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@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ title: "What's happening to Visual Studio for Mac"
 description: "Learn about Visual Studio for Mac retirement and the new Mac development options."
 author: anandmeg 
 ms.author: meghaanand
-ms.date: 12/01/2023
+ms.date: 06/14/2024
 ms.topic: overview
 ---
 # What's happening to Visual Studio for Mac?
 
-Visual Studio for Mac is scheduled for retirement by August 31, 2024 in accordance with Microsoft’s [Modern Lifecycle Policy](/lifecycle/policies/modern).  Visual Studio for Mac 17.6 will continue to be supported until August 31, 2024, with servicing updates for security issues and updated platforms from Apple. We recommend that you [switch to a stable build](#preview-vs-stable-builds-of-visual-studio-for-mac) for the latest security and reliability updates. 
+Visual Studio for Mac is scheduled for retirement by August 31, 2024 in accordance with Microsoft’s [Modern Lifecycle Policy](/lifecycle/policies/modern). Visual Studio for Mac 17.6 will continue to be supported until August 31, 2024, with servicing updates for security issues and updated platforms from Apple. We recommend that you [switch to a stable build](#preview-vs-stable-builds-of-visual-studio-for-mac) for the latest security and reliability updates. 
 
-While the decision has been made to retire Visual Studio for Mac, **we remain committed to our developers on Mac and .NET MAUI** with alternatives like the [C# Dev Kit for Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/csharp/get-started) and other extensions you can use to take advantage of our ongoing investments in .NET development. 
+While we have decided to retire Visual Studio for Mac, **we remain committed to our developers on Mac and .NET MAUI** with alternatives like the [C# Dev Kit for Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/csharp/get-started) and other extensions you can use to take advantage of our ongoing investments in .NET development. 
 
 ## Support timeline
 
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 3.  Launch Visual Studio from `/Applications/Visual Studio.app`.
 4.  You can now delete `/Applications/Visual Studio (Preview).app`.
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> You must be online to install Visual Studio for Mac. Offline installation isn't available for Visual Studio for Mac.
+
 ## Alternative options for developing on the Mac
 
-[Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/whyvscode) is a great place for cloud-native .NET development on the Mac with things like Azure Functions, and more.  As of 2023, premier support is available in Visual Studio Code for [.NET cloud, .NET MAUI, and Mobile C# development through the C# Dev Kit](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/csharp/get-started). Additionally, the [C# Dev Kit for .NET MAUI](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-dotnettools.dotnet-maui) offers support for designing, editing, and debugging Unity scripts as well. These extensions operate natively across all supported platforms, including macOS, and the experience using these are continuously improved as they move from preview to General Availability and beyond.  We are continuing to invest in making these a great experience for C#, .NET MAUI and Unity development on Visual Studio Code. We encourage you submit suggestions and report issues for these extensions in the [Visual Studio Code GitHub project repository](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dotnettools/issues).
+[Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/whyvscode) is a great place for cloud-native .NET development on the Mac with things like Azure Functions, and more. As of 2023, premier support is available in Visual Studio Code for [.NET cloud, .NET MAUI, and Mobile C# development through the C# Dev Kit](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/csharp/get-started). Additionally, the [C# Dev Kit for .NET MAUI](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-dotnettools.dotnet-maui) offers support for designing, editing, and debugging Unity scripts as well. These extensions operate natively across all supported platforms, including macOS, and the experience using them are continuously improved as they move from preview to General Availability and beyond. We're continuing to invest in making these extensions a great experience for C#, .NET MAUI and Unity development on Visual Studio Code. We encourage you to submit suggestions and report issues for these extensions in the [Visual Studio Code GitHub project repository](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dotnettools/issues).
 
-Visual Studio continues to be the premier tool of choice for .NET/C# development. If you prefer to use a full-fledged IDE, you can use the same license for Visual Studio for Mac on **Visual Studio on Windows** in a VM either on a Mac or in the cloud. You can use VM hosts like Parallels to set up Windows and work in Visual Studio (Windows).  A [cloud-hosted VM from Microsoft Dev Box](/azure/dev-box/overview-what-is-microsoft-dev-box) provides access to the full power of Visual Studio through your Web or native RDP client from a Mac without the overhead of running a virtual machine on your local machine.  
+Visual Studio continues to be the premier tool of choice for .NET/C# development. If you prefer to use a full-fledged IDE, you can use the same license for Visual Studio for Mac on **Visual Studio on Windows** in a VM either on a Mac or in the cloud. You can use VM hosts like Parallels to set up Windows and work in Visual Studio (Windows). A [cloud-hosted VM from Microsoft Dev Box](/azure/dev-box/overview-what-is-microsoft-dev-box) provides access to the full power of Visual Studio through your Web or native RDP client from a Mac without the overhead of running a virtual machine on your local machine.  
 
 ## Get support 
 
-Visual Studio for Mac is licensed under Microsoft’s [Modern Lifecycle Policy](/lifecycle/policies/modern).  Microsoft Customer Service and Support remains available through Visual Studio for Mac’s end-of-life date. You’ll also receive security updates to ensure you can continue to build and publish your existing applications with Visual Studio for Mac.
- 
+Visual Studio for Mac is licensed under Microsoft’s [Modern Lifecycle Policy](/lifecycle/policies/modern). Microsoft Customer Service and Support remains available through Visual Studio for Mac’s end-of-life date. Security updates to ensure you can continue to build and publish your existing applications with Visual Studio for Mac will also continue through the retirement date.
+
 
-You can continue to submit [Developer Community tickets](/visualstudio/ide/developer-community-guidelines) to report bugs with Visual Studio for Mac before May 2024, but note that Microsoft won't consider suggestions for new features and extended workload support. Additionally, Microsoft might not respond to every ticket, your input is used to help steer investments to ensure Visual Studio for Mac is a quality, performant, and reliable IDE through its end-of-life date. We want to encourage folks to upvote relevant tickets as that increases visibility on our end. 
+You can continue to submit [Developer Community tickets](/visualstudio/ide/developer-community-guidelines) to report bugs with Visual Studio for Mac before August 31, 2024, but note that you'll be unable to create suggestions for new features and extended workload support. Additionally, Microsoft might not respond to every ticket, your input is used to help steer investments to ensure Visual Studio for Mac is a quality, performant, and reliable IDE through its end-of-life date. We encourage you to upvote tickets relevant to you as that increases visibility on our end. 
 
 ## Next steps
 
 Try [the C# Dev Kit](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/csharp/get-started) for premier support in Visual Studio Code for .NET cloud, [.NET MAUI](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-dotnettools.dotnet-maui), and Mobile C# development.  
+
+To uninstall Visual Studio for Mac, reference the [Uninstall Visual Studio for Mac article](/visualstudio/mac/uninstall).