Extension installation instructionsĬlick “Extensions” at the bottom left of VS Code. Install the extension from the Marketplace.

VS Code opens and the installation is complete.

Are you sure you want to open it? A confirmation message will be displayed. “”Visual Studio Code” is an app downloaded from the internet. Unzip the downloaded “VSCode-darwin-stable.zip” to create “Visual Studio Code.app”.ĭrag the created “Visual Studio Code.app” and drop it on “Application”.ĭouble-click “Visual Studio Code.app” installed in “Applications” to open it. Mac OS will prompt to confirm that opening a program downloaded from the internet was an intended action.Click“Download for Mac” on this page to start downloading. Click on the Visual Studio Code icon once it has been located: Hold down the Command ⌘ key on your keyboard and press the Space Bar and type 'Visual' in the search field, click on the Visual Studio Code icon:Īlternatively, instead of using Spotlight Search as above, click on the Launchpad icon in the Mac OS Dock:Įither look for the Visual Studio Code icon, or use the Search bar at the top of the Launchpad. If it helps find the Visual Studio Code file, click on the Date Added column to sort by newest.Ĭlick and drag the Visual Studio Code application to the Applications folder on the left:

Hold down the Command ⌘ key on your keyboard and press the Space Bar and type 'Downloads' in the search field, click on the Downloads Finder icon:Ĭlick on Downloads on the left side of the Finder window then locate the Visual Studio Code application file. Installing Visual Studio Code on Mac OS Downloading Visual Studio CodeĬlick on the blue download button that says Mac under the Apple Logo:ĭepending on the browser utilized and security settings within, there may be prompts to allow access to the Download folder or similar.

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