Anaconda Install:
I downloaded the 64-bit command line installer from https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/ (Python version 3.7)
bash Anaconda3-2019.03-MacOSX-x86_64.sh
This script installs the distribution in ~/anaconda3
Some of the things I was interested in making sure I get right was the IDE (PyCharm or Spyder), some basic plotting stuff (Matplotlib/Bokeh/Datashader) and some machine learning stuff ( ski-kitlearn).
Mario tells me that there is a directory somewhere with data from the EC network in SAC format. If true, this could be a game changer since reading SAC formatted files is much faster than reading miniseed formatted files.