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Xamarin Mac OS workload documentation is missing/undiscoverable. #17344

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Steps to Reproduce

  1. Bing or Google Search .net mac OS workload
  2. Results appear for DevCom issues with Xamarin.Mac/dotnet macos issues, MAUI, and other technologies but I can't find any docs that reference the existence or usage of Mac OS workload itself.

It seems like there is no documentation for the Mac OS workload or if it exists that it is hard to discover organically. This makes it considerably less approachable given its use in VS for Mac IDE and adds friction for contributors to the Mac IDE or Mac specific dotnet tools.

Expected Behavior

  • Existing documentation that applies should be rebranded to reference the Mac OS X workload.
  • A landing page should be added to describe the existence of the Mac OS workload, how it compares to MAUI, and the process for bootstrapping.
  • Various MAUI, .NET, and Microsoft dev tools pages should be updated to reference the possibility of creating Mac native UI to help customers decide between the various UI frameworks and models at their disposal.

Actual Behavior

  • Documentation pages for Mac OS X workload are undiscoverable or missing.

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