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Visual Studio for Mac is created using Mono, an open source development platform based on the. If you choose to switch channels to either the pre-release Beta or Alpha channel, then no support is provided on that installation of Visual Studio for Mac. You can get updates by following in-product prompts or by downloading the latest from or My. Beta and Alpha channels are not supported. The Stable channel is the only supported channel.īeta and Alpha are considered preview channels for customers to provide feedback for and receive early previews of pre-release features that are still under development.
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Visual Studio for Mac offers the option to subscribe to Stable, Beta, and Alpha channels.
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