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Jul
2006

Yes, Virginia, there is a Mac build

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Ever since the day we shipped Flex Builder 2.0, Greg Dow, our resident Mac genius, has been resurrecting the Mac version of Flex Builder. Today, the Mac build is finally up and running as part of our internal builds. Woohoo! Check out the screenshots below.

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Splash Screen

New Project

Uh oh… (design view isn’t quite ready yet)

Editing ActionScript

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51 Responses to “Yes, Virginia, there is a Mac build”

  1. eric dolecki (July 21st, 2006 at 10:24 am)

    Oh hell yes :) Keep up the good work.

  2. Simeon (July 21st, 2006 at 10:24 am)

    Who do I have to pay off to get a copy of that on labs. I currently use an xml editor and an ant script to compile my flex. I dont need design view but a valid editor and the incremental build? Priceless….

    Please helpl me be productive!

  3. flashape (July 21st, 2006 at 10:43 am)

    i just salivated all over myself. can’t…freaking…wait….

  4. Stacy Young (July 21st, 2006 at 10:43 am)

    Sweet. Hopefully there’ll be a Labs build by the time I’ve switched over. :)

  5. Savvas (July 21st, 2006 at 10:47 am)

    I can’t wait..
    Please make it soon availiable…….
    Flex in Virtual PC on my PB G4 is tooo slow!!
    Thanks for the shots!

  6. Tom Cornilliac (July 21st, 2006 at 11:10 am)

    Nice! Great Job Greg! Sho, I’ll be looking for the Labs announcement on your blog.

  7. Josh Buhler (July 21st, 2006 at 11:10 am)

    That just brings a tear to my eye… If I could hug you guys I would.

  8. Hans (July 21st, 2006 at 11:14 am)

    Any news on whether this is or will be a universal binary?

  9. Robert M. Hall (July 21st, 2006 at 11:15 am)

    Woot! :) Thanks for sharing Sho - I am unlucky enough to have the last PPC Powerbook, and running FlexBuilder under Virtual PC is painful. :)

  10. Josh Buhler (July 21st, 2006 at 11:19 am)

    Will this be available on Labs, or will we have to wait until it’s done?

  11. joshbuhler.com » Blog Archive » Flex Builder for Mac update (July 21st, 2006 at 11:20 am)

    [...] We knew it was coming eventually, and still is, but at least there’s a new ray of hope coming down from on high, in the form of screenshots of Flex Builder 2 for Mac. [...]

  12. Serge (July 21st, 2006 at 11:22 am)

    Gimme gimme gimme!

  13. Serge (July 21st, 2006 at 11:35 am)

    Just wondering if it will work on G4’s though… Hopefully it’s not just a MacTel build…

  14. Justin D Smith (July 21st, 2006 at 11:47 am)

    saweet! keep chargin’ Greg… we all appreciate your efforts! (any idea if this is universal?)

  15. Mark Belanger (July 21st, 2006 at 1:39 pm)

    Woo hoo!

    So for those of us who bought Flex 2 to run on Parallels-enabled Macs, will we be able to transfer our licenses to the native version?

    -MB

  16. Chris Griffith (July 21st, 2006 at 3:32 pm)

    Great to see the progress. Looking forward to MAX and maybe having something to play with by then

  17. Maxim Porges (July 22nd, 2006 at 10:21 am)

    The sooner you guys can get a beta (or gamma, or delta :) ) up on Adobe Labs, the better!

    - max

  18. sho (July 22nd, 2006 at 11:11 am)

    Hi folks. Great to see all the enthusiasm!

    Mark: That’s a good question about licenses. I don’t know if we have worked this out yet, but I will investigate and keep you posted.

  19. Robin Hilliard (July 23rd, 2006 at 6:30 am)

    Sho (or I guess it’s up to Mark A) - I put in a vote for being able to transfer the license from PC to the new version, I think a lot of Mac users will be in this situation by the time of the release.

  20. larry (July 23rd, 2006 at 5:19 pm)

    Thanks sho!

    I love mac, but I love FB 2 even more. why can’t I have both…

    Thanks again for the great work you guys are doing. I’m appreciated.

  21. Anthony (July 23rd, 2006 at 5:55 pm)

    Nice, looking forward to it!

  22. Toby Tremayne (July 23rd, 2006 at 9:00 pm)

    I was really excited when I read this, but I heard this morning *from Adobe* that while they’re aware these screenshots have been released, they’re definitely not planning a mac build! Which is it? I’d be stunned if Adobe didn’t build a mac flexbuilder…

  23. Andy (July 24th, 2006 at 7:28 am)

    Nice….now if the Flex/Flash on Intel-macs can work properly we’ll be sweet.

  24. sho (July 24th, 2006 at 9:32 am)

    Robin: Totally understand about wanting to transfer the licenses. BTW, it is true that Mark A and I used to co-lead the Flex Builder team together, but he is now working on other, related things (in the platform BU).

    Toby: I’m surprised you heard that. Seeing as I run the Flex Builder team, I can tell you that we are definitely planning on delivering a mac build.

    Andy: We are definitely planning on supporting intel macs.

  25. Nick (July 24th, 2006 at 1:21 pm)

    Thanks for the hard work all; this is fantastic news. I’ve been running FB2 on my Intel iMac under Paralells, and am missing the OSX environment. I can’t wait to get my hands on FB2 for Mac. Keep up the great work; the credit card’s at the ready!

  26. david zuckerman » Sneak peek at Flex Builder 2 for Mac… (July 24th, 2006 at 2:15 pm)

    [...] So my boss, Sho, finally put up screen shots of the Mac version.  I’ve been using my new MacBookPro for all bug fixes and feature work and except for design view, I think the Mac version is as fast and as stable as the Windows version.  Look for it soon. [...]

