一、Mac安装ipython的步骤我主要参考的博客是：
Mac下安装pip，virtualenv，IPython等
但是这里请注意：
1. mac自带了python2.7版本，但是我新装了python3.6.5的版本，所以如果你要使用python3.6版本，在安装ipython的时候就需要使用pip3 install --user ipython （此处我使用了上面链接博客中比较优雅的安装方法）
2. 安装ipython的时候可能会出现类似的错误：
prompt-toolkit 1.0.15 has requirement six>=1.9.0, but you'll have six 1.4.1 which is incompatible.
matplotlib 1.3.1 has requirement numpy>=1.5, but you'll have numpy 1.8.0rc1 which is incompatible.
这时你就需要安装相应的python库，参考以下博客：
mac上安装matplotlib和numpy等python库
3. 这时你再执行 pip3 install --user ipython 进行ipython的安装就可以成功了。
二、安装ipython成功后，终端输入ipython或者使用 python -m ipython 还是报错找不到ipython的问题
对这个问题我开始以为是自己没有安装成功ipython，于是重复执行 pip3 install --user ipython，但结果显示已经安装过：
Requirement already satisfied: ipython in ./Library/Python/3.6/lib/python/site-packages
Requirement already satisfied: setuptools>=18.5 in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages (from ipython)
Requirement already satisfied: appnope; sys_platform == "darwin" in ./Library/Python/3.6/lib/python/site-packages (from ipython)
Requirement already satisfied: simplegeneric>0.8 in ./Library/Python/3.6/lib/python/site-packages (from ipython)
Requirement already satisfied: traitlets>=4.2 in ./Library/Python/3.6/lib/python/site-packages (from ipython)
Requirement already satisfied: decorator in ./Library/Python/3.6/lib/python/site-packages (from ipython)
Requirement already satisfied: jedi>=0.10 in ./Library/Python/3.6/lib/python/site-packages (from ipython)
Requirement already satisfied: backcall in ./Library/Python/3.6/lib/python/site-packages (from ipython)
Requirement already satisfied: pexpect; sys_platform != "win32" in ./Library/Python/3.6/lib/python/site-packages (from ipython)
Requirement already satisfied: prompt-toolkit<2.0.0,>=1.0.15 in ./Library/Python/3.6/lib/python/site-packages (from ipython)
Requirement already satisfied: pickleshare in ./Library/Python/3.6/lib/python/site-packages (from ipython)
Requirement already satisfied: pygments in ./Library/Python/3.6/lib/python/site-packages (from ipython)
Requirement already satisfied: six in ./Library/Python/3.6/lib/python/site-packages (from traitlets>=4.2->ipython)
Requirement already satisfied: ipython-genutils in ./Library/Python/3.6/lib/python/site-packages (from traitlets>=4.2->ipython)
Requirement already satisfied: parso==0.1.1 in ./Library/Python/3.6/lib/python/site-packages (from jedi>=0.10->ipython)
Requirement already satisfied: ptyprocess>=0.5 in ./Library/Python/3.6/lib/python/site-packages (from pexpect; sys_platform != "win32"->ipython)
Requirement already satisfied: wcwidth in ./Library/Python/3.6/lib/python/site-packages (from prompt-toolkit<2.0.0,>=1.0.15->ipython)
最终在这个问题的第二个回答中我找到了答案：
unable to install ipython on mac
第二个回答 ：
Had similar issues when trying to install ipython and jupyter on my mac (El Capitan v10.11.6)
Tried various combinations including sudo -H, --ignore <whatever people suggested> etc.
The only thing that worked for me:
You would also need to add your 'user python modules' to your path. One way is using nano to edit your .bash_profile:
export PATH=$PATH:/Users/YOUR USER ID/Library/Python/2.7/bin
Then just open a new terminal or use source command to apply it in the open terminal.
You can find a different approach here.
Hope it helps!
本人英语不好，但这段话大体意思就是说，需要设置ipython的环境变量（即访问路径）后，才可以正常使用ipython，具体的操作就是
1. 在 ~/.bash_profile 文件中添加 export PATH=$PATH:/Users/YOUR USER ID/Library/Python/2.7/bin 这句话，当然具体的路径你需要根据自己的安装来设定，例如我的是：
export PATH=$PATH:/Users/ice/Library/python/3.6/bin
2. 更新刚配置的环境变量：source .bash_profile，这样这个刚更新的文件就可以立即生效
三、为什么需要设置ipython的环境变量
本着理解问题要透彻的原则，查了一下，ipython命令并不属于bash命令，所以需要设置环境变量并生效后才可以使用ipython
四、.bash_file 文件的位置在哪里？如何进行编辑、修改？
参考博客：