All fixes to run ESP32/Arduino on Arduino IDE and Platform IO using MacOS Big Sur and Newer

Upgrading to newer versions of Macos, greater than 11.0 or in my case migrating to a new M1 mini presented a few challenges, especially for Arduino IDE. Here it is, step by step to get both platform IO and Arduino IDE up and running on the new OS notably with ESP32 , especially where the transfer of code to the device is concerned. Version 11.2 of MacOS is used in this example on a brand new installation.

The video that covers the installation of Platform IO. This video explains the minor change in procedure top the installation of the VCP drivers as covered below.

The original Arduino IDE video as discussed

Pyserial download

[ConstrianedVideo]

JC thanks so much for putting this together. I was holding back on a MM M1 order since among other things I wanted to run the Arduino IDE. Its great to know you have had success getting it running there. And another bonus for me is your testing of PlatformIO on the M1. Looking forward to watching your video tutorial on moving form Arduino to PlatformIO for ESP devices. Very high quality videos! Thanks again from Massachusetts

[rolandtanguylannuzel]

Thank you so much for your help. Everything seems ok now. You have spent a lot of time doing this video, this is really kind of you.
Regards from Paris !
Roland

[dirkwessel]

Thanks a lot also from Germany. I was very frustrated about the previous description I found. But this cool tutorial works!

[NormRasmussen]

I tried so much and these were the instructions that actually solved it. Subscribed and all hail

[paulwilliams]

You just made my day. Amazing. Can't thank you enough.

[alfredhitchcock]

They should name places after you. Thanks a lot. You are the best. It took me month to find the mistakes. Thanks, thanks, thanks... ;)

[nelloization]

Hi, this doesn't work for me. Drivers install as per the video but ESP32 is not detected when plugged into a USB port, so pretty much nothing works from there onwards. System works fine for Teensy and Arduino so it appears to be broken for M1 on Monterey only.

[gerardstrik]

Thanx, this helped me a lot. Worked for me. Best tutorial found thus far!

[Wolfi]

Thanks a lot for the tutorial, it worked perfectly on macOS Monterrey 12.6.1. However now I would like to update to macOS Ventura. Could you please tell me if it should still work after the update? Or are there any changes for the Python Library? Thank you.

[manupillaik]

Really appreciate your time and help… it’s worked for me…
Thank you

[gent]

I would like to see a video that shows a new plattformio installation for esp32 on Monterey+ for esp32

[fredorbeta]

Thank you for your help. Please keep up the good work...

[shobhabarnwal]

Sir how to download the ch340g driver for m1 macbook

[chiacy]

Hi! Thanks for your video.

I have a problem on Esp32 talking to my MacBook Air m1.

It was working fine that the USB port appeared on addition IDE.

However, a week later, where everything unchanged, the connection no longer working.

I have tried 3 diff usb A to micro USB cables, of which one was working earlier, no luck.

I have also tried an unbranded USB c to USB a hub, and apple usb c to usb a dongle, both were working earlier with the Esp32, and now my Mac just don’t have the required USB port to communicate.

I upgraded the OS to 12.4 after it failed to show the USB port required, still no luck.

I have also reinstalled the driver accordingly, and still nothing work.

Any idea on how to get it work again as I have tried almost everything I know.

Thanks in advance

[PiKxeL]

My terminal keeps saying permission denied even tho im in sudo. I have tried everything and esptool_py shows as executable but I can't get permission. same thing for pyserial. Any ideas on what else to try?

[adarshvaibhavdas]

This video was very helpful. But plz make a video on how to download 'Proteus software' on macOS Big Sur.

[rubenmiddelman]

Is the arduino use running rosseta or is it native? Thanks btw awesome video

[amansonkuwar]

it is not working for cp2102 driver on sonoma please tell me how to resolve this issue my usb port is not showing

[chelee]

Thanks for the tutorial! Have you try to run the Arm version of the VS Code?

[rainerteschner]

I am using Mac OS Big Sur 11.4 and tried to follow your instruction. Everything seems to work fine. But when I try to compile, I get the error:

File "/Users/rainerteschner/Library/Arduino15/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/2.6.1/esptool.py", line 37, in <module>
import serial
ImportError: No module named serial
exit status 1
Fehler beim Kompilieren für das Board ESP32 Dev Module.