Configure VSCode for M1 Macs to launch integrated terminal in Rosetta 2 (x86-64 mode)

Looking for a way to quickly open a terminal under Rosetta 2 on your M1 Mac? If you’re getting tired of repeatedly entering arch -x86_64 /bin/zsh every time you need to run Rosetta 2 in the terminal, try this in VSCode:

1. Open VSCode’s settings.json by pressing Command + Shift + P, and then entering Preferences: Open Settings (JSON)
2. Append the following to "terminal.integrated.profiles.osx":

   "terminal.integrated.profiles.osx": {
       "zsh (x86-64)": {
           "path": "arch",
           "args": ["-x86_64", "/bin/zsh"]
       }
   

You can also, of course, replace zsh with your preferred shell.