title: How can I run Python 3.9.1 natively on M1 Mac?
body: <p>Seems to be impossible currently with Anaconda as well as with Xcode 12. Via idle, it runs via Rosetta. There seems to be no discussion of this so either I'm quite naive or maybe this will be useful to others as well.</p>
  <p>Python says: &quot;As of 3.9.1, Python now fully supports building and running on macOS 11.0 (Big Sur) and on Apple Silicon Macs (based on the ARM64 architecture). A new universal build variant, universal2, is now available to natively support both ARM64 and Intel 64 in one set of executables&quot; <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.9.html" rel="noreferrer">https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.9.html</a></p>
  <p>Please help a newbie figure out how to take advantage of his recent impulse-buy.</p>