MacOS applications folder missing after install without GUI Applications
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Since May 7, 2026.
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Description
Bug report
Bug description:
After downloading the MacOS installer from https://www.python.org/downloads/, selecting "Customize" for the Installation Type and deselecting "GUI Applications", the /Applications/Python 3.x folder isn't created.
I'd have expected to at least find the readme, license and the install certificates script there even without the GUI components.
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Tested with the latest release 3.15.0b1 but I believe that issue has been there for a while. Though I only recently started deselecting the GUI option.
CPython versions tested on:
3.15
Operating systems tested on:
macOS
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