Noted For Mac

NOTE:

Between mid October 2019 and mid February 2020 everyone in the Army was migrated to use their PIV Authentication certificate for Email access. You no longer use the Email certificate for Enterprise Email or any CAC enabled websites

Mac users who choose to upgrade (or already have upgraded) to Mac OS Catalina (10.15.x) will need to uninstall all 3rd Party CAC enablers per https://militarycac.com/macuninstall.htm AND reenable the built in smart card ability (very bottom of macuninstall link above)

Noted is a fully-integrated audio recording and note-taking app Noise reduction and EQ Remove unwanted background noise, and enhance your recording for clearer playback.

Microsoft OneNote The digital note-taking app for your.
Can I get a refund for my purchase of the Legacy Version Mac app? How do I decide which GoodNotes 5 Mac app to delete? Troubleshooting - GoodNotes 5 for Mac. When I try to download GoodNotes for macOS, I'm offered to download the last compatible version. GoodNotes 5 is not syncing with the Mac.
Download this app from Microsoft Store for Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile, Windows 10 Team (Surface Hub), HoloLens. See screenshots, read the latest customer reviews, and compare ratings for Samsung Notes.

If you purchased your Mac with OS Catalina (10.15.x) already installed, you can skip the uninstall part above and follow the instructions below.

6 'high level' steps needed, follow down the page to make this a painless systematic process

1.	Is your CAC reader 'Mac friendly'?
2.	Can your Mac 'see' the reader?
3.	Verify which version of Mac OS you have
4.	Figure out which CAC (ID card) you have
5.	Install the DoD certificates
5a.	Additional DoD certificate installation instructions for Firefox users
6.	Decide which CAC enabler you want to use (except for 10.12-.15)

Step 1: Is your CAC reader Mac friendly?

Visit the USB Readers page to verify the CAC reader you have is Mac friendly.

Visit the USB-C Readers page to verify the CAC reader you have is Mac friendly.

'Some, not all' CAC readers may need to have a driver installed to make it work.

NOTE: Readers such as: SCR-331 & SCR-3500A may need a firmware update (NO OTHER Readers need firmware updates).

Information about these specific readers are in Step 2

Step 2: Can your Mac 'see' the reader?

Plug the CAC reader into an open USB port before proceeding, give it a few moments to install

Step 2a: Click the Apple Icon in the upper left corner of the desktop, select 'About This Mac'

Step 2b: Click 'System Report..' (button)

Step 2c: Verify the CAC reader shows in Hardware, USB, under USB Device Tree. Different readers will show differently, most readers have no problem in this step. See Step 2c1 for specific reader issues.

Step 2c1: Verify firmware version on your SCR-331 or GSR-202, 202V, 203 CAC, or SCR-3500a reader. If you have a reader other than these 5, Proceed directly to step 3

Step 2c1a-SCR-331 reader

If your reader does not look like this, go to the next step.

In the 'Hardware' drop down, click 'USB.' On the right side of the screen under 'USB Device Tree' the window will display all hardware plugged into the USB ports on your Mac. Look for “SCRx31 USB Smart Card Reader.” If the Smart Card reader is present, look at 'Version' in the lower right corner of this box: If you have a number below 5.25, you need to update your firmware to 5.25. If you are already at 5.25, your reader is installed on your system, and no further hardware changes are required. You can now Quit System Profiler and continue to Step 3.

Step 2c1b-SCR-3500A reader

If you have the SCR3500A P/N:905430-1 CAC reader,you may need to install this driver, as the one that installs automatically will not work on most Macs. Hold the control key [on your keyboard] when clicking the .pkg file [with your mouse], select [the word] Open

Step 3: Verify which version of MacOS do you have?

(You need to know this information for step 6)

Step 3a: Click the Apple Icon in the upper left corner of your desktop and select 'About This Mac'

Step 3b: Look below Mac OS X for: Example: Version 10.X.X.

Step 4: Figure out which CAC (ID Card) you have

(You need to know this information for step 6)

Look at the top back of your ID card for these card types. If you have any version other than the six shown below, you need to visit an ID card office and have it replaced. All CACs [other than these six] were supposed to be replaced prior to 1 October 2012.

