Installing Syncfusion Essential Studio Mac installer

12 Jan 20243 minutes to read

Overview

Syncfusion provides the Mac installer for the following Essential Studio products.

  • ASP.NET Core
  • Blazor
  • Flutter
  • JavaScript
  • WebKit HTML Converter
  • Xamarin
  • .NET MAUI
  • FileFormats
  • PDF Framework
  • Excel Framework
  • Word Framework
  • PowerPoint Framework

Steps to resolve the warning message in Catalina OS or later

While running Essential Studio Mac Installers on Catalina MacOS or later, the below alert will be displayed.

Alert Image

If you receive this alert, follow the below steps for the easiest solution.

  1. Right-click the downloaded pkg file.

  2. Select the “Open With” option and choose “Installer (Default)”. The following pop-up appears.

    pop-up Image

  3. When you click “Open” the installer window will be opened.

Step-by-Step Installation

The steps below show how to install Essential Studio Mac installer. 

  1. Open the Syncfusion Essential Studio Mac installer(.pkg) file. The installer Wizard opens. Click Continue.

    Welcome wizard

  2. The Software License Agreement wizard will appear. Click the Continue button.

    License Agreement

  3. The License Agreement’s Confirmation window will appear. If you have read the Software License Agreement, click Agree.

    License Agree Confirmation

    NOTE

    The Unlock key is not required to install the Mac installer. The Syncfusion Mac installer can be used for development purposes without registering the Unlock key.

  4. The Destination select wizard will appear. You can choose which disc to install the Syncfusion Essential Studio Mac installer on here.

    Destination

  5. The Installation Type wizard will appear. Click Install to begin the standard installation of the Syncfusion Essential Studio Mac installer.

    Install Location

  6. The Authentication window will appear. To begin the installation, enter the Mac machine’s password and click Install Software.

    Authentication

  7. The installation process will begin on your machine.

    Installation progress

  8. Once the installation is complete, the completed screen will be displayed. To exit the installation wizard, click Close.

    Installation Completed

    By default, Mac installer will install the files in following location.

    Location: {Documents}\Syncfusion\ {version}\ {platform}

    Installed Location

License key registration in samples

After the installation, the license key is required to register the demo source that is included in the Mac installer. To learn about the steps for license registration for each Mac installer, please refer to the following table.

Mac Installer Registration steps
ASPNET CORE (Essential JS 2) Register the license key in Configure method of

Startup.cs
Blazor For server side application register the license key in Configure method of

Startup.cs



Register the license key in the

Program.cs

file if you created the Blazor server side application with Visual Studio 2022 and .NET 6.0.

For client side application register the license key in main method of

Program.cs
Flutter If you are using Syncfusion controls prior to version 18.3.0.x, please follow the following steps to register your license key.

Register the license key in the

main method

of your example and import the ‘syncfusion_flutter_core/core.dart’ library.
JavaScript (Essential JS 2) Only from 2022 Vol 1 v20.1.0.47,

license key registration

required for Essential JavaScript 2 products.
.NET MAUI Register the license key in

App.xaml.cs

constructor before InitializeComponent().
Xamarin For Xamarin.Forms, register the license key in

App.xaml.cs

constructor before InitializeComponent().

For Xamarin.Android, register the license key in

OnCreate

override method of your main activity class before initializing any Syncfusion control.

For Xamarin.iOS, register the license key in FinishedLaunching override method of

AppDelegate.cs