how do I upgrade pip on Mac?

Question

I cannot upgrade pip on my Mac from the Terminal.

According to the documentation I have to type the command: pip install -U pip

I get the error message in the Terminal: pip: command not found

I have Mac OS 10.14.2, python 3.7.2 and pip 18.1. I want to upgrade to pip 19.2.3

Answer 1

upgrading pip as of 09/2020:

pip3 install --upgrade pip==20.2.2

Answer 2

pip3 install --upgrade pip

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this works for me!