I am trying to execute a cronjob on MacOS and it seems that whenever it executes, it uses an older version of Python.

I created a .sh file that would execute the following command:

#!/bin/bash
python3 --version
/usr/bin/python3 /Users/mymacos/Documents/OrderTracker/gve_devnet_ccw_order_delivery_date_tracker/src/ccwquery.py

Whenever I do, python3 –version on terminal, my Python verison is the following:

Python 3.12.3

But whenever the cronjob .sh execute, I see that in the cron that the Python version is

Python 3.9.6

Here is a dump of my local bin

$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/python*
lrwxr-xr-x  1 mymacos  admin  25  1 Jun 06:39 /usr/local/bin/python -> /usr/local/bin/python3.12
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root      wheel  70 31 May 14:52 /usr/local/bin/python3 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/bin/python3
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root      wheel  77 31 May 14:52 /usr/local/bin/python3-config -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/bin/python3-config
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root      wheel  78 31 May 14:52 /usr/local/bin/python3-intel64 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/bin/python3-intel64
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root      wheel  73 31 May 14:52 /usr/local/bin/python3.12 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/bin/python3.12
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root      wheel  80 31 May 14:52 /usr/local/bin/python3.12-config -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/bin/python3.12-config
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root      wheel  81 31 May 14:52 /usr/local/bin/python3.12-intel64 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/bin/python3.12-intel64
lrwxr-xr-x  1 mymacos  admin  25 31 May 14:59 /usr/local/bin/python3.9 -> /usr/local/bin/python3.12

Any idea on how to make my cron always execute the system Python version, i.e Python 3.12.3?

Thank you!

I created a .sh file that would execute the following command:

#!/bin/bash
python3 --version
/usr/bin/python3 /Users/mymacos/Documents/OrderTracker/gve_devnet_ccw_order_delivery_date_tracker/src/ccwquery.py

Whenever I do, python3 –version on terminal, my Python verison is the following:

Python 3.12.3

But whenever the cronjob .sh execute, I see that in the cron that the Python version is

Python 3.9.6

Here is a dump of my local bin

$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/python*
lrwxr-xr-x  1 mymacos  admin  25  1 Jun 06:39 /usr/local/bin/python -> /usr/local/bin/python3.12
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root      wheel  70 31 May 14:52 /usr/local/bin/python3 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/bin/python3
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root      wheel  77 31 May 14:52 /usr/local/bin/python3-config -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/bin/python3-config
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root      wheel  78 31 May 14:52 /usr/local/bin/python3-intel64 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/bin/python3-intel64
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root      wheel  73 31 May 14:52 /usr/local/bin/python3.12 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/bin/python3.12
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root      wheel  80 31 May 14:52 /usr/local/bin/python3.12-config -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/bin/python3.12-config
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root      wheel  81 31 May 14:52 /usr/local/bin/python3.12-intel64 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/bin/python3.12-intel64
lrwxr-xr-x  1 mymacos  admin  25 31 May 14:59 /usr/local/bin/python3.9 -> /usr/local/bin/python3.12