On Fri, May 29, 2015, at 12:11, Ned Deily wrote: > As others > have noted, running third-party apps like CleanMyMac is probably not a > good idea, but, even if it is as crappy as its sounds, I would think it > unlikely that it would be fooling with the Apple-supplied system Python > in /System/Library/Frameworks.
It sounds very likely to me. These "cleaner" apps are often designed to remove "unnecessary" system components where the author doesn't know what they are and doesn't think anyone needs them because his system runs fine without it, along with the mistaken belief that these take up a lot of space or that their existence slows down performance. Looking at the version history of this page: https://software.com/mac/utilities/cleanmymac/1.10.0 It looks like python is removed or otherwise messed-with by a module called "System Junk" (earlier "Development Junk"). Version 1.9.4 _claims_ that it fixed: ""Sytem Junk" module reliability improved and fixed issues with python applications." - but this is basically an admission that it was messing with the sort of thing that could cause these issues in the first place. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list