Microsoft’s open source editor, Visual Studio Code, has been updated this week with an excellent improvement for M1 Mac users. The tool is now fully compatible with the Apple Silicon platform, which means it now works on Macs with the M1 chip.
Version 1.54 of Visual Code Studio is the first stable version with support for Apple Silicon Macs. Developers no longer need to have Rosetta installed to run Microsoft’s US code on the new M1 Macs (and any other new Mac that will come with an ARM processor in the future).
Programs originally used on M1 offer better performance and are also more energy efficient because they harness the full power of the new architecture instead of following and translating from the old Intel platform.
We are pleased to announce our first release of the stable Apple Silicon version. Users on Macs with M1 chips can now use US code without emulation with Rosetta, and they will notice better performance and longer battery life when using US code. Thank you to the community for the self-hosting with the Insiders build-up and reporting on issues early in the recap.
The latest version of Visual Studio Code is now available on Microsoft’s website and can be downloaded for free. Microsoft notes that US Code 1.54 for macOS is a universal binary, so it works on both Intel and M1 Macs.
For more information about the changes in Visual Studio Code 1.54, in addition to support for Apple Silicon Macs, please visit the full update log for the update on the Microsoft Web site.
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