macOS: Arduino IDE 2.3.6 Plugins Not Working, Missing Folders

seldomintune · August 5, 2025, 3:29am

Hi everyone,

I'm hoping someone can help me with a very stubborn issue on a completely fresh install of Arduino IDE 2.3.6 on macOS Sonoma.

The IDE itself appears to be working correctly. I have a valid sketch open and my ESP32-C3 is connected and displaying in bold as active on its port. I can compile and upload code to it without any problems.

However, I cannot get any plugins to load. My goal is to install the ESP32 LittleFS Uploader by following the Random Nerd Tutorials guide. After placing the arduino-littlefs-upload-1.5.4.vsix file in the correct folder and restarting, the "Upload LittleFS..." command never appears in the command palette.

After extensive digging, I found a strange situation with the support folders:

The IDE correctly creates ~/.arduinoIDE and ~/Library/Arduino15.
It also creates a non-standard support folder at ~/Library/Application Support/arduino-ide (note the lowercase and dash).
The standard ~/Library/Application Support/Arduino IDE folder is never created.

Based on this, I have tried placing the .vsix plugin file in both logical locations: first in ~/.arduinoIDE/plugins/ as the guide directs, and then in ~/Library/Application Support/arduino-ide/plugins/.

Unfortunately, after restarting the IDE in both cases, the command still does not appear. It seems the entire plugin system is non-functional on my installation, despite the core compile/upload functionality working perfectly.

Has anyone encountered this behavior before or have any ideas what to try next?

Thanks for any help you can offer.

ptillisch · August 5, 2025, 3:47am

Hi @seldomintune.

The Arduino IDE application uses the identifier "arduino-ide" internally:

which is then used by the Electron application framework on which Arduino IDE is built:

https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/app#appgetpathname

appData Per-user application data directory, which by default points to:

%APPDATA% on Windows

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME or ~/.config on Linux

~/Library/Application Support on macOS

[...]

userData The directory for storing your app's configuration files, which by default is the appData directory appended with your app's name.

So this is normal and expected.

That is correct.

That is incorrect.

You can try the suggestion provided here by the author of the extension:

https://github.com/earlephilhower/arduino-littlefs-upload/issues/80#issuecomment-2596131864

Please triple check you have actually completely exited/killed and restarted the IDE after installation. I've heard that Macs sometimes leave the app actually running in the background when they appear to have exited.

If all else fails, try the "nuclear option" of restarting your computer.

J-M-L · August 5, 2025, 6:54am

Hum… If you quit the app explicitly (using Cmd + Q or Quit from the menu), then macOS fully terminates the application. Its processes stop running, memory is freed, and it no longer appears in Activity Monitor.

The issue might be when you close an app’s last window (e.g., clicking the red “X” button); the app typically continues running. This is normal for macOS and follows Apple’s guidelines — closing the last window doesn’t mean the app is done. You can still go to File > New and start working again.

That said, some apps may launch subprocesses that block on system calls. In rare cases, this can prevent the app from exiting properly even after calling Quit.

seldomintune · August 5, 2025, 11:00am

Thanks for this. I've tried the nuclear option, and strangely, for just a few seconds, I saw "Upload LittleFS..." in the command list, and then no more. I've no idea why that is. My EPS32 boards are recognised as such by the IDE, I can upload sketches and they work great on ESP32-C3, C6, S3 by xiao and waveshare.

I've now also tried a variety of older versions of the LittleFS plugin going back to the version stated in the article, and a variety of newer ones, all with full MacOS restarts in between. Baffling, and very frustrating! Why did I see it listed in the command list for a few moments I wonder? That must be a clue - not that it means anything to me unfortunately.

ptillisch · August 5, 2025, 11:10am

I'm going to ask you to provide some additional information that might help us to identify the problem.

This procedure is not intended to solve the problem. The purpose is to gather more information.

Please do this:

Select Arduino IDE > Quit Arduino IDE from the Arduino IDE menus if it is running.
Open macOS Launchpad.
Type terminal in the "Search" field.
Click on the "Terminal" icon.
A "Terminal" window will open.

Type the following command in the Terminal window:

"/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/MacOS/Arduino IDE"

Press the Enter key
Wait for Arduino IDE to finish starting.
Switch back to the Terminal window.
Press the Command+A keyboard shortcut.
This will select all the text in the Terminal window.
Press the Command+C keyboard shortcut.
This will copy the selected text to the clipboard.
Open a reply here on this forum topic by clicking the "Reply" button.
Click the <CODE/> icon on the post composer toolbar.
This will add the forum's code block markup (```) to your reply to make sure the output is correctly formatted.

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Press the Command+V keyboard shortcut.
This will paste the output into the code block.
Move the cursor outside of the code block markup before you add any additional text to your reply.
Click the "Reply" button to publish the post.

