{"id":237498,"date":"2022-04-12T12:08:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T19:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/?p=237498"},"modified":"2022-04-12T12:08:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T19:08:22","slug":"visual-studio-2022-for-mac-preview-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/visual-studio-2022-for-mac-preview-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Preview 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Visual Studio 2022 for Mac 17.0 Preview 9 is now available! In this release, the focus is on addressing top reported issues from prior preview releases. This work builds on top of earlier 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 9<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n<h2>Top issues fixed in this release<\/h2>\n<p>Thank you to everyone who\u2019s reported issues so far. 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\/Cant-move-files-in-VS-2022-for-Mac\/1695923\">Can&#8217;t move files in VS 2022 for Mac<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/t\/IDE-horizontal-and-vertical-splitters-be\/10004981\">IDE horizontal and vertical splitters become unresponsive.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/t\/Cannot-debug-unit-tests-in-Visual-Studio\/1647838\">Cannot debug unit tests in Visual Studio 2022 Mac Preview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/t\/XAML-files-refuse-to-save\/1498383\">XAML files refuse to save<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/t\/Cannot-load-Apple-certificates\/1692185\">Cannot load Apple certificates<\/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>Vote on the top issues affecting you<\/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. Last blog post, we discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/visualstudio\/mac\/report-a-problem\">how to use the <strong>Help &gt; Report a Problem<\/strong><\/a> menu in the IDE. Please keep sending us those problem reports if you have any issues!<\/p>\n<p>Another way you can help us focus on the most important issues: <a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/search?space=41&amp;ftype=problem&amp;stateGroup=active&amp;sort=newest\">search for existing issues<\/a> on the Developer Community site and add your vote to items affecting you. When you click on an already reported issue you can either upvote or downvote items using the up and down arrows next to the vote count:<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_237499\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_237499\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/04\/2022-Apr-12-DevComm-Voting.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-237499\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/04\/2022-Apr-12-DevComm-Voting.png\" alt=\"A box containing an up arrow and down arrow, next to the words 10 Votes. A cursor is over the top of the up arrow.\" width=\"128\" height=\"92\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_237499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upvoting issues on Developer Community<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>When reviewing issues reported on the latest releases, we always start by looking at items with the most votes to get a feel for the level of impact on developers. If you upvote an issue, please add a comment with additional steps to reproduce the issue. You can also privately upload your log files to make it easier for us to troubleshoot. To find your log files, use the <strong>Help &gt; Open Log Directory <\/strong>menu in the IDE. Select your log files, right-click to Archive and create a .zip file, and then upload the .zip (privately) with your comments.<\/p>\n<h2>Please keep sharing your feedback<\/h2>\n<p>Thanks for helping report issues and making Visual Studio 2022 for Mac the best Visual Studio for Mac release yet. After you\u2019ve had a chance to try out this preview release, 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 9<\/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>! 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