Minimum requirements for building apps on Mac

Question

Hello,

let me say, i want to create and build an app with MAUI on Mac/iPhone. Afaik currently i need a Mac for building the packages. But what minimum requirerments have this packaging mac? Is an old boxed mac enough?

Greetings

Sascha

Answer 1

Hello,

You are right, building apps for iOS and macOS requires a Mac, see What is .NET MAUI? - .NET MAUI | Microsoft Learn and the Installation part.

what minimum requirerments have this packaging mac? Is an old boxed mac enough?

Based on requirements for IDE and SDKs, it's recommended that you update the Mac to macOS Sonoma, and you can see the compatible computer list, the oldest machine is iMac Pro (2017).

Detailed information:

If you would like to debug the app via VS for Mac or VS code, there are some limits for the IDE.

Visual Studio 2022 for Mac is supported on the following 64-bit operating systems:

• macOS Ventura 13.0 or higher.
• macOS Monterey 12.0 or higher.
• macOS Big Sur 11.0 or higher.

For more details, see Visual Studio 2022 for Mac System Requirements | Microsoft Learn

VS Code is supported on the following platforms:

• macOS versions with Apple security update support. This is typically the latest release and the two previous versions.

For more details, see Requirements for Visual Studio Code and Which macOS versions are the latest from Apple.

For MAUI apps that targets on iOS and MacCatalyst, you'd better to use the latest Xcode and latest iOS/Maccatalyst SDKs if you want to upload it to AppStore. For now, the latest version is Xcode15, please see the minimum requirements and supported SDKs for Xcode15.1 from Apple.

Best Regards,

Wenyan Zhang

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