# Anybody with an M1 Mac able to use the VSCode debugger? Unusably slow for me

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/anybody-with-an-m1-mac-able-to-use-the-vscode-debugger-unusably-slow-for-me/94773>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [February 17, 2023, 6:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/anybody-with-an-m1-mac-able-to-use-the-vscode-debugger-unusably-slow-for-me/94773 "2023-02-17T06:15:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/anybody-with-an-m1-mac-able-to-use-the-vscode-debugger-unusably-slow-for-me/94773/1 "2023-02-17T06:15:35Z")

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Just wondering if anybody has the same experience on an M1 Mac. I like the features of the VSCode debugger but when I try to step through a Julia file it runs so slow that hitting the pause button only registers about 10 seconds later