Please let us know if you have any questions or problems while following those instructions.

seldomintune · August 5, 2025, 11:36am

Thanks for looking into this, I stand no change figuring this one out myself, I've exhausted every avenue and tried getting ChatGPT and Gemini to help to no avail.

 ~ % "/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/MacOS/Arduino IDE"
Arduino IDE 2.3.6
Checking for frontend application configuration customizations. Module path: /Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/lib/backend/electron-main.js, destination 'package.json': /Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/package.json
Setting 'theia.frontend.config.appVersion' application configuration value to: "2.3.6" (type of string)
Setting 'theia.frontend.config.cliVersion' application configuration value to: "1.2.0" (type of string)
Setting 'theia.frontend.config.buildDate' application configuration value to: "2025-04-09T11:22:51.016Z" (type of string)
Frontend application configuration after modifications: {"applicationName":"Arduino IDE","defaultTheme":{"light":"arduino-theme","dark":"arduino-theme-dark"},"defaultIconTheme":"none","electron":{"windowOptions":{},"showWindowEarly":true,"splashScreenOptions":{},"uriScheme":"arduino-ide"},"defaultLocale":"","validatePreferencesSchema":false,"reloadOnReconnect":true,"uriScheme":"theia","preferences":{"window.title":"${rootName}${activeEditorShort}${appName}","files.autoSave":"afterDelay","editor.minimap.enabled":false,"editor.tabSize":2,"editor.scrollBeyondLastLine":false,"editor.quickSuggestions":{"other":false,"comments":false,"strings":false},"editor.maxTokenizationLineLength":500,"editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled":false,"breadcrumbs.enabled":false,"workbench.tree.renderIndentGuides":"none","explorer.compactFolders":false},"appVersion":"2.3.6","cliVersion":"1.2.0","buildDate":"2025-04-09T11:22:51.016Z"}
Starting backend process. PID: 5399
Showing main window early
Using browser-only version of superagent in non-browser environment
Configuration directory URI: 'file:///Users/anonymous/.arduinoIDE'
Configuring to accept webviews on '^.+\.webview\..+$' hostname.
2025-08-05T11:31:08.654Z root INFO Backend u.initialize: 15.2 ms [Finished 0.376 s after backend start]
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2025-08-05T11:31:08.661Z config INFO >>> Initializing CLI configuration...
2025-08-05T11:31:08.661Z root INFO Backend x.onStart: 0.1 ms [Finished 0.383 s after backend start]
2025-08-05T11:31:08.661Z config INFO Loading CLI configuration from /Users/anonymous/.arduinoIDE/arduino-cli.yaml...
2025-08-05T11:31:08.661Z daemon INFO Starting daemon from /Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/lib/backend/resources/arduino-cli...
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2025-08-05T11:31:08.661Z discovery-log INFO start
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2025-08-05T11:31:08.663Z root INFO Theia app listening on http://127.0.0.1:53464.
2025-08-05T11:31:08.663Z root INFO Finished starting backend application: 1.9 ms [Finished 0.385 s after backend start]
2025-08-05T11:31:08.672Z config INFO Loaded CLI configuration: {"board_manager":{"additional_urls":[]}}
2025-08-05T11:31:08.672Z config INFO Loading fallback CLI configuration to get 'directories.data' and 'directories.user'
2025-08-05T11:31:08.678Z root INFO [arduino-littlefs-upload-1.3.0]: deployment dir "/Users/anonymous/.arduinoIDE/deployedPlugins/arduino-littlefs-upload-1.3.0" already exists
2025-08-05T11:31:08.678Z root INFO root path: /Users/anonymous/.arduinoIDE/deployedPlugins/arduino-littlefs-upload-1.3.0
2025-08-05T11:31:08.682Z root ERROR Failed to load plugin dependencies from '/Users/anonymous/.arduinoIDE/plugins/.DS_Store' path Error: ENOTDIR: not a directory, open '/Users/anonymous/.arduinoIDE/plugins/.DS_Store/package.json'
Restoring workspace roots: /Users/anonymous/Documents/Arduino/Test
isTempSketch: false. Input was /Users/anonymous/Documents/Arduino/Test/Test.ino
2025-08-05T11:31:08.721Z root INFO Resolve plugins list: 59.7 ms [Finished 0.444 s after backend start]
2025-08-05T11:31:09.141Z root INFO creating connection for 1
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time="2025-08-05T12:31:09+01:00" level=info msg="Executing `arduino-cli daemon`"
2025-08-05T11:31:09.431Z daemon INFO Daemon is now listening on 127.0.0.1:53471
{"IP":"127.0.0.1","Port":"53471"}
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2025-08-05T11:31:09.435Z config INFO Merged CLI configuration with the fallback: {"directories":{"user":"/Users/anonymous/Documents/Arduino","data":"/Users/anonymous/Library/Arduino15"},"board_manager":{"additional_urls":[]}}
2025-08-05T11:31:09.435Z config INFO Loaded the CLI configuration.
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2025-08-05T11:31:09.436Z config INFO Validating the CLI configuration...
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2025-08-05T11:31:09.438Z config INFO <<< Initialized the CLI configuration.
2025-08-05T11:31:09.458Z daemon INFO time="2025-08-05T12:31:09+01:00" level=info msg="Checking signature" index=/Users/anonymous/Library/Arduino15/package_index.json signatureFile=/Users/anonymous/Library/Arduino15/package_index.json.sig trusted=true
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2025-08-05T11:31:09.460Z daemon INFO time="2025-08-05T12:31:09+01:00" level=info msg="Checking existence of 'tools' path: /Users/anonymous/Library/Arduino15/packages/arduino/tools"
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2025-08-05T11:31:09.460Z daemon INFO time="2025-08-05T12:31:09+01:00" level=info msg="Loading package builtin from: /Users/anonymous/Library/Arduino15/packages/builtin"
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2025-08-05T11:31:09.461Z daemon INFO time="2025-08-05T12:31:09+01:00" level=info msg="Loading package esp32 from: /Users/anonymous/Library/Arduino15/packages/esp32/hardware"
2025-08-05T11:31:09.466Z daemon INFO time="2025-08-05T12:31:09+01:00" level=info msg="Missing signature file" index=/Users/anonymous/Library/Arduino15/packages/esp32/hardware/esp32/3.3.0/installed.json
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2025-08-05T11:31:09.646Z root WARN A command editor.action.toggleStickyScroll is already registered.
Opening channel for service path '/services/electron-window'.
Opening channel for service path '/services/ide-updater'.
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2025-08-05T11:31:10.883Z root INFO [hosted-plugin: 5405] PLUGIN_HOST(5405): initializing(vscode-language-pack-zh-hans@1.96.0 with /Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/lib/backend/plugin-vscode-init)
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seldomintune · August 5, 2025, 11:38am

