Scrivener for Mac
Project management and word processing tool for writers.
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Scrivener overview
Scrivener is a project management and writing tool for writers of all kinds that stays with you from that first unformed idea all the way through to the first - or even final - draft. Outline and structure your ideas; take notes; storyboard your masterpiece using a powerful virtual corkboard; view research while you write; track themes using keywords; dynamically combine multiple scenes into a single text. Scrivener has already been enthusiastically adopted by best-selling novelists and novices alike.
Outline... Edit... Storyboard... Write.
What’s new in version 3.3.6
- Fixed a bug in 3.3.5 whereby only the first footnote on each page was included when printing or exporting to PDF, which was a side effect of some of the page view fixes for Sonoma.
- Reinstated the Auto-Completion settings from 3.3.3 and earlier. These had been temporarily removed to work around a crasher on Sonoma.
- Fixed a bug whereby “Style to” in the script settings may not work correctly when tabbing after typing was set to insert only a tab.
- Restored the PDF/X-1a option for PDF export. This had been temporarily removed because of a bug in the development tools that resulted in a crash on Intel machines running Big Sur.
- Removed the “Reduce file size” options for PDF files from Compile. These options rely on Quartz filters, which no longer seem to work in recent versions of macOS.
Scrivener for Mac
$59.99
In English
Version 3.3.6
What users say about Scrivener
Value: 5.0
Once upon a time, I wrote on note cards, which I shuffled, and sometimes taped on the wall. I don't write in a linear way, so Scrivener lets me work the way my mind works, gradually building structure out of chaos (the chaos is due to me, not Scrivener.) My one issue is that cooperative writing is not so easy. More importantly, while the compile options are all there, it is not easy for people like me (even though I have some out of date programming experience. I like to be able to output to HTML and Tex via Pandoc -- some third party tools like Scrivomatic, help a lot, but again it is not an easy thing to understand for most people. So the compile option is versatile but complex. If you want straight RTF output, then there is no issue at all. I author of the program is obviously one brilliant person, and I suggest he apply his considerable skill in making advanced compile options for the rest of us. By the way, the author, the support, and people on the forum are endlessly helpful.
Other user ratings:
Ease of use | 4.0
Features | 5.0
Reliability | 5.0
Customer support | 5.0
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Feb 2 2024
Version: 3.3.6
Scrivener is one of the very, very few writing apps that does exactly what it says it will do, and does it well. There's a host of features you will likely be discovering throughout the weeks during use, and none of them are forced upon you. If you would like, you can use it as a simple place to write, and hide a lot of the U/I, take some buttons off of the menu, etc. Or, you can use this to outline your novel and make a cordboard for it, track keywords, and so much more! The app still receives stability updates and the company has been around for awhile now.
Mar 30 2022
Version: 3.2.3
[v3.2.3 is from October 25, 2021. IOW: You probably have the update already.]
May 31 2021
Version: 3.2.2
I used to like how it works, but stopped working after updating. I just can't open any projects. Reinstalled many times to no avail. Very disappointing
Mar 15 2020
Version: 3.1.5
Perfect software. Much better than Word. Great for books.
