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Edit code on your Mac with VS Code

Use VS Code’s Remote-SSH extension to work on the Mac from your own computer.

VS Code supports macOS as a Remote-SSH host, so you can edit files and use the terminal on your RunMac from your own computer.

  1. Set up the SSH shortcut and check ssh runmac works in a terminal.
  2. In VS Code, install the Remote - SSH extension (ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh).
  3. Open the Command Palette and run Remote-SSH: Connect to Host…, then pick runmac. If asked for the platform, choose macOS.
  4. Use File → Open… to open a folder on the Mac.

Builds and terminals in that window run on the Mac. Running the iOS simulator still needs Screen Sharing to see it.

Related

Install Homebrew and common toolsInstall Homebrew on Apple silicon and the usual developer tools.Keep jobs running after you disconnecttmux, nohup and launchd for long builds and servers.Copy files to and from your Macscp, rsync and sftp with your custom port.

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