# Tensorflow environment doesn't work in 2023.03 on Mac

**URL:** <https://forum.anaconda.com/t/tensorflow-environment-doesnt-work-in-2023-03-on-mac/54981>\
**Category:** Bugs & Issues\
**Created:** [May 4, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/tensorflow-environment-doesnt-work-in-2023-03-on-mac/54981 "2023-05-04T02:18:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alan\_Tan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f5a800/32.png) [@Alan\_Tan](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Alan_Tan)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/tensorflow-environment-doesnt-work-in-2023-03-on-mac/54981/1 "2023-05-04T02:18:09Z")

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Hi, I used to have 2022 version of Anaconda installed on my Mac, I was able to install then use tensorflow in jupyter notebook without any issue based on instructions : [TensorFlow — Anaconda documentation](https://docs.anaconda.com/free/anaconda/applications/tensorflow/)  
But after I changed to 2023.03 version and reinstall the tensorflow based on same instructions, then the tf environment can’t find the ‘jupyter’ nor ‘ipython’. Any clues why ? Thx for comments.  
-Alan

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**Author:** ![Carlos\_Valin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f5a800/32.png) [@Carlos\_Valin](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Carlos_Valin)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 9:35am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/tensorflow-environment-doesnt-work-in-2023-03-on-mac/54981/2 "2023-05-04T09:35:09Z")

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Good morning,

Thank you so much for contacting us, please launch these commands:

```auto
conda create -n tf tensorflow

conda activate tf

conda install -n tf ipykernel

conda install -n tf jupyter

```

That should fix your problem, let us know if that worked for you, we are happy to assist you.

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**Author:** ![Alan\_Tan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f5a800/32.png) [@Alan\_Tan](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Alan_Tan)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/tensorflow-environment-doesnt-work-in-2023-03-on-mac/54981/3 "2023-05-04T18:32:04Z")

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> [@Carlos\_Valin](#):
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> `conda install -n tf ipykernel`

So this means I have to re-install all packages I added into the ‘base’ environment in order to use this new ‘tf’ environment ? (should the Anaconda document add some more info there ?)

BTW, I did add all packages, like seaborn, plotly, scikit-learn,… into the new ‘tf’ env, then launch the jupyter notebook from ‘tf’, then things seems working fine ! But I still don’t know why the 2022 version of Anaconda just work after the first two steps (create the ‘tf’, active) then I can launch the jupyter notebook without any issue.

Anyway, thx a lot !  
-Alan

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**Author:** ![Carlos\_Valin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f5a800/32.png) [@Carlos\_Valin](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Carlos_Valin)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/tensorflow-environment-doesnt-work-in-2023-03-on-mac/54981/4 "2023-05-05T12:10:36Z")

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Hi again,

I’m glad that it worked for you, each environment work isolated from the other, I will leave you useful information about environments and Anaconda here:

[https://conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/getting-started.html](https://conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/getting-started.html)

Don’t hesitate to reach out again if you need anything else, thank you for contacting us!!

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**Author:** ![Carlos\_Valin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f5a800/32.png) [@Carlos\_Valin](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Carlos_Valin)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/tensorflow-environment-doesnt-work-in-2023-03-on-mac/54981/5 "2023-05-05T12:15:16Z")

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