Why is VS 2022 (windows) trying to install dotnet v7 sdk to the Mac when its already installed?

Question

Hi,

I am trying to create a dotnet maui v7 project on windows for iOS and when I try to "connect to mac" it attempts to install 7.0.400-rtm.23369.16 sdk on the mac even though it appears to be already installed? The install then fails to download with other errors but why is it trying to download it in the first place?

I can only guess this is a version mismatch, so i have uninstalled all versions of the dotnet framework and reinstalled 7.0.400 on the Mac Mini (M1 Arm) to no avail.

Ive tried installing from scratch, removing VS for Mac and installing the files manually.

Maybe the version from dotnet.microsoft.com isnt rtm 23369.16?

Or maybe it isnt detecting my arm version of the sdk as its on a mac mini m1

But i have no idea what to try next?

Thanks for any suggestions!

Andy

Note: this all worked fine for Maui on .net 6.

dotnet --info
.NET SDK:
 Version:   7.0.400
 Commit:    73bf45718d

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     Mac OS X
 OS Version:  13.4
 OS Platform: Darwin
 RID:         osx.13-arm64
 Base Path:   /usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/7.0.400/

Host:
  Version:      7.0.10
  Architecture: arm64
  Commit:       a6dbb800a4

.NET SDKs installed:
  7.0.400 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]

.NET runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 7.0.10 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 7.0.10 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]

Answer 1

Hello,

Please refer to Clearing the Broker, IDB, Build, and Designer Agents on the Mac, and open XML/SDKs/dotnet/sdk folder to check whether the SDK for pair to mac has been successfully installed.

Best Regards,

Alec Liu.

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