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There are generally 3 ways to get visual studio on Macbook Pro:
General Add selection to next Find match ⇧⌘P, F1 Show Command Palette ⌘P Quick Open, Go to File ⇧⌘N New window/instance ⌘W ⌘Close window/instance. There are generally 3 ways to get visual studio on Macbook Pro: Install windows via Bootcamp, Run windows via a virtual machine, Install windows via Bootcamp then run the image as a VM with parallel. In this article I am focusing on the first option to dedicate maximum CPU and ram for visual studio, MSSQL and IIS. Check if your Macbook Pro is supported. Why is My Macbook Pro so Slow? Whether you own an old 2012 MacBook Pro, or a shiny new 15-inch 2017 MacBook Pro with 512GB flash storage, over time it can run slowly. There could be so many causes, but in general, they all fall into the following four categories. Personal Habits. If you keep your Mac running all the time, let too many apps. I use a MacBook Pro at work for Visual Studio development. Tl;dr: I really like it. I've always used PCs in the past, but my new company gives everyone Macs (and I'm the lone C# developer here). I installed Windows using Boot Camp, and created a Parallels VM from the Boot Camp partition.
- Install windows via Bootcamp,
- Run windows via a virtual machine,
- Install windows via Bootcamp then run the image as a VM with parallel.
In this article I am focusing on the first option to dedicate maximum CPU and ram for visual studio, MSSQL and IIS.
Check if your Macbook Pro is supported
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Anything 2013 early 15” Retina and later should support 10. If you’re not sure, check Apple’s list at https://support.apple.com/en-sg/HT204990#models Podcast audio software.
Getting windows 10 installer image
For those on Bizspark, you can download the enterprise edition iso at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads
(To reach here from Bizspark website after logging in, click on the small “get tools” link on the top right, and again “MSDN Subscription” in the same area on the new page.)
(To reach here from Bizspark website after logging in, click on the small “get tools” link on the top right, and again “MSDN Subscription” in the same area on the new page.)
If you’re wondering why some versions have a “N” suffix, those are versions without media technologies (media player, codecs, etc.) bundled.
Run Bootcamp assistant
Allocating space for windows partition
The windows 10 OS itself took up about 20GB. Office will take up another 1.5~2GB. Visual studio installer alone takes up 6GB, and take up some 15-20GB installed.
If you are not planning on doing anything other than development work in Visual Studio, recommend at least 50~60GB of space for the new partition.
Windows Support Software
If you get the error “The Windows Support Software Could Not Be Saved To The Selected Drive”, try only checking the first option and perform 2nd and 3rd later. In my case, I proceeded with the install without downloading the support drivers first, and only came back to MacOS for it after the first boot into windows.
Installing Windows
If your windows installer complaints that “We couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one. For more information, see setup log files”, try resetting your NVRAM:
Reboot your Mac, hold down Control, Option, R and P on the keyboard right after the chime. Keep holding until the Mac reboots and you hear the chime again. After that complete the BCA procedure as normal.
(Referenced from last page of https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7020233?start=45&tstart=0)
Install boot camp support software on windows
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Go to your USB drive and look for a bootcamp folder or similar. You should see a setup.exe inside. Run it.
If you get a “The version of Boot Camp is not intended for this computer model”, you may have manually downloaded a version via apple’s website. Those are meant for widows 7 and earlier, so reboot into MacOS and use the boot camp assistant to download the right version.
If you get a “The version of Boot Camp is not intended for this computer model”, you may have manually downloaded a version via apple’s website. Those are meant for widows 7 and earlier, so reboot into MacOS and use the boot camp assistant to download the right version.
Stuck at Realtek?
If your set up stucks on “Realtek Audio”, try these to work around:
- Keep the installer running (do not force quit)
- go to your bootcamp folder, manually install the realtek driver, at the end of the install, do not restart
- after manually setting up realtek, open Task Manager, and kill the “RealtekSetup” process
- bootcamp will now skip the Realtek step and proceed.
(Referenced from https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6567790?tstart=0 )
In Windows land
Configuring keyboard and trackpad
Access the boot camp control panel from the status area (right most of the task bar), it’s the grey diamond icon. Click on it once then select “Boot Camp Control Panel”
Select the options you need in the “Keyboard” and “Trackpad” tabs in the new window.
Want to use the command key as ctrl? Download sharp keys from http://www.randyrants.com/category/sharpkeys/
Want to use the command key as ctrl? Download sharp keys from http://www.randyrants.com/category/sharpkeys/
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Installing Visual Studio
To mount the iso, select the iso file in explorer, and a new menu “Disc Image Tools” should appear. Clicking on it should give you 2 options “Mount” or “Burn”. Select “Mount” and run the set up application at the root of the disc (mine was “vs_enterprise.exe”).
Macbook Pro Visual Studio Settings
Select custom installation so you can select the components you need. For me I enabled “SQL Server Data Tools” and some Git tools under “Common Tools”. If you are also doing frontend development, you can install node.js here too.
Enable any mobile-related components and the installation size jumps to 30+ GB as it auto-selects windows SDK and Android Native Development Kit (taking up about 5GB each) among others.
Enable any mobile-related components and the installation size jumps to 30+ GB as it auto-selects windows SDK and Android Native Development Kit (taking up about 5GB each) among others.
Install IIS
Macbook Pro Visual Studio Download
Open the “Programme and features” section of control panel and stay tuned for Part 2!