Find out how to flip card over video

Step 5: Install the DoD certificates (for Safari and Chrome Users)

Go to Keychain Access

Click: Go (top of screen), Utilities, double click Keychain Access.app

(You can also type: keychain access using Spotlight (this is my preferred method))

Select login (under Keychains),and All Items (under Category).

Download the 5 files via links below (you may need to <ctrl> click, select Download Linked File As.. on each link) Save to your downloads folder

Please know.. IF You have any DoD certificates already located in your keychain access, you will need to delete them prior to running the AllCerts.p7b file below.

https://militarycac.com/maccerts/AllCerts.p7b,

https://militarycac.com/maccerts/RootCert2.cer,

https://militarycac.com/maccerts/RootCert3.cer,

https://militarycac.com/maccerts/RootCert4.cer, and

Double click each of the files to install certificates into the login section of keychain

Select the Kind column, verify the arrow is pointing up, scroll down to certificate, look for all of the following certificates:

DOD EMAIL CA-33 through DOD EMAIL CA-34,

DOD EMAIL CA-39 through DOD EMAIL CA-44,

DOD EMAIL CA-49 through DOD EMAIL CA-52,

DOD EMAIL CA-59,

DOD ID CA-33 through DOD ID CA-34,

DOD ID CA-39 through DOD ID CA-44,

DOD ID CA-49 through DOD ID CA-52,

DOD ID CA-59

DOD ID SW CA-35 through DOD ID SW CA-38,

DOD ID SW CA-45 through DOD ID SW CA-48,

DoD Root CA 2 through DoD Root CA 5,

DOD SW CA-53 through DOD SW CA-58, and

DOD SW CA-60 through DOD SW CA-61

NOTE: If you are missing any of the above certificates, you have 2 choices,

1. Delete all of them, and re-run the 5 files above, or

Download Gmail For Mac. Free and safe download. Download the latest version of the top software, games, programs and apps in 2020. Download Mail for Gmail for Mac & read reviews. Customizable emailing. Platforms; Categories. Mail for Gmail is a great free application that provides many utilities for managing your Google email account. Mail for Gmail is available for Mac devices running OS X 11.0 or later. Gmail for Mac is perfect for quickly accessing your Gmail account without ever needing to open a web browser. The app is fully feature packed and built for speed. Gmail Browser 0.96 for Mac is free to download from our application library. The bundle id for this application is eu.willmore.GmailBrowser. The actual developer of this free Mac application is Ben Willmore. The program lies within Communication Tools, more precisely E-mail. GmailBrowser-0.97.dmg is the most frequent filename for this app's. Download the gmail app.

2. Download the allcerts.zip file and install each of the certificates you are missing individually.

Errors:

Error 100001 Solution

Error 100013 Solution

You may notice some of the certificates will have a red circle with a white X . This means your computer does not trust those certificates

You need to manually trust the DoD Root CA 2, 3, 4, & 5 certificates

Double click each of the DoD Root CA certificates, select the triangle next to Trust, in the When using this certificate: select Always Trust, repeat until all 4 do not have the red circle with a white X.

You may be prompted to enter computer password when you close the window

Once you select Always Trust, your icon will have a light blue circle with a white + on it.

The 'bad certs' that have caused problems for Windows users may show up in the keychain access section on some Macs. These need to be deleted / moved to trash.

The DoD Root CA 2 & 3 you are removing has a light blue frame, leave the yellow frame version. The icons may or may not have a red circle with the white x

or	DoD Interoperability Root CA 1 or CA 2	certificate
DoD Root CA 2 or 3 (light blue frame ONLY)	certificate
or	Federal Bridge CA 2016 or 2013	certificate
or	Federal Common Policy CA	certificate
or	or	SHA-1 Federal Root CA G2	certificate
or	US DoD CCEB Interoperability Root CA 1	certificate

If you have tried accessing CAC enabled sites prior to following these instructions, please go through this page before proceeding

Clearing the keychain (opens a new page)

Please come back to this page to continue installation instructions.

Step 5a: DoD certificate installation instructions for Firefox users

NOTE: Firefox will not work on Catalina (10.15.x), or last 4 versions of Mac OS if using the native Apple smartcard ability

Download AllCerts.zip, [remember where you save it].

double click the allcerts.zip file (it'll automatically extract into a new folder)

Option 1 to install the certificates (semi automated):

From inside the AllCerts extracted folder, select all of the certificates

<control> click (or Right click) the selected certificates, select Open With, Other..

