64 Tensorflow
• the correct one is at /usr/bin/python3 and using the command >$file /usr/bin/python3< should reveal both architectures
• use the macOS terminal.app (it's an arm64 process) to install the Tensorflow package (this will install the arm version)
• use the macOS terminal.app (not a x86 IDE / it's built in terminal, like VStudioCode or PyCharm) to start your virtual environment and run the scripts

[mostsignificantbit]

same issue here, also using an Apple Silicon Mac, installed using anaconda3.8 since the new macs with the M1 chip ship with python version 3.9 and tensorflow_macos requires python 3.8

Mine came with 3.8.2 (I guess by installing the Xcode command line tools) . So I guess you installed something additionally that installed a non universal Python. You can check it with >file $(which python3)<

[fzzfbyx]

thank you so much.just delete all other python version and use the original python 3.8 which is in user/bin to create the virtualenv.and don't use any IDE.Problem solved.

[SevenChords]

can't do @mostsignificantbit since all Apple Silicon macs ship with python 3.9 and don't have python 3.8 installed, you have to install tensorflow through another installation of python, if you try the one installes in usr/bin you will get an error because that one is version 3.9 and tensorflow_macos needs python 3.8

[fzzfbyx]

the verison of python in usr/bin is 3.8 and it has two architectures(the file name is python3).I just uninstall all other python downloaded from web and use that one.It worked.

[mostsignificantbit]

can't do @mostsignificantbit since all Apple Silicon macs ship with python 3.9 and don't have python 3.8 installed, you have to install tensorflow through another installation of python, if you try the one installes in usr/bin you will get an error because that one is version 3.9 and tensorflow_macos needs python 3.8

please check again, mine shipped with 3.8.2 as pointed out above.
type in the terminal

file $(which python3)

You should get a result like this, otherwise you overwrote your install:

/usr/bin/python3 (for architecture x86_64):	Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64
/usr/bin/python3 (for architecture arm64e):	Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64e

python3 --version
Python 3.8.2

[SevenChords]

ok, just checked, when i first got it it shipped with 3.9, but i had to do a reinstall of macos because of some other thing, and now it has 3.8.2 installed, anyway, now it should work

[diogoribeiro09]

Sorry to bring back this topic from the dead but somehow i overwrote the default python path. When i do file $(which python3) I get:

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/bin/python3: Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64

Is there a way to point it back to /usr/bin/python3 ?

Edit: Funny I found this 2 min after i wrote this when i spent the whole afternoon trying to figure it out. I was able to rever it back by uninstalling all other versions of python in my system with these commands:

sudo rm -rf “/Applications/Python”
sudo rm -rf /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework

And finally:

/usr/bin/python3: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures: [x86_64:Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64] [arm64e:Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64e] /usr/bin/python3 (for architecture x86_64): Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64 /usr/bin/python3 (for architecture arm64e): Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64e