Security News > 2023 > September > Microsoft retires Visual Studio for Mac, support ends in a year
Microsoft has announced it is retiring Visual Studio for Mac and that support for the latest version, 17.6, will continue for another year, until August 31, 2024.
NET Core, and the support for Android and iOS app writing through Xamarin made Visual Studio for Mac a versatile choice for developers.
The discontinuation of the Mac version comes somewhat as surprise, because the product went through a major overhaul last year to give it native UI, improved performance for Apple Silicon processors, and support for macOS accessibility features.
Microsoft says the decision to discontinue Visual Studio for Mac shouldn't be taken as a sign of abandoning the platform entirely, since there are alternatives in its portfolio.
"While the decision has been made to retire Visual Studio for Mac, we remain committed to our developers on Mac with alternatives like the recently announced C# Dev Kit for VS Code and other extensions that will allow you to take advantage of our ongoing investments in.NET development on a Mac." - Microsoft.
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