Clean install of VSCode toolchain fails on MacOSX (Apple Silicon)

Hi,

I have been performing a fresh install of the toolchain following the nordic's "nRF Connect for VS Code" page, as well as the YouTube video "Introducing nRF Connect for VS Code".

Given previous problems (which lead me to re-install the whole thing), I brew-installed the latest python version 3.13.0, which the VSCode terminal recognizes as the version in use (i.e. python3 --version shows this version). Despite this, the nRF Connect output shows that the Toolchain validation report claims that my python version is outdated. Specifically, the nRF Connect window shows:

I am adding the detailed install log (written as a markdown .md file but attached as a .txt file because of filetype restrictions).

Any input is highly appreciated.

Thanks.

Armand

PS: the solution for this issue is described below in the post starting with: "The solution of this issue has two parts summarized below". Thanks  .

7563.20241020_nrfconnect_install_log.txt