  27. Confessions of teh HotCrab » Blog Archive » Screenshots - Flex Builder 2 on a Mac (July 24th, 2006 at 2:53 pm)

    [...] Our engineers are furiously working away on a Mac version, and Sho posted the screenshots to prove it.  I know that a lot of our users are anxious for us to get this out as soon as possible, and we are working on it. [...]

  28. Brooks (July 24th, 2006 at 3:15 pm)

    Hey Sho, I affirm the desire to transfer licenses. I already purchased FB 2 and am currently running inside of Parallels, but definately want to get the hell out of that world as soon as I can. :)

  29. John Barrett (July 24th, 2006 at 3:58 pm)

    This is the best news I have heard in such a long time, thank you`-`
    I could hug you guys`-`

  30. Steve (July 24th, 2006 at 4:51 pm)

    Yeah - second the “hugs”

    AND the anticipation. Typing into a text editor and compiling with mxmlc works and IS free, but the experience is, uh, diminished.
    :)

    I will say that Aral’s “Quick Starts” are extremely valuable to a guy like me. Well done..

    Anxiously waiting for the Mac Builder2!

  31. Scott Gray (July 24th, 2006 at 4:52 pm)

    Very excited. This is just what I need to to get me to move my development over to using Flex. Please remember to create a beautiful dock icon before you release it. Us Mac users a very particular about presentation.

  32. Toby Tremayne (July 25th, 2006 at 1:14 am)

    Awesome, I hoped that’s what you’d say :) Keep up the good work!

  33. Tom Chiverton (July 25th, 2006 at 2:26 am)

    Cool, you’ve ported it to one ‘nix version, how about Linux :-)

  34. ilya Devers (July 25th, 2006 at 5:46 am)

    WooooHAaa

  35. Jacob (July 25th, 2006 at 7:17 am)

    Yes! Yes! Yes! Now we just have to be patient…. I hate waiting :-)

  36. Joost Nuijten (July 25th, 2006 at 3:05 pm)

    Yeah great! A good reason to get a mac…

  37. » The Economics of Cross Platform | The Universal Desktop | ZDNet.com (July 26th, 2006 at 9:53 am)

    [...] So what about a company like Adobe? Adobe has always had a long history with Apple, and because a lot of designers choose to work on Macs, Adobe supports them pretty well. It’s also much easier to build on a foundation than to dig one from scratch, so Adobe can make heavy use of its Apple knowledge to build iterations of its software suite and help with new initiatives (like the most recent version of the Flash Player). Adobe’s barrier to entry for the Mac world is very low, and as a result, there are a lot of Adobe apps for the Mac (although the Intel chip was almost like starting over). The fact that we’ll soon see a Flex Builder version for Mac shows that if nothing else, Adobe has placed a heavy emphasis on the platform. With Flash, the goal is ubiquity, and if you can cover Microsoft’s 90%, plus Apples 5%, you’re running at close to 95% with very little extra development work. That number is more than good enough for upper management. [...]

  38. Samuel Agesilas (July 26th, 2006 at 2:47 pm)

    YES!!!!! OH GOD YES!!!!!!

  39. mason poe (August 1st, 2006 at 5:43 pm)

    looks great! I have been working in Eclipse using FDT for the past year and I love it.

  40. Kev Sutherland (August 15th, 2006 at 2:51 am)

    Oh my, does this mean I will be able to return to my beloved mac and ditch this XP box I have been handed for Flex dev?

    Please god let it be so!!!

  41. John Grden (August 17th, 2006 at 9:52 am)

    I had said I just needed onnnnnne more reason to switch to mac ;)

    Damnit, now I’ve gotta make good!

  42. LEE (August 20th, 2006 at 1:02 am)

    help me, help you, help me make better apps on my mac. ; ]

  43. Paul Gracie (August 23rd, 2006 at 9:00 am)

    Outstanding work ! Can’t be released soon enough.

  44. Stacey Roestel (August 25th, 2006 at 2:18 pm)

    Thanks for the update Sho. As a Flex developer and a recent Mac Pro convert [insert Windows joke here], I am ready to make things happen–the sooner the better. :/

  45. Vincent (September 7th, 2006 at 11:04 am)

    Yessss !!!! Can’t wait to see something to download on the labs!!!
    Great work

  46. Ted (September 7th, 2006 at 9:05 pm)

    w00t.

  47. Anthony (September 8th, 2006 at 9:37 pm)

    YES, I seriously cannot wait until this is released. So, I’ll just stop by.. let’s say 7 tomorrow to pick it up? :D!

  48. Duane Nickull (September 11th, 2006 at 4:39 pm)

    Here is an update on the Flex Builder 2 for Mac OSX. It is running *way* faster than on my old PC on the new intel mac. Screenshots are onbline too:
    http://technoracle.blogspot.com/2006/09/flex-builder-20-on-mac-osx-first-looks.html

  49. Andres Villagran (October 22nd, 2006 at 10:51 am)

    Nice, but are thinking on a Linux Version of Flex Builder 2?, its Eclipse, open source software, and Linux are a open source OS, or, simply build a Linux Eclipse Plugin, its not much work.

    —- Sorry my English.

  50. Dave Ross (January 3rd, 2007 at 1:01 pm)

    Has anyone out there tried to use wine to get the windows version running on a linux box? Personally, I’m not going back to M$, (all linux/SuSE), and Mac’s are not in my future (just for Flex!!), but putting the windozz ver on using wine…that would be fine!!

  51. myself (August 15th, 2007 at 5:40 am)

    Eclipse is the best

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