New user today - very happy with the MacOS app so far, but questions re syncing as I use my iMac and my MacBook interchangeably throughout the week.
I pay for iCloud so not using Dropbox (and frankly shouldn’t have to at this app price).
I’m guessing the trick is to save to an iCloud Drive and to set my iMac to logout of S after, say 30 mins of inactivity? It’s unlikely I’ll switch from one to the other in less time. Any other hot tips?
And do I really have to pay another £23 for the iPad version? That feels a little steep after paying £60 for the desktop app.
Stay away from iCloud! I say this as a retired AppleCare manager.
a. iCloud is notoriously lazy with syncing and you have to be absolutely certain it’s completed syncing. Unlike Dropbox it doesn’t have a pretty icon on the menu bar that announces it’s done its job.
b. If iPad Scrivener is in the mix, it’s a hard NO!
Dropbox is the only cloud service that handles the Scrivener project package correctly. The free tier (so frankly you don’t have to pay) of Dropbox is more than enough for many projects and there are ways to get additional free storage.
Yes, you do have to pay for the iPad version. It was developed and has to be maintained separately from the Mac version. You want the years of work developing and supporting it to be given to you for free?
Thank you for the prompt reply - much appreciated.
I agree with the frustrations over iCloud lazy sync. I’ll consider Dropbox free version but if everyone else (?) manages it over iCloud …
Re iPad version, frankly at £60 for the desktop license, yes, I would consider it fair to bundle the iOS apps (though not the other way around). Out of interest, is the upgrade path for subsequent versions free, reduced price or full price?
Problem is: It wouldn’t be £60 then, rather £83 (or maybe discounted to £80). The cost of developing another app doesn’t just disappear after bundling it.
But yeah, I get it. After buying an iMac, a MacBook and an iPad, sometimes the pockets are just extra empty.
While paying £60 for the desktop licence may put a strain on your bank balance at the moment of paying, one can hardly consider Scrivener expensive as it is a one-off payment which will cover any updates until Lit&Lat launch a version 4.
I’ve been using Scrivener since version 1 was launched in January 2007; following my initial purchase, I have paid for 2 discounted upgrades to version 2 then 3. The total has come to less than £100 over the years. 18 years use on 2–3 machines for £100 can hardly be considered expensive.
Companies lull you into thinking that your licence is cheap by offering a subscription that only costs a couple of cups of coffee a month, but while £5 a month doesn’t seem much, that’s £60 for this year, and £60 for next year, and £60 for the year after…
Even if Lit&Lat launched a version 4 sometime next year (which I wouldn’t put any money on!) your £60 current outlay still represents unbeatable value for money in my opinion—you won’t have to upgrade to any version 4 immediately it comes out.
I’m a very new Scrivener user (Scrivenerer?) but after extensive researc I decided to purchase Scrivener for the very reason it is not a subscription model nor web-based. (I do technical writing and hobby non-fic with it) I’m still learning the ropes but all-in-all I think the price is reasonable considering the amount of features and support.
