Mac Library Application Support Code Logs

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3 min readMay 27, 2021

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Every once in a while you may need to configure certain program settings manually in OS X and for that there’s the Library folder, and within it the Application Support folder.
However in most recent versions of OS X, Apple has stopped showing the Library when you navigate normally using Finder, instead you will have to use the ‘Go to Folder…’ option on the Finder menu bar.

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  1. Open the Finder
  2. Go to the Menu Bar and open the ‘Go’ menu.
  3. Select ‘Go to Folder…’
  4. Enter the following path: ~/Library/Application Support

There’s an alternative, easier way. Open the Finder, then browse the menu bar to the ‘Go’ menu. On your keyboard hold the Option key. The Library folder will show up there.

Here are a few instructions to help troubleshoot vscode-java.

Enable logging

When the Java extension fails to work as expected, reading the logs is quite often a good way to understand what the problem is. The Java extension for VS Code is composed of 2 main parts, the client (VS Code) and the server (eclipse.jdt.ls), which means important information can be logged on both components.

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Turn on message tracing between VS Code and the Java Language Server

It can be useful to trace the communications between VS Code and the Java Language Server. This can be achieved by enabling tracing in VS Code settings. The java.trace.server configuration can be set to verbose to provide full message logging in the Output view (select Language support for Java in the view menu). java.trace.server can take 3 values:

  • off : no trace
  • messages : logs message types exchanged between VS Code and the java server
  • verbose : logs JSON messages exchanged between VS Code and the java server

Get the vscode-java logs

When the Java extension fails to start, the first thing to look at is the VS Code console.

  • Open the command palette (F1)
  • select Developer: Toggle Developer Tools

The chrome developer tools will open. In the console tab, you will find messages like:

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Get the Java Language Server’s workspace logs

The Java Language Server log file might also contain other informations. To access it:

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  • Open the command palette (F1)
  • select Java: Open Java Language Server log file

It will open the Java Language Server log file in a new tab.

Clean the workspace directory

In some occasions, deleting the Java Language Server workspace directory is helpful to go back to a clean slate.Generally speaking, on the different platforms, the VS Code user workspace storage area can be found under these locations :

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  • Windows : %APPDATA%Code[ - Variant]UserworkspaceStorage
  • MacOS : $HOME/Library/Application Support/Code[ - Variant]/User/workspaceStorage/
  • Linux : $HOME/.config/Code[ - Variant]/User/workspaceStorage/

New in 0.33.0

You can clean the workspace directory in the following way:

  • Open the command palette (F1)
  • select Java: Clean the Java language server workspace
  • click Restart and delete

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