If you have issues with the updater, try following the steps in the Updater Troubleshooting guide. To start installing updates, select the Restart and Install Updates button:ĭepending on the components that need to be installed, you may need to accept additional licenses or enter your machine's administrator username and password. New downloads will start downloading automatically to your machine when this box appears. If you have selected the option to Check Automatically, the updater box will pop up when Visual Studio for Mac is open to let you know that new updates are available. Switching channels automatically starts the download process of new updates. To change the channel select it from the channel drop down and press the Switch Channel button: To open the Visual Studio Updater, browse to Visual Studio > Check for Updates: You can use the Visual Studio Updater box to check for new updates, change channels, and download and install updates. These releases may not be reliable for everyday use. You can still get Hot Reload If you start your app through Visual Studio without the debugger, and we are working to resolve this in the next Visual Studio update. Preview - Provides early access to updates that are candidates for release in the Stable Channel. In Visual Studio 2022 GA release Hot Reload support for Blazor WebAssembly when using the Visual Studio debugger isn’t enabled yet.This channel is recommended for the best development experience. Stable - Provides thoroughly tested updates.Visual Studio for Mac provides two channels to get these latest versions:

These updates can be in the form of new features, improvements, and bug fixes.

Visual Studio for Mac distributes updates for the IDE and supported frameworks on a regular basis.

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