# PyGPlates supports Python 3

**URL:** https://discourse.gplates.org/t/pygplates-supports-python-3/165
**Category:** News & Announcements
**Created:** [20 August 2020 04:24 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/pygplates-supports-python-3/165 "2020-08-20T04:24:13Z")
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### Author: ![john.cannon](https://discourse.gplates.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/3e96dc/32.png) [@john.cannon](https://discourse.gplates.org/u/john.cannon)
#### Post date: [25 August 2020 06:12 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/pygplates-supports-python-3/165/2 "2020-08-25T06:12:20Z")

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Please note that we’ve uploaded new [macOS builds](https://sourceforge.net/projects/gplates/files/pygplates/beta-revision-28/). The previous ones only supported macOS 10.15+ (Catalina). The new ones support 10.13+ (High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina, and any upcoming macOS release).

Also note that you may get the following message when loading/saving OGR files (eg, Shapefiles) with pyGPlates (although if you happen to have the PROJ library installed on your system then you might not):

```
ERROR 1: PROJ: proj_identify: Cannot find proj.db
ERROR 1: PROJ: proj_create_from_database: Cannot find proj.db

```

…but the `proj.db` file should not be needed by pyGPlates, so you can ignore the error for now. We are addressing this issue in the next GPlates/pyGPlates releases.

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