Where is the console?

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May 22, 2025
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There are many references to scripting for Adobe Illustrator in a ‘console’.

Where do I find the ‘console’ on a Mac?

Plus, when this mysterious console has been found I guess I need to know how to link between the console and Illustrator.

I have downloaded the Adobe Illustrator 2025 SDK from <https://developer.adobe.com/console/1891023/home

I have xcode.

Correct answer Doug A Roberts

It may be referring to the ExtendScript ToolKit. It used to be a separate app, but as far as I know was deprecated in favour of a VSCode plugin some years ago.

Doug A Roberts

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Unless I have my wires crossed, the site you linked to is the console.

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Paul_St_GeorgeAuthor

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Well, you are right. The page does say: “Welcome to the Adobe Developer Console”, but I am looking for the console that you can write to:

console.log( ‘Hello World );

This would be the same console that I can write Javascript in and when run it will do something in Illustrator.

Doug A Roberts

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It may be referring to the ExtendScript ToolKit. It used to be a separate app, but as far as I know was deprecated in favour of a VSCode plugin some years ago.

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