VSD Viewer for Mac – FAQ

To open Visio files with VSD Viewer just drag and drop files with .vsd, .vsdx and .vdx extensions to the application window or icon. You can also use the CMD+O shortcut when the application is running.

There are VSD Viewer applications for the iOS/ iPadOS and Android operating systems.

VSD Viewer displays all basic elements: different and embedded texts, lines of various widths and with arrows, colors, figures and images. It allows you to preview multi-page drawings and work with tabs. It renders Metafiles, Links and Embedded Objects.

No, VSD Viewer doesn’t need an Internet connection, as it displays drawings offline and doesn’t send your documents to the server. As a result, VSD Viewer provides a higher level of security.

The time may depend on the file’s size. Some Visio drawings may contain a large number of EMFs or WMFs (Enhanced or Windows MetaFiles), thousands of graphic elements, both vector graphics and bitmap components and other heavy elements. Rendering big documents may require some time.

Yes. Go to the Menu bar → select Preferences → enable the “Extend Drawing Area” option.

Yes. VSD Viewer renders both types of metafiles: WMFs and EMFs. Moreover, the app displays built-in OLE (Objects Linking and Embedding) objects.

Metafile images are rendered as opaque by default. However, you can change this in settings. To make them rendered with transparency, go to Preferences and enable “Meta-files Transparency”.

VSD Viewer does not render objects’ shadows or forms from the VB constructor, and because of memory limitations, it is not able to render large sized Visio documents.

No. VSD Viewer is designed to preview Visio files only. If you need to edit Visio files use VSDX Annotator, designed to edit and annotate Visio files on a Mac.

With VSD Viewer you can preview complex drawings with multiple layers. It is possible to switch the visibility of layers and view hidden objects. Displaying Shape Data for objects is also supported.

VSD Viewer allows you to convert Visio files to PDF file format and print them. Note, when you convert or print files you can turn some layers off.

Follow these steps to manually uninstall the app:

1. Quit VSD Viewer.
2. Go to the Applications folder → remove the app into the Trash.
3. In the Finder’s menu bar, click Go → Go to Folder → in the window that appears, type ~/Library, and hit Go.
4. Within the Library folder, find and remove VSD Viewer service files. Note: Depending on the version of the app you are using, you will need to find and remove different folders.

If you downloaded the app from the App Store, find and remove the following files:

• ~/Library/Application Scripts/com.nektony.vsdviewers
• ~/Library/Containers/com.nektony.vsdviewer

If you purchased the PRO version of the app directly from the App Store, find and remove these files:

• ~/Library/Application Scripts/com.nektony.vsdviewers
• ~/Library/Containers/com.nektony.VSD-Viewer

If you downloaded the app from the site, find and remove these files:

• ~/Library/Application Support/com.nektony.vsdviewers
• ~/Library/Application Support/VSD Viewer
• ~/Library/Caches/com.nektony.vsdviewers
• ~/Library/Preferences/com.nektony.vsdviewers.plist

Once you have removed all the service files, empty your Trash bin to completely uninstall VSD Viewer.