
Inside your $HOME directory (/Users/your_username), create. Define Visio Home directoryĪlthough it is not necessary, it is better to set environment folder for Visio. We can install wine and winetricks packages using Homebrew, follow this post how to install Wine on OS X. Windows programs can be run on OS X, Linux and BSD via WINE (Windows Emulator) so first we need to install wine and winetricks. It should be applicable on previous version of OS X such as OS X Yosemite, OS X Mavericks, and Mac OS X Mountain Lion. I want to show you how to install Microsoft Visio on Mac running OS X El Capitan on top of Wine, thanks to WineHQ team for making this great tool. In this article I will not talk about which software is better. This Visio Reader provides a rich set of viewer options for opening, complex rendering and exact displaying Visio drawings on macOS. It supports VSD, VDX, VSDX and displays Shape Data and Layers and allows you to convert Visio to PDF. VSD Viewer is a free-to-try Microsoft Visio Viewer for Mac. You just need a Visio Plan 1 subscription, which you can get on a monthly or annual. Visio for the web lets you view, create, and edit diagrams in the Safari or Chrome browser on your Mac. While Microsoft doesn't have a desktop version of Visio for macOS, you can still work on Visio files on a Mac in your web browser. Another reason is I am already familiar with Visio when running Windows and also already bought the software license so buying another program for this purpose is wasting money.ĭownload Microsoft Office Visio Pro 2019 ISO Free For Windows 10 / 10 64bit / 8.1 / 8 / XP / Windows 7 / Vista, Mac OS X v10.10, v10.11, v10.12.

It is the best because of its simplicity and easy to use. Although there are many Visio alternatives for Mac such ConceptDraw, LucidChart, SmartDraw, or OmniGraffle according to my opinion they can not replace Visio. Since I work as a network administrator, Microsoft Visio is very important for me to draw network diagram / topology.

Although Microsoft has been officially releasing Microsoft Office (e.g Word, Excel, PowerPoint) for Mac, Microsoft still does not release Visio for Mac, at least until now.

One program that missing when using MacBook is there is no Microsoft Visio for Mac.
