# Enabling developer tools on a Mac

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enabling-developer-tools-on-a-mac/91235>\
**Category:** Zoom Apps\
**Created:** [July 3, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enabling-developer-tools-on-a-mac/91235 "2023-07-03T22:28:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rahul\_cloudsangha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/rahul_cloudsangha/32/49152_2.png) [@rahul\_cloudsangha](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/rahul_cloudsangha)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enabling-developer-tools-on-a-mac/91235/1 "2023-07-03T22:28:05Z")

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**Description**  
I’d like to enable developer tools in Zoom on my mac as described here: [Create a Zoom App](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/zoom-apps/create/). I don’t see any “zoom.us.ini” file in my “~/Library/Application Support/zoom.us/data” directory. The only similar one is viper.ini.

I see very different instructions for Mac and Windows in this document where the windows instructions talk about modifying the zoom.us.ini file and the Mac instructions use plutil to change a preference.

What is the right way to enable dev tools on my Zoom client on a Mac?

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**Author:** ![MaxM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/maxm/32/42303_2.png) [@MaxM](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/MaxM)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enabling-developer-tools-on-a-mac/91235/2 "2023-07-13T19:24:38Z")

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When on a Mac, make sure that you are entering the command described in [that document](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/zoom-apps/create/#enable-developer-tools) within the terminal:

```bash
$ defaults write ZoomChat webview.context.menu true

```

Let me know if that helps.

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**Author:** ![rahul\_cloudsangha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/rahul_cloudsangha/32/49152_2.png) [@rahul\_cloudsangha](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/rahul_cloudsangha)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enabling-developer-tools-on-a-mac/91235/4 "2023-07-18T22:56:33Z")

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Thank you Max, that works. Looks like the instructions have been updated since I last saw them!