title: How to get Conda and Virtualenv to work on mac OS Catalina?
body: <p>I previously had Conda running smoothly on Mojave, but I've found that the upgrade to Catalina moves the "anaconda3" folder to your Desktop > Relocated Items > Security > anaconda3. It seems Catalina's security settings may not allow applications to install directly under the user directory anymore.</p>
  
  <p>I tried the suggestion <a href="https://github.com/ContinuumIO/anaconda-issues/issues/10998" rel="noreferrer">here</a>, written below:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Hi, I might have a solution</p>
    
    <ul>
    <li>Copy the folder anaconda3 located in Relocated Items to    /Users/myname/ </li>
    <li>Open Terminal </li>
    <li>Enter: export   PATH=''/Users/myname/anaconda3/bin:$PATH"  </li>
    <li>Enter: conda init zsh</li>
    </ul>
    
    <p>It worked! Good luck!   </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>But this doesn't work for me. After <code>conda init zsh</code> I get:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>-bash: /Users/USER/anaconda3/bin/conda: /anaconda3/bin/python: bad interpreter: No such file or directory</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>How can I get Conda up and running again <strong>without</strong> losing all my virtual environments? Thanks!</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p><strong>Update</strong></p>
  
  <p>I got Conda to work following @Ted Shaowang's suggestion. This means that <code>conda env list</code> shows all the virtual environments created via Conda. </p>
  
  <p>However I am still experiencing an issue with <code>virtualenv</code> as since I changed the default anaconda3 file locations, python cannot be found.</p>
  
  <p>The python executable located at <code>.virtualenvs/env/bin/python</code> cannot be found. Do I need to make further changes in order for python to work from <code>virtualenv</code> too?</p>