Install AWS CLI on MacOS with Apple Chip

Below steps explains how to setup AWS CLI on MacOS Terminal with Apple Chip.

Steps to install AWS CLI in Mac

1. Open Terminal and download the awscli-bundle.zip using below curl command.

curl "https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-cli/awscli-bundle.zip" -o "awscli-bundle.zip"

2. Extract (unzip) the files from the package.

unzip awscli-bundle.zip

3. Install Python 3.10 from below link

https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3102/

Click on macOS 64-bit universal2 installer and downloads the installer package.

Install the Python package.

4. Install the AWS CLI using below command.

sudo /usr/local/bin/python3.10 awscli-bundle/install -i /usr/local/aws -b /usr/local/bin/aws

5. Login to your AWS account and export below variables in your Mac Terminal to setup the programmatic access.

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="XXXXX"
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="XXXXX"
export AWS_SESSION_TOKEN="XXXXX"
export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION="Your AWS Region"

6. Test if your setup is successful

aws s3 ls