Unable to update the Visual Studio Code on MAC

[CherukuriVinod]

Type: Performance Issue

Cannot update while running on a read-only volume. The application is on a read-only volume. Please move the application and try again. If you're on macOS Sierra or later, you'll need to move the application out of the Downloads directory.

VS Code version: Code 1.52.1 (ea3859d4ba2f3e577a159bc91e3074c5d85c0523, 2020-12-16T16:30:02.420Z) OS version: Darwin x64 20.5.0

System Info

|Item|Value| |---|---| |CPUs|Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8210Y CPU @ 1.60GHz (4 x 1600)| |GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
flash_3d: enabled
flash_stage3d: enabled
flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled
gpu_compositing: enabled
metal: disabled_off
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
oop_rasterization: enabled
opengl: enabled_on
protected_video_decode: unavailable_off
rasterization: enabled
skia_renderer: disabled_off_ok
video_decode: enabled
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled| |Load (avg)|4, 2, 2| |Memory (System)|8.00GB (0.02GB free)| |Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id 3822cc77-62db-427a-a164-9be4d3da6794| |Screen Reader|no| |VM|0%|

Process Info

``` CPU % Mem MB PID Process 6 90 49299 code main 1 33 49302 gpu-process 0 16 49303 utility 14 164 49305 window (Welcome) 0 0 49309 /bin/bash -l 0 90 49312 extensionHost 91 139 49314 shared-process 0 0 49324 /bin/ps -ax -o pid=,ppid=,pcpu=,pmem=,command= 2 57 49321 window (Issue Reporter) ```

Workspace Info

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Extensions (13)

Extension|Author (truncated)|Version ---|---|--- apex-pmd|chu|0.5.3 vscode-eslint|dba|2.1.16 vscode-pull-request-github|Git|0.22.0 dx-code-companion|Moh|0.4.7 salesforce-vscode-slds|sal|1.4.6 salesforcedx-vscode|sal|51.17.0 salesforcedx-vscode-apex|sal|51.17.0 salesforcedx-vscode-apex-debugger|sal|51.17.0 salesforcedx-vscode-apex-replay-debugger|sal|51.17.0 salesforcedx-vscode-core|sal|51.17.0 salesforcedx-vscode-lightning|sal|51.17.0 salesforcedx-vscode-lwc|sal|51.17.0 salesforcedx-vscode-visualforce|sal|51.17.0

A/B Experiments

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[vscodebot[bot]]

(Experimental duplicate detection) Thanks for submitting this issue. Please also check if it is already covered by an existing one, like:

• Can't update on Mac OS Big Sur (#123129)

[japrozs]

This happens because your VSCode is not in the Applications folder. To fix this, move your VScode install to the Application folder and restart it. After this, it will work just fine.

[joaomoreno]

The notification also has a link pointing to a resolution. Please let me know if that doesn't work.