How get spyder to use python 2.7 with root python 3.5 anaconda installation?

[Murray Eisenberg]

Under MacOS Sierra (10.12.2), I:

  (1)  installed Anaconda 4.2.0 with its default python 3.5.2 root.environment;

  (2) with “condo create -n py27 python-2.7 anaconda spyder” created a python 2.7 environment.

  (3) use “source activate py27” so as to use that secondary environment,

  (4) in Terminal: "(py27) [me:~]$ spyder”

When spyder opens, it’s using the root python 3.5.2 environment, not the python 2.7 environment.

How use python 2.7 environment from spyder under Anaconda?

I note that if, still having activated the py27 environment, I run Anaconda-Navigator.app, then it does not even show spyder among the available IDEs.

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