I was doing a full quite (cmd-Q) not just the red traffic-light. I've since done a few full restarts but the end result is the same, it doesn't want to work.

sonofcy · August 5, 2025, 2:48pm

I have a MacAir M3 and tried the nerds procedure. I get the following result

J-M-L · August 5, 2025, 4:51pm

I don’t use that but it seems Your serial monitor already owns the port. Close it and try again

sonofcy · August 5, 2025, 7:23pm

I have checked with the activity monitor, and NO arduino process is running other than the one. I was just confirming the OP's finding. Github seems to indicate this was reported, but I don't see a resolution.

ptillisch · August 5, 2025, 7:26pm

The resolution is to close the Serial Monitor view:

J-M-L · August 6, 2025, 6:18am

The serial monitor seems to be open, I can see the tab in your screen grab.

sonofcy · August 6, 2025, 12:38pm

That fixed the problem.
Hopefully later today I will try to make use of it.

seldomintune · August 6, 2025, 1:32pm

So you've tried on a Macbook Air and you can see the plugin? Where did it show up?

sonofcy · August 6, 2025, 3:44pm

It's in .arduinoIDE/plugins

embeddedkiddie · August 6, 2025, 8:12pm

I use earlephilhower/arduino-littlefs-upload on Mac.

Installation

Copy the VSIX file to ~/.arduinoIDE/plugins/ on Mac and Linux or C:\Users\<username>\.arduinoIDE\plugins\ on Windows (you may need to make this directory yourself beforehand). Restart the IDE.

seldomintune · August 6, 2025, 11:13pm

Hi

Thanks for this but this is exactly what I’ve done and doens’t lead to any expected results, hence my posting. I’ve restarted the IDE and restarted the Mac etc etc. Same deal.

embeddedkiddie · August 6, 2025, 11:37pm

I've been using LittleFS with the ESP32 Dev Module, but I haven't tried it with the XIAO ESP32S3.

I happen to have a XIAO ESP32S3, so I'd like to give it a try.

This may not be particularly relevant, but here's my current Arduino setup:

MacBook Pro (Late 2013) / MacOS: BigSur (11.7.10)
Arduino IDE version 2.3.4
ESP32 Platform package: ESP32 by Expressif Systems (3.3.0)
LittleFS plugin: arduino-littlefs-upload-1.5.4.vsix

ptillisch · August 6, 2025, 11:43pm

Is this screenshot of you trying to run the "Upload LittleFS to Pico/ESP8266/ESP32" command via the Arduino IDE command palette?

I ask because it doesn't look at all like the command palette. The command palette looks like this:

It is accessed by pressing the Command+Shift+P keyboard shortcut. You can also use the F1 shortcut.

seldomintune · August 7, 2025, 12:02am

Aha! Problem solved, I was using the correct shortcut, but an app, Paletro, probably installed for evaluation and then long forgotten, was popping up (obviously uses the same key combo) and showing many Arduino commands and options, leading me to think this was the command palette. Pressing F1 brough up the actual command palette. Thanks so much for helping me figure this out. Uninstalling that thing right now. Thank you everyone for your patience.

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