How To: Install Anaconda Without Administrator Privileges on a Mac

How do I install Anaconda distribution without administrator permissions on a Mac?

# Command to download most recent release of Anaconda for Apple Silicon
curl -fsSL https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/ | \
sed -n 's/.*href="\(Anaconda3-[^"]*-MacOSX-arm64\.sh\)".*/\1/p' | \
head -1 | xargs -I{} curl -# -L -o {} https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/{} \
&& chmod u+x {}'

1. Within the folder where the installation script is located, enter "bash Anaconda3-2025.12-2-MacOSX-arm64.sh" to begin the installation process.

2. Read and accept the license agreement.

4.  Set Destination Folder to a location you can create and modify files. Press Enter/Return.

Example:  /Users/%UserName%/anaconda3

5. Installation begins in designated location.

6. Prompt to proceed to automatically initialize conda base environment upon launching a shell.

7. Anaconda installation complete.