How to Run Visual Studio on a Mac Visual Studio doesn’t run natively on OS X, so my first step was to get Windows running on my MacBook Pro. (If you want an editor that does run natively, Xamarin Studio or Visual Studio Code might fit the bill). Visual Studio for Mac will now format your code following the conventions specified in the.editorconfig file. This will allow you to set your coding style, preferences, and warnings for your project; making it simpler for code that you contribute to other projects to follow the practices of those projects.

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

Visual Studio 2012 Macros

• 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.
  

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

Visual Studio 2012 Macro Recorder

Declaring a “bright new day for our friends in Macintosh-Land,” Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today unveiled Visual Studio 2010 for Mac OSX, expected to be available this summer. Speaking to a full crowd at the Medenbauer Center, Ballmer reminded the audience that Microsoft is one of the oldest and most competitive ISVs for Apple’s Macintosh platform. The company’s Excel spreadsheet software first appeared for Mac in 1985, he bellowed, two full years before Microsoft released a Windows version.


“We never stopped loving the Mac,” he shouted, waving an iPhone. “Every day, our Windows 7 dev team is inspired by the great work being done by visionaries in Cupertino.” Standing in front of a giant poster of an Apple iPad tablet computer, Ballmer screamed, “now it’s time to give something back!”

The centerpiece of Visual Studio for Mac OS X is its native implementation of Apple’s preferred object-oriented programming language, Objective-C, which is used by both Mac OS X and iPhone/iPad developers. According to Ballmer, the new Visual objective-C IDE will also appear in Visual Studio 2010 SP1 for Windows. Applications written in the Smalltalk-inspired language will require only a simple recompile to run on both Mac and Windows 7, he said.

Playing to the cheering developers at the software launch, Ballmer then showed Visual Basic for Mac OS X, another component of the Visual Studio for Mac OS X suite. “You asked for it, you got it!” he shrieked, before being buried by a hailed of rose petals and hotel keys tossed by ISVs and industry analysts. Ballmer said that the Visual Studio for Mac OS X suite (expected to ship by Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco, June 8-12) is expected to woo developers from Apple’s Xcode. “I know you love your Xcode,” he roared, “but I promise you’ll love your Visual Studio for Mac even more!”

On-stage demos at the event included Macintosh integration with Visual Studio Team System; using Visual Basic with Apple’s iPhone SDK to build a voice recognition application for iPhone and iPad; and porting BioShock 2 from Windows to Mac OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard.” Baller apologized for the tool chain’s lack of support for versions of Mac OS X prior to 10.5 “Leopard,” saying, “We’re only human, okay?”

As he was leaving the stage, Ballmer turned back. “Oh, just one more thing, “ he cried – and then showed off the company’s full .NET Framework 4.0 for Mac OS X, available for free download from the Microsoft website. “We love you, Apple!” he whooped, bringing the event to a triumphant close.

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