On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 9:33 AM <jimmcc@mccorison.com> wrote:
The issue is that you must use a specific version of Python, linked to 
on the install page, for macOS. There is no 64-bit version of it 
available. Starting with the next release of MacOS, 32-bit executables 
will no longer be supported. Hence, without an upgrade path, Chirp on 
Mac will be dead.
 
You don't have to install it that way. The runtime is just the original supported method.

The instructions indicate you can also install via Homebrew:
https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Download#MacOS-Users
brew install tdsmith/ham/chirp


Tom KD7LXL