On a virgin Mac there will now be a prompt to install command line developer tools, so click Install if prompted and allow the installation to complete before returning to Visual Studio Code. Visual Studio Code immediately offers to install the Python extension, select Install: Open a folder by selecting Open folder and then add a new file. Visual Studio Code should now start: Configure Python Try to run once – macOS will refuse due to security:Ĭlose the message, open System Preferences, and select the Security and Privacy settings. (This is the actual application, not an installer). Install Visual Studio Codeĭownload the installer from Visual Studio Code and immediately move the downloaded file to the Applications folder. Run the installer – I used all default settings. Download the installer from the main python website by selecting Downloads, Mac OS X, and then selecting the 64-bit installer: V3.8 does not work at the time of writing (although since I started writing this post it looks like it now does). Fix rendering problems for Visual Studio Code running on a virtual machine Install Python 3.7.5Ī virgin Mac comes with Python 2.7 installed – this is not recommended and V3.7.5 works with OpenCV4 on a Mac.