In the Enable (selection box), change to All Applications

Select Firefox, then Open

You will see several dozen browser tabs open up, let it open as many as it wants.

You will eventually start seeing either of the 2 messages shown next

If the certificate is not already in Firefox, a window will pop up stating 'You have been asked to trust a new Certificate Authority (CA).'

Check all three boxes to allow the certificate to: identify websites, identify email users, and identify software developers

'Alert This certificate is already installed as a certificate authority.' Click OK

Once you've added all of the certificates..
• Click Firefox (word) (upper left of your screen)
• Preferences
• Advanced (tab)
• Press Network under the Advanced Tab
• In the Cached Web Content section, click Clear Now (button).
• Quit Firefox and restart it

Option 2 to install the certificates (very tedious manual):

Click Firefox (word) (upper left of your screen)

Preferences

Advanced (tab on left side of screen)

Certificates (tab)

View Certificates (button)

Authorities (tab)

Import (button)

Browse to the DoD certificates (AllCerts) extracted folder you downloaded and extracted above.

Note: You have to do this step for every single certificate

Note2: If the certificate is already in Firefox, a window will pop up stating: 'Alert This certificate is already installed as a certificate authority (CA).' Click OK

Note3: If the certificate is not already in Firefox, a window will pop up stating 'You have been asked to trust a new Certificate Authority (CA).'

Check all three boxes to allow the certificate to: identify websites, identify email users, and identify software developers

Step 6: Decide which CAC enabler you can / want to use

Only for Mac El Capitan (10.11.x or older)

After installing the CAC enabler, restart the computer and go to a CAC enabled website

NOTE: Mac OS Sierra (10.12.x), High Sierra (10.13.x), Mojave (10.14.x) or Catalina (10.15.x) computers no longer need a CAC Enabler.

Try to access the CAC enabled site you need to access now

Mac support provided by: Michael Danberry

-->

Get the Preview

Important

Get the Preview of Visual Studio 2019 for Mac by updating to the Preview channel.

This release is not 'go-live' and not intended for use on production computers or for creating production code.

To learn more about Visual Studio for Mac, see Mac System Requirementsand Mac Platform Targeting and Compatibility.

To learn more about other related downloads, see the Downloads page.

What's New in 8.8 Preview

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.8 Preview Releases

October 27, 2020 – Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.8 Preview 6
October 20, 2020 – Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.8 Preview 5
October 13, 2020 – Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.8 Preview 4
September 14, 2020 – Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.8 Preview 3
August 25, 2020 – Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.8 Preview 2
August 5, 2020 – Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.8 Preview 1

Release Highlights

Visual Studio for Mac 8.8 Preview 4 adds preview support for Custom .NET Core templates added with dotnet new (Preview features can be enabled in Preferences > Other > Preview Features).
Visual Studio for Mac 8.8 Preview 2 adds support for debugging Blazor WebAssembly projects.
Visual Studio for Mac 8.8 Preview 2 adds support for accessing Azure DevOps NuGet package sources using the signed in account without the need to use a personal access token (PAT).
Visual Studio for Mac 8.8 Preview 1 or newer now support running on the macOS Big Sur developer preview. See Known Issues for additional information.
We added functionality to Visual Studio for Mac to warn users when low disk space will degrade the experience.

Known Issues

Refer to the Known Issues section.

Feedback & Suggestions

We would love to hear from you! You can report a problem through the Report a Problem option in Visual Studio for Mac IDE.You can track your feedback, including suggestions, in the Developer Community portal.

Release Notes

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.8 Preview 6 (8.8.0.2899)

released October 27, 2020

Project System

We updated MSBuild to 16.8 RC2.

Shell and Tools

We fixed an issue where it was not possible to type (special) characters in the VS console while pressing the option-key.
We fixed an issue where alerts were not clickable with the mouse on macOS Big Sur.

Source Code Editing

We fixed an issue with YAML support.

Version Control

We fixed an issue where an error was shown after copying a file if Git was not installed.
We fixed an issue where deleting a new file under a newly added folder deleted the empty folder as well.

Web and Azure

We fixed an issue where IntelliSense shows the OpenAPI client after the OpenAPI service was removed.
We updated .NET Core to 5.0 RC2.

Xamarin

We added support for Xcode 12.1.

