[MACOS/WIN/IOS] Working on Scrivener 2 how?

[zakhooi]

Hi,

I puchased the MAC/WIN/IOS version of scrivener. I use all platforms to work on the same projects.
However, since windows is not running Scrivener 3 yet I’m forced to use an older version of the project files than version 3.

I am able to save the project with Scrivener for Windows and IOs is able to open it; it will complain about the project being in an older version but when I choose not to update/convert it still is ok and will open the file.

However, Scrivener op MACOS requires to update the project files, but I don’t want that because that will the project unusable on windows.

How to deal with project files in such a way it will be accepted (without the need to update/convert) on all three platforms?

Please let me know as this is THE reason for me to choose Scrivener, if this can’t be achieved then this software is useless to me.

Please note that running the Beta version for Scrivener 3 on Windows I consider not a solution as that requires me the redownload the installer every three months. I’m looking for a proper solution.

Thanks in advance.

[anon56864026]

Options explained here:

Working Between Platforms
Those users who own both the macOS and Windows versions of Scrivener and who work between them may be wondering about the best upgrade route for them given the gap between the releases of Scrivener 3 for macOS and Windows. Such users have three options:

You can continue using Scrivener 2 for macOS and Scrivener 1 for Windows. (Anyone who buys Scrivener 3 will find that their Scrivener 3 licence can also be used in Scrivener 2.9, which can still be downloaded here.)

You can upgrade to Scrivener 3 on macOS and use the Scrivener 3 for Windows beta, which is available on our forums. Please note that at the time of writing, Scrivener 3 for Windows is very much a work in progress, so you will want to compile your work in the Mac version. This option is only recommended for those who back up regularly and don’t mind putting up with beta quirks in the Windows version.

You can upgrade to Scrivener 3 on macOS and use its Export > as Scrivener 2 Project feature to create a copy of the project that can be opened by Scrivener 1 for Windows.

Scrivener for iOS

Scrivener for iOS was only released last year, so that won’t be having a paid update for quite some time (we have some very exciting free updates in the works, though). Our iOS version was designed from the beginning to work with Scrivener 1 (Win) and 2 (Mac) and Scrivener 3 projects, so you can sync with Scrivener 3 projects just as easily as you could before.

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