anyone have luck with this on osx? I put these in my plug-ins folder but nada shows in my filter menus. How do I check to see if I actually have python?

Look in Filters and see if Python-Fu is in that menu.

One other thing you should remember is just because you can see Console doesn't mean it will work.
I had Python-2.5 installed and everything showed it just didn't work.
Go to Filters/Python-Fu/and try and start console.If it doesn't start you need Python-2.6 for MAC system.
I am not too entirely sure where to get that but maybe Akky knows?

I do have python-fu in my filter list and I can start the console....looks like it's a window for writing script.
I could be that some plug-ins just don't work with gimp for osx.

Or you may need to give it permission to run.