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.8 Preview 5 (8.8.0.2829)

released October 20, 2020

Shell and Tools

We updated NuGet to 5.8 RC.

Source Code Editing

We fixed an issue where EventHandler completion didn't work.

Web and Azure

We fixed an issue where an invalid development certificate caused an unrecoverable hang.
We updated .NET Core to 3.1.403 and 2.1.811

Xamarin

The Android SDK manager will now prompt to install Android API 28 if it is not already installed to ensure compatibility with the Xamarin.Forms templates.

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.8 Preview 4 (8.8.0.2811)

released October 13, 2020

Debugger

We fixed a potential crash/hang after terminating the debugger.
We fixed an issue where local variables were not evaluated when debugging a Blazor application with .NET 5.

Project System

We fixed an issue where the Android build process never stops.
We fixed an issue where renaming a file with 'Show All Files' enabled in the Solution window added the file twice and might have caused a hang.
We fixed an issue with VS for Mac setting a different FrameworkSDKRoot.
We fixed an issue where creating a new project folder with a single character failed with an error.

Shell and Tools

We replaced the 'Pad' terminology with 'Tool Window' throughout the IDE and updated the top-level View menu.
We fixed an issue where the content of the 'Reference' dialog was not announced in proper sequence with VoiceOver.
We fixed a potential hang in the Assembly Browser.
We fixed an issue with encoding inside the integrated Terminal.
We fixed an issue where 'Find' in the 'Replace in Files' dialog replaced the found text.
We fixed an issue where Searching in a Directory failed after the second use.

Source Code Editing

We fixed an issue where Design-time error highlighting and Quick Fix suggestions stopped working.
We fixed an issue with Red underlines not being shown on syntax errors.
We fixed an issue where inserting code snippets into a C# file failed.

Test Tools

We fixed an issue where Running unit tests from the context menu was way slower than from the Unit Tests pad.

Version Control

We fixed an issue where the Git configuration dialog blocked use of the IDE and could not be closed.
We fixed an issue where the status of a copied then pasted file was not updated properly.

Web and Azure

We have added a preview support for Custom .NET Core templates added with dotnet new.
We fixed an issue where a Blazor WebAssembly project was not recognized as such with .NET 5 and the Browser selection was missing.
We have updated the .NET Core SDK to 3.1.402.

Xamarin

We fixed an issue where the target framework of a Xamarin.Mac full framework project kept switching back to Xamarin.Mac Modern.
We fixed an issue where VS for Mac was removing some default properties from Xamarin.Android projects.

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.8 Preview 3 (8.8.0.2120)

released September 14, 2020

Shell and Tools

We have ported the Assembly Browser to the new Editor.
We have reimplemented the Errors pad and moved the build output to a separate pad.
We have improved overall performance and reliability.

Source Code Editing

We have fixed an issue where an Enum could not be used as a nullable type in generic interfaces.

Version Control

We fixed an issue where stashing errors were not handeled properly.
we fixed an issue with broken selection buttons in the 'Review and Commit' view.

Web and Azure

We fixed an issue with breakpoints not hitting when debugging a Blazor WebAssembly Application.

Xamarin

We fixed an issue where Xamarin Forms Hot Reload caused the iOS Simulator to come to foreground.
We fixed an issue with the iOS Simulator Window stealing focus multiple times.
We fixed an issue with Vector Images not appearing in Assets.xcassets.

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.8 Preview 2 (8.8.0.1532)

released August 25, 2020

New Features

Debug Blazor WebAssembly projects

Visual Studio for Mac now includes full support for debugging Blazor WebAssembly projects, giving you the option to set breakpoints, watches, navigate your code using step and skip commands, and more.

For more information on debugging in Visual Studio for Mac, see Debugging with Visual Studio for Mac.

Web and Azure

We added support for .NET 5 preview 8.
We added integrated support for accessing NuGet Azure DevOps package sources using the signed in account without requiring a personal access token (PAT).

Bug Fixes

Debugger

We fixed an issue where the debugger would prefer an imported class over a local variable with the same name.

Project System

We fixed an issue that prevented users from canceling a solution load operation.

Shell and Tools

We improved the performance of the Assembly Viewer.

Editor

We fixed a problem where new F# projects would not restore and build due to the FSharp.Core NuGet package being unavailable.

