# Can't create project with Visual Studio Code on Mac

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/cant-create-project-with-visual-studio-code-on-mac/223473>\
**Category:** Ionic Framework\
**Created:** [May 22, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/cant-create-project-with-visual-studio-code-on-mac/223473 "2022-05-22T16:29:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![iamagro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/59ef9b/32.png) [@iamagro](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/iamagro)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/cant-create-project-with-visual-studio-code-on-mac/223473/1 "2022-05-22T16:29:17Z")

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Hi! I installed node.js and visual studio code on my Macbook, I also installed the ionic extension, but when I go to “new angular project” and select the option to create a blank starter project, I get this error:

 ![4gqhecz4p1191.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/original/3X/a/a/aa8b78e401f9de5fa87e7301a631a4c599ab5850.webp)  
I don’t know what to do, what is the meaning of this?  
I leave all the output with the errors here:

```auto
[Ionic] Creating Project...
> npx ionic start my-app blank --type=angular --capacitor
✔ Preparing directory ./my-app in 658.35μs
Error: Cannot find module 'minipass'
Require stack:
- /Users/daniele/.vscode/extensions/ionic.ionic-1.7.7/node_modules/tar/lib/pack.js
- /Users/daniele/.vscode/extensions/ionic.ionic-1.7.7/node_modules/tar/lib/create.js
- /Users/daniele/.vscode/extensions/ionic.ionic-1.7.7/node_modules/tar/index.js
- /Users/daniele/.vscode/extensions/ionic.ionic-1.7.7/node_modules/@ionic/cli/lib/utils/archive.js
- /Users/daniele/.vscode/extensions/ionic.ionic-1.7.7/node_modules/@ionic/cli/commands/start.js
- /Users/daniele/.vscode/extensions/ionic.ionic-1.7.7/node_modules/@ionic/cli/commands/index.js
- /Users/daniele/.vscode/extensions/ionic.ionic-1.7.7/node_modules/@ionic/cli/index.js
- /Users/daniele/.vscode/extensions/ionic.ionic-1.7.7/node_modules/@ionic/cli/bin/ionic
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:933:15)
at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:778:27)
at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19)
at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/daniele/.vscode/extensions/ionic.ionic-1.7.7/node_modules/tar/lib/pack.js:25:18)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1105:14)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1159:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19)
[Ionic] node /Users/daniele/.vscode/extensions/ionic.ionic-1.7.7/node_modules/@ionic/cli/bin/ionic start my-app blank --type=angular --capacitor Failed
[Ionic] Creating Project...
> mv my-app/{,.[^.]}* . && rmdir my-app
mv: rename my-app/* to ./*: No such file or directory
mv: rename my-app/.[^.]* to ./.[^.]*: No such file or directory
[Ionic] mv my-app/{,.[^.]}* . && rmdir my-app Failed
[Ionic] blank Completed.

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It says “blank completed” but there’s nothing in the folder I selected.

if I manually create it using " ionic start my-app blank --type=angular --capacitor " it seems to work… but I can’t understand why the extension doesn’t work on Mac, I get no errors on my windows pc

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**Author:** ![ciccilleju](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/ciccilleju/32/135142_2.png) [@ciccilleju](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/ciccilleju)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/cant-create-project-with-visual-studio-code-on-mac/223473/2 "2022-05-23T12:22:13Z")

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Try to copy your “ionic info” output.

Anyway, I don’t get it: why isn’t “ionic start” enough?

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**Author:** ![iamagro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/59ef9b/32.png) [@iamagro](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/iamagro)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/cant-create-project-with-visual-studio-code-on-mac/223473/3 "2022-05-26T15:07:27Z")

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It seems it was a bug with that version of the Ionic Extension, i updated it from VSC, now it works.