I have been using an M1 Mac Mini since the launch of the M1 building software with. Apple is now shipping several models of computers all with M1 processors. The M1 processor is a custom ARM 64-bit processor and is based on the popular A series processors that Apple has been designing and shipping in mobile devices for years.

Please try the preview and let us know your experiences!Īpple’s recent news of switching processors from the Intel x86 family of processors to custom processors has caused a lot of talk among the development community. We’re continuing to improve the M1 development experience in Visual Studio 8.10 Preview. We’ve invited Aaron LaBeau, an MVP and seasoned Mac developer, to share his experiences. NET and Visual Studio for Mac are working for our customers in the real world.

We’ve been using and testing with M1 Macs, but it’s always great to hear how. Hi! We recently posted about how Visual Studio for Mac is supporting Apple Silicon / M1 architecture through the Rosetta translation layer starting in version 8.9, and we’re working towards native support.