I’m pretty sure in my early days of developing I messed up my Python installation and installed and upgraded it in various different points of my PATH. For context, I am using a Mac with Apple M1 Pro silicon.

My /usr/local/bin/ folder looks like this: Fig. 1: /usr/local/bin/

My /usr/bin/ folder contains only the following Python exec: python3

Is this the correct version that is shipped out with Mac M1 chips inside /usr/bin/ or had this been tampered with by me in the past? As far as I know Macs all ship out with Python2.7?

When I run python --version in ~ I get Python 3.9.6.

How can I correct my PATH in order to return to the default native settings? Essentially what I want to know is what versions of Python should be in what points of my PATH on a freshly shipped out Apple M1.

I have already removed all Python kegs from brew.