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A Methodical Installation Guide for Claude Code on Mac (Q1 2026)
February 8, 2026 • Robert Hill • 25 min watch
This is a guide for installing Claude Code on your Mac. This guide is especially helpful if you are non-technical because Claude Code can be a little bit intimidating when you’re starting.
Steps for downloading Claude Code to your Mac computer:
- Install Claude Desktop (claude.ai/download)
- Install VS Code (code.visualstudio.com/download)
- Open VS Code, open VS Code terminal (View → Terminal)
- Run:
curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | sh - Quit VS Code completely (Cmd+Q), reopen
- Type
claudein terminal, log in when browser opens - Done!
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Robert Hill
Robert is a full-time trainer who handles marketing for Caravan. Outside of training sessions, he's been digging into the machine learning research done in the 1940s and 50s — back when this whole field got started.
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