Click the button to download the latest version of Visual Studio 2017 for Mac. For instructions on setup and install, see the Setup and Install Visual Studio for Mac documentation. To learn more about Visual Studio 2017 for Mac, see Mac System Requirements and Mac Platform Targeting. First off, I’m going to assume you already have install Visual Studio 2015. Next, go back to Xamarin Platform and download the PC installer. It’s practically an identical setup experience to the Mac version. Visual Studio for Mac enables you to write code accurately and efficiently without losing the current file context. You can easily zoom into details such as call structure, related.
Parallels Desktop for Mac is a hypervisor-based virtualization solution that makes it easy to run any number of operating systems inside separate windows on your Mac desktop. For developers, this means you can simultaneously run Xcode on Mac and Visual Studio on Windows 8. The Parallels window behaves like a normal Mac window, so you can copy content from your desktop and place it directly into the Parallels virtual machine instance just as you would from one Mac window to another. You can even run Visual Studio (and other Windows applications) directly on the Mac OS X desktop (no Windows VM window, just the app).
For cross-platform development of iOS apps, Windows Store Apps, and Windows Phone 8 apps, Parallels is unparalleled since you can work with two different operating systems and related dev tools at the same time, in the same session, from the same desktop.
Here, Kurt Schmucker, a product manager at Parallels, gives a brief summary of Parallels Desktop and demonstrates how to run Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2012 on your Mac without rebooting to a Windows partition first. Kurt demonstrates the Visual Studio Windows Phone emulator running along side the Xcode iPhone emulator.
FAQ
- Connect to Turing
- Enhance Windows Performance
System Requirements
- To install Visual Studio on your Mac you need, minimumally:
- an Intel Mac
- 1 GB of Memory
- 25 GB of free hard drive space
- You can check the first two by clicking on the Apple icon on the top left and opening up 'About this Mac'.
Downloads
- Download VirtualBox for yor Mac here
- This downloads the file VirtualBox-3.2.8-64453-OSX.dmg.
- Open this file and follow the installation instructions.
Create a Virtual Machine
- Start VirtualBox
- Create a new virtual machine by pressing the blue star labeled New
- Press continue on the dialog box.
- Name your machine: Win7-CS150
- Operating System: Microsoft Windows
- Version: Windows 7
- Press continue on the dialog box.
- In the Memory dialog, give your machine 1024 MB of RAM. You can type in the box on the right.
- Press continue on the dialog box.
- In the Virtual Hard Disk screen accept the defaults (Boot Hard Disk, Create new hard disk) and press continue.
- In the Welcome to the Create New Virtual Disk Wizard press continue.
- Select a Fixed-Size storage in the Hard Disk Storage Type and press continue.
- Specify a 25 GB hard drive in the Virtual Disk Location andSize dialog. You can type in the box on the right. Press continue.
- In the Summary dialog, press Done. Wait while it processes.This may take up to 30 minutes, depending on the speed of your machine.
- Once this finishes, press Done.
Install Windows
- You should now see Win7-CS150 listed on the left side on the
VirtualBox Window. Select that virtual machine. - Put the Windows 7 Disk in the CD/DVD Drive
- Click Storage on the right panel.
- Select the Empty CD/DVD
- In the right panel, choose Host Drive in the CD/DVD Device drop down box. and press OK.
- With Win7-CS150 highlighed, press the green Start arrow at the top of
the window. - This should start the Windows 7 Installer. TheInstaller will ask you various questions and take up to 2 hours toinstall Windows.
- Once Windows completes the installation eject the Windows install disk.
- While Windows is not running, Click Storage, the CD/DVD Icon, and set the CD/DVD Device to Empty.
- The DVD may show up on the Mac desktop. If it does, drag it to the Trash to eject the DVD.
Install Visual Studio
- Put in the Visual Studio Disk
- While Windows is not running, Click Storage, the CD/DVD Icon, and set the CD/DVD Device to Host Drive.
- Start Windows again.
- The Visual Studio DVD should show up in Windows. If not,inside of Windows open My Computer, and click on the CD/DVDDrive. This should start the Visual Studio installer.
- The install may take up to an hour. Once the installfinishes, eject the DVD as described above and Visual Studio shouldwork.
- Bring both disks back to the instructor and you'll be given a Windows Key to activate Windows.
Activate Windows
- Start Windows.
- Open My Computer
- Start Menu | Computer
- Choose System Properties from the menu bar.
- Click on the Active Windows Now link towards the bottom of the dialog box.
- Provide the license key given to you by the CS Department. You need to be connected to the network for this to work.
Connect to Turing
- Open My Computer
- Start Menu | Computer
- Choose Map network drive from the menu bar.
- Choose a drive letter (any letter)
- Folder: turing.cs.pacificu.eduStudents
- Check Connect using different credentials
- Press Finish
- Supply your PUNetID for your user name and your Turing password.
- The Turing drive should show up on the bottom of the computer dialog under Network Locations.
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Update Windows
- Open My Computer
- Start Menu | Computer
- Choose System Properties from the menu bar.
- Select Windows Update in the lower left corner
- Select any important or optional updates to install
- Install Updates
Enhance Windows Performance
- Open My Computer
- Start Menu | Computer
- Choose System Properties from the menu bar.
- Select Performance Information and Tools in the lower left corner
- Select Adjust visual effects on the left menu
- Choose Adjust for best performance
- Apply
- Ok