Coverage chart / Visual Studio Code
Keep Visual Studio Code up to date on your Mac
Visual Studio Code is covered by Floodtide. It shows up in your update list the moment a newer version ships, and updates in one click along with everything else on this Mac. Visual Studio Code can also update itself, but only once you open it, and only itself.
How Visual Studio Code gets updated
Floodtide reads the Homebrew catalog, a community-maintained index of Mac software, to learn which version of Visual Studio Code is current. When yours is behind, the row appears under Updates with the version it will move to and the download size. Pressing Update, or Update All, does the rest:
- The vendor’s own build is downloaded, several apps at a time, with real progress.
- The download is verified against the checksum the catalogue publishes.
- Visual Studio Code is asked to quit politely if it is open, and never forced.
- The bundle is swapped and the old version kept for seven days, so Undo Last Update always works.
- The replacement’s code signature is checked; a build signed worse than the one you had is rolled back automatically.
If Visual Studio Code lives in a folder macOS protects, the swap asks for your administrator password once for the whole batch, exactly as the Finder does when you install anything by hand.
Questions about Visual Studio Code
Does Floodtide update Visual Studio Code?
Yes. Visual Studio Code also ships its own updater, so it can keep itself current when you launch it. Floodtide covers it anyway, because a self-updating app only updates when you happen to open it, and it tells you nothing about the other apps on the Mac. Floodtide shows Visual Studio Code beside everything else and updates the whole set in one pass.
How does Floodtide install a new version of Visual Studio Code?
It downloads the vendor's official build, verifies it against the checksum the catalogue publishes, quits Visual Studio Code if it is running, swaps the bundle, and keeps the previous version for seven days so the update can be undone.
Will updating Visual Studio Code lose my settings?
No. Floodtide replaces the application bundle only. Preferences, licences and documents live outside it and are untouched.