Installing VS Mac

VS for Mac is supported by the latest version of macOS (High Sierra), but it also works on older versions, such as OS X El Capitan (10.11) and macOS Sierra (10.12).

Follow these steps to install Visual Studio for Mac:

1. Open the DMG image that you downloaded, which will mount it as a drive:

1. Open the volume in Finder and run the installer by double-clicking on it:

1. Work your way through the installer and do something else while it downloads and installs everything you need:

At the end of this process, you will have Visual Studio for Mac installed. While this is going on, you have plenty of time to download and unzip Visual Studio Code. You will probably want to move VS Code to your Applications folder, rather than running it from Downloads. Then, the two VS editions can sit together and be friends: