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Power BI Desktop App for Mac.
Power BI Community / Admin, Could you please share any update on the availabilty of power bi desktop app for mac?
Hi! ligeshmg
I doubt that can be priotized because as MS owns windows so it's easy for them to integrate their app but with Apple there might be a challenge. But you can post your idea here , https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Fabric-Ideas/idb-p/fbc_ideas
but I see this was declined already https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Fabric-Ideas/Power-BI-Designer-for-Mac/idi-p/4464616
Hi ligeshmg,
Power BI Desktop still does not have a native macOS version. I ran into a related problem because I regularly needed to inspect PBIX files on my Mac without starting a Windows VM.
I built PBIXRay, a native macOS app for that specific workflow.
To be clear, it is not a replacement for Power BI Desktop. It cannot create or edit reports, refresh Power Query, evaluate DAX through the Power BI engine, or reproduce Microsoft’s visual rendering.
It can open raw PBIX and ABF files locally and inspect:
- Semantic model metadata
- DAX and Power Query
- Data sources
- VertiPaq storage statistics
- Stored table data
- Report structure
- ABF backups
It also includes a Finder Quick Look extension for previewing PBIX files. Everything is processed locally, with no file uploads or network access.
Sharing this in case your requirement is to inspect existing PBIX files rather than develop or modify reports.