Web and Azure

We fixed an issue with solution file generation that caused a compatibility problem with Visual Studio on Windows.
We fixed an issue where .razor files would incorrectly show a “Using directive is unnecessary' error.
We fixed an issue where IntelliSense for classes from a new Razor class library project were not available in .razor files.
We fixed an issue preventing Azure subscriptions being found when publishing to Azure Publish to Azure.
We fixed an issue where Azure subscriptions were not found.
We fixed a crash in the Razor editor.

Xamarin

We updated the Android SDK Tools path to support the new 'cmdline-tools' path.
Hot reload updated the minimum required Xamarin.Forms version to 4.6.0.923 when using incremental.

Other

We improved startup performance of the IDE.
We improved the performance of closing a solution.
We fixed an issue where vstool would not return the exact id of an extension which can then be used for disabling/enabling the extension.

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.8 Preview 1 (8.8.0.493)

released August 5, 2020

Note

This release of Visual Studio for Mac now supports running on the macOS Big Sur developer beta builds. If you're already on Big Sur and can't use the updater, visit the Visual Studio for Mac website and download the installer.

Best Note Taking App For Mac

Editor

The F# editor and language service have been updated to use the same backend as Visual Studio (Windows). This fixes a number of issues previously reported on Developer Community including:
- F# multiply operator as a function wrongly affects color of code after.
- F# 4.7 language features don't work.
- Undo doesn't work.
- Three double quotation marks are placed instead of two.
- F# 4.7 isn't supported.
- Editor fails on matching quote insertion.
We fixed an issue causing the default key binding for 'Navigate To..' to no longer work with the French keyboard.

Project System

Noted Macabre Writer

We fixed an issue that resulted in an empty properties pad for files when loading AddIn projects.

Shell and Tools

We increased the speed of the find in files functionality.
We fixed an issue causing erroneous exceptions to be logged when deleting unsaved files from a project.
We fixed an issue resulting in multiple searches and unresponsiveness in the search experience.
We fixed an issue where Visual Studio is unable to find files/classes included into a multi-target SDK style project.
We fixed an issue where the directory path for find in files was not set correctly.
We fixed an issue that prevented users drom opening assemblies in the Assembly Browser.
We fixed an issue that caused files to open in Visual Studio Code instead of in the hex editor when choosing to open in the hex editor.

Source Control

We fixed an issue where there was odd behavior when copying files under source control.
We fixed an issue that could cause hangs when using Git version control.
We fixed an issue causing version control commits to fail if Git reported fatal: LF would be replaced by CRLF.
We fixed an issue that disabled view history when a file that's not tracked or a project is selected in the solution pad.
We fixed an issue where Git integration on Visual Studio for Mac is not working.
We fixed an issue where deleting a file from project rolls back messing up the Source control.
We fixed an issue where openinig a project or switching branches on console does not always update the current branch in the project browser.
We fixed an issue that could result in a doesn't point at a valid Git repository or workdir. error message when working with Git.

Web and Azure

We fixed an issue where a new F# test project will display errors and warnings.

Xamarin

Noted For Mac Font

We fixed an issue that erroneously changed the simulator to iPad Pro for the designer if Xcode was used to open and add layouts to the Storyboard file.
We fixed an issue where users were unable to load Storyboards in Visual Studio for Mac.
We fixed an issue that resulted in Storyboard errors.
We fixed an issue where adding an Apple account for Xamarin.iOS is broken.
We fixed an issue resulting in failure to add an Apple developer account with two step authentication.
We fixed an issue preventing pairing with Visual Studio.
We fixed an issue where the Storyboard editor would not start.

Known Issues

The following is a list of all existing known issues in Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.8:

Noted For Mac Keyboard

After installing the latest .NET 5 SDK, developers of .NET Core 3.1 apps might see an error indicating 'The ASP.NET Core developer certificate is in an invalid state.'. Running dotnet dev-certs https --clean then dotnet dev-certs https --trust from the Terminal will fix the issue.
Loading Blazor WebAssembly projects with .NET 5.0 RC1 is not yet supported.
In rare cases, it's possible to be up to date with everything but the .NET Core 3.1.300 SDK. If you enter into this configuration and update to .NET Core 3.1.300 using the updater, the notification to update the .NET Core SDK will not disappear until the IDE is restarted.

Noted For Macular

Top of Page