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 # macOS Development
 
+## How to build and run your AvaloniaUI app for macOS
+
+It's actually really simple. If you're developing in Windows (which is easier for a Windows developer), once your AvaloniaUI application is looking about right and you're ready to try it on macOS, copy your entire project folder to your Mac (don't worry - all the files will be treated as basic flat files). If you have a github for it, commit it and then check it out on your dev Mac machine.
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+You'll need a development platform for macOS such as Visual Studio for MacOS, JetBrains Rider or you can build from the command line if you have the dotnet SDK installed on you Mac.
+See the Getting Started>>IDE Support for more details.
+
+### Visual Studio for Mac or JetBrains Rider
+Open your project's SLN file in your platform of choice
+
+Then build or run.
+
+### Command Line Build
+Open Terminal and change directories (cd) to your project's folder (where the project's sln file is).
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+Type "dotnet build" to build your project.
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+If you have multiple SLNs in the same folder, you will have to specify which one to use by typing "dotnet build myproject.sln" where "myproject" is the name of your SLN.
+
+To run either type "dotnet run --project pathToProject/myproject.csproj" where "pathToProject" is the path to where the csproj file you want to run is, or change directories (cd) to that location and type "dotnet run".
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+Your build platform will recompile the code and since it's target independent, it will build the native (ie: Mac) version and link all the Mac target DLLs for .Net Core 6.0 and AvaloniaUI.
+
+The following instructions are for more advanced builds such as having a proper Mac app bundle or of you need better intergration with native MacOS.
+
 ## Native code
 
 The native macOS code is located at `native/Avalonia.Native/src/OSX`. Open the `Avalonia.Native.OSX.xcodeproj` project in Xcode.