What is your Visio replacement on MAC?

Hi,
If u use MAC for networking stuffs. What is your replacement for MS Visio? Running vmware fusion or some alternative MAC applications?
I mainly use visio to create/update network topology diagrams. I read couple of application introductions online claiming to be visio replacement on MAC, however:
1. None of them say if the native visio stancil will work with them.
2. None of them say about saving diagram to vsd/vsdx files
What do you use and what is your experience with replacement APP on MAC? Will MS ever release visio for mac?

There is a graph APP  called OmniGrafle for macs,  and like in visio , you need to look for stencils.  I started using this app resently so I am not fully familiar with its full capability in comparison with visio but it can do network diagrams . It is said is capable of importing visio  .vsd   in its newer versions. 
https://www.omnigroup.com/video/omnigraffle
https://www.graffletopia.com/categories/network
Jorge

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