Issue with pairing PC to a MacBook Air when Mono being installed

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Issue with pairing PC to a MacBook Air when Mono being installed

Riffy 276

Hi

I am trying to pair my PC to a MacBook Air but am getting the following error:

The macOS is Monterey v 12.6 with M1 Chip. Xcode is already installed on MacBook.

I am running VS 2022 with Net MAUI on my PC.

Can anyone please suggest how to resolve this issue.

Thanks

Wenyan Zhang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 36,436 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-12-29T06:53:03.38+00:00

You could go to /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions and check if the version is old, the latest version is 6.12.0. And you can go to **%LOCALAPPDATA%\Xamarin\Logs** in your Windows machine, then share the detailed error log with me.
In addition, May I ask the detailed Xcode version on your Mac and the detailed VS version?

Besides, Pair to Mac will check to make sure that Mono is installed. If it is not installed, Pair to Mac will download and install the latest stable version of Mono on the Mac. You can try to remove the Mono.frameworks on your Mac, clear the Broker, IDB, Build, and Designer Agents on the Mac and Windows machine, then re-pair to Mac to check if this issue still exists.
Riffy 276 Reputation points

2022-12-29T22:58:08.657+00:00

Hi Wenyan

The Mono version (latest) was automatically installed by Windows through VS 2022 MAUI when I did the pairing. I had also installed Xcode recently.

I decided to install VS 2022 for Mac on my Macbook and tried pairing again. This time it worked successfully, so problem solved.

Once again the errors generated by Microsoft applications never report the actual issue, resulting in hours and hours of troubleshooting.

Thanks
Wenyan Zhang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 36,436 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-12-30T05:03:33.023+00:00

Glad you solved the problem. I make an answer according to your description, you can check it. In this way, it will make answer searching in the forum easier and be beneficial to other community members who meet the same issue as well.

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Wenyan Zhang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 36,436 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-12-29T06:53:03.38+00:00

You could go to /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions and check if the version is old, the latest version is 6.12.0. And you can go to **%LOCALAPPDATA%\Xamarin\Logs** in your Windows machine, then share the detailed error log with me.
In addition, May I ask the detailed Xcode version on your Mac and the detailed VS version?

Besides, Pair to Mac will check to make sure that Mono is installed. If it is not installed, Pair to Mac will download and install the latest stable version of Mono on the Mac. You can try to remove the Mono.frameworks on your Mac, clear the Broker, IDB, Build, and Designer Agents on the Mac and Windows machine, then re-pair to Mac to check if this issue still exists.
Riffy 276 Reputation points

2022-12-29T22:58:08.657+00:00

Hi Wenyan

The Mono version (latest) was automatically installed by Windows through VS 2022 MAUI when I did the pairing. I had also installed Xcode recently.

I decided to install VS 2022 for Mac on my Macbook and tried pairing again. This time it worked successfully, so problem solved.

Once again the errors generated by Microsoft applications never report the actual issue, resulting in hours and hours of troubleshooting.

Thanks
Wenyan Zhang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 36,436 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-12-30T05:03:33.023+00:00

Glad you solved the problem. I make an answer according to your description, you can check it. In this way, it will make answer searching in the forum easier and be beneficial to other community members who meet the same issue as well.

Answer 1

Hello,

As you @Riffy said, you installed VS 2022 for Mac on the Macbook and tried pairing again. After that, the problem solved.

In addition, the Mono version (latest) was automatically installed by Windows through VS 2022 MAUI when pairing.

Best Regards,
Wenyan Zhang

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