--- a/PluginPyLint.py	Fri Jul 29 19:26:37 2011 +0200
+++ b/PluginPyLint.py	Mon Nov 21 19:24:41 2011 +0100
@@ -130,11 +130,15 @@
         
         # step 2: determine the Python 3 variant
         found = False
+        if Utilities.isMacPlatform():
+            checkStr = "Python.framework/Versions/3".lower()
+        else:
+            checkStr = "python3"
         for exe in exes:
             try:
                 f = open(exe, "r")
                 line0 = f.readline()
-                if "python3" in line0.lower():
+                if checkStr in line0.lower():
                     found = True
             finally:
                 f.close()