Cannot update on Mac "while running on a read-only volume" ...

[melissamarchand]

Get this error even with the new February 2021 version of visual studio code on my MacBook Pro with Big Sur on it. "Cannot update while running on a read-only volume. The application is on a read-only volume. Please move the application and try again. If you're on macOS Sierra or later, you'll need to move the application out of the Downloads directory. This might mean the application was put on quarantine by macOS. See this link for more information." "This link" goes to
#7426 (comment) where it states:

"This is due to a well known Squirrel issue: Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#182
Workaround: Move Code out of Downloads and into the Applications folder.
Workaround 2: If updates still don't work after moving Code to the Applications folder, you can fix it with xattr:
sudo chown $USER ~/Library/Caches/com.microsoft.VSCode.ShipIt/*
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app
Closing this issue since the fix for #57664 allows us to inform users of this situation, instead of failing silently."

BUT THIS DOES NOT FIX MY PROBLEM. Any new ideas since this article is from 2018?

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[ddzy]

Same issue..

[deepak1556]

Can you provide steps or screen recording of what you did to hit this issue (i-e) where did you download the app to and where was it then moved to ?