{"id":237393,"date":"2022-03-31T12:35:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T19:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/?p=237393"},"modified":"2022-04-06T11:46:36","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T18:46:36","slug":"visual-studio-2022-for-mac-preview-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/visual-studio-2022-for-mac-preview-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Preview 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Visual Studio 2022 for Mac 17.0 Preview 8 is now available! In this release, the focus is on addressing top reported issues from prior preview releases and driving forward to a high-quality GA (General Availability) release. This work builds on top of prior previews where we\u2019ve moved the UI of the IDE to fully native macOS UI and migrated the IDE to run on top of .NET 6 (enabling native support of Apple\u2019s M1 (arm64) processor. Get the latest release now by using the <strong>Visual Studio &gt; Check for Updates<\/strong>\u2026 menu in the product, or download it directly:<\/p>\n<p><div  class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\"><a class=\"cta_button_link btn-primary mb-24\" href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/installer\/preview\" target=\"_blank\">Download Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Preview 8<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n<h2>Top issues fixed in this release<\/h2>\n<p>As we focus on improving the quality of the Visual Studio 2022 for Mac release, we rely on the <a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/spaces\/41\/index.html\">Developer Community<\/a> site as our main source for feedback from developers using the IDE. If you encounter any issues using the product, please use the <strong>Help &gt; Report a Problem<\/strong> menu to share your feedback along with screen shots or log files to help streamline the troubleshooting process. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/visualstudio\/mac\/report-a-problem?view=vsmac-2019\">how to report a problem<\/a> in Visual Studio for Mac.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_237394\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_237394\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/03\/VSMac17-ReportAProblem.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-237394\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/03\/VSMac17-ReportAProblem-300x252.png\" alt=\"The Help menu open with a Report a Problem menu item highlighted.\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/03\/VSMac17-ReportAProblem-300x252.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/03\/VSMac17-ReportAProblem.png 724w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_237394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Using the <strong>Help &gt; Report a Problem<\/strong> menu to report an issue<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to reports from developers like you, we\u2019ve addressed a handful of critical issues. Here are some of the top customer-reported issues fixed in this release:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/t\/Many-keyboard-shortcuts-dont-work\/1693870\">Many keyboard shortcuts don&#8217;t work<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/t\/Fuzzy-Text-Visual-Studio-2022-Preview-fo\/1545369\">Fuzzy Text [on an external monitor] <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/t\/Android-Device-Manager-Crashes\/1677866\">Android Device Manager Crashes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/t\/Maui-Projects-Not-working\/1702206?space=41&amp;sort=newest\">Removing an Unsupported prompt for .NET MAUI Projects<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to these fixes, you can find a longer list of all fixes in the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/visualstudio\/releases\/2022\/mac-release-notes-preview\">release notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Please keep sharing your feedback<\/h2>\n<p>We want your help making Visual Studio 2022 for Mac the best developer experience possible. Your feedback continues to inform our plans \u2013 after you\u2019ve had a chance to try out this preview, please let us know what you think by taking the Visual Studio for Mac Preview survey:<\/p>\n<p><div  class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\"><a class=\"cta_button_link btn-primary mb-24\" href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/installer\/preview\" target=\"_blank\">Download Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Preview 8<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div  class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\"><a class=\"cta_button_link btn-primary mb-24\" href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/P5DMRYM\" target=\"_blank\">Share your feedback<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Also, if you\u2019re interested in receiving updates directly from our team, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/6S8WGD7\">join our Preview Newsletter<\/a> \u2013 we\u2019ll share updates on what\u2019s new and share more opportunities for you to give feedback to our team.<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned earlier, please share your thoughts in our Visual Studio for Mac Preview survey, and keep sending those <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/vsmac-suggestion\">suggestions<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/report?space=41&amp;entry=problem\">problem reports<\/a>! You can use the <strong>Help &gt; Report a Problem<\/strong> or <strong>Help &gt; Provide a Suggestion<\/strong> menus to share feedback, or go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/search?space=41&amp;stateGroup=active\">Visual Studio for Mac Developer Community<\/a> site to vote for those that are most important to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visual Studio 2022 for Mac 17.0 Preview 8 is now available! 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