# Coder View in Mac (v2025.1.1) not working as expected

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**Created:** [September 30, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/coder-view-in-mac-v2025-1-1-not-working-as-expected/45736 "2025-09-30T19:38:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![wakecarter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/wakecarter/32/5753_2.png) [@wakecarter](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/wakecarter)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/coder-view-in-mac-v2025-1-1-not-working-as-expected/45736/2 "2025-09-30T19:48:30Z")

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Press this icon to compile your Builder file and open it in Coder.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/psychopy/original/3X/f/d/fded45ee05a61aa53b67d4b9ade0da614ee38d35.png)

However, I would not recommend editing a Builder experiment in Coder.

> [@Wakefield's Daily Tips](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/wakefields-daily-tips/43371/19):
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> Builder isn’t Coder I strongly discourage the use of PsychoPy Coder for the creation of psychology experiments because Builder is easier to debug, share with others and translate into PsychoJS for use online. If you already have an experiment written in Coder, pasting the code into Builder code components is not sufficient to turn it into a Builder experiment. The logic of how to arrange an experiment is slightly different because of the way Builder works with components, routines and loops. F…

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