Trezorctl on MacOS

This article describes in detail how to get the low-level command line tool trezorctl working on MacOS.

trezorctl commands are tools written in the Python programming language that can be used with the Trezor device using the command line client.

trezorctl is for advanced users. Please proceed with caution.

Installation

Prerequisites

Make sure Trezor Bridge is installed and that your Trezor device is visible on the status page here

Step 1: install Homebrew

The following commands do change from time to time. Therefore, to ensure you are installing the most up todate version of homebrew visit the homebrew homepage and confirm that the command is still accurate.

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

If you are presented with next steps and a list of commands as in the screenshot below, to complete setup it is necessary to run each command individualy to add Homebrew to your PATH.