I have used this app since OS Mavericks.
Until Mojave, It was fine, But I can’t even launch it from OS Catalina.
Is there any plan for Scrivener 2 update for Catalina?
Scrivener 2 had haven’t existed in AppStore for long time.
Do I really have to pay another $50 for version 3, even though I’m enough with just version 2?
Or going back to Mojave is my only option
We have no control over Apple’s decisions including, in this case, the decision not to support 32-bit applications under Catalina.
There are no further updates planned for Scrivener 2. It is not supported with any version of Mac OS after 10.12.
As a licensed Scrivener 2 user, you are entitled to an upgrade discount for Scrivener 3. Send your Apple Store purchase receipt to updates@literatureandlatte.com.
Katherine
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It was several years ago that I purchased the Scrivener.
So there is no way that I can find my receipt.
You know, No one saves the receipt for years.
Is there any other way that I can prove my purchased history?
A screenshot of the Purchases tab in the Apple Store software works, too. Apple doesn’t share purchase information with us, so there’s no way for us to verify the purchase from our side.
Katherine
Actually, I have a folder in my mailbox that is precisely where I store receipts for online purchases, licenses, etc. It goes back to when I first registered this domain name, for the important purchases I still use.
Don’t say “no one” unless you are 100% factually sure that no one in fact does what you are claiming no one does. Even then…you’re probably wrong. 
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Same here. I store all my licence details in Yojimbo and in 1Password; that goes back to around 2006 or 7 and includes software I no longer use. And it’s all backed up on external drives just in case.
Mark
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Me too. They’re in my email archive and in Evernote. It only took one online software purchase for which I had to pay twice to convince me to keep software licence keys forever.
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Without meaning to pile on, same here. I keep digital purchase receipts and maintain a database of essential info. But I wonder if this habit will only turn up in folks who grew into computer technology during a somewhat earlier era. —gr
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This is the appeal of the App Store: you don’t have to hold onto receipts or license keys because Apple does it for you. Except Apple doesn’t allow discounts on App Store purchases, which makes it very difficult to offer an upgrade path for users.
(Apple says do it via subscriptions and in-app purchases. That doesn’t seem to be a good answer from the user point of view.)
Katherine
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Yes, and then Apple can royally mess up your day with all of your apps.
No thanks. I use the App Store when I have to (iOS, Mac apps that are free and where I only use them occasionally and wouldn’t be put out if I lost them), but if a dev offers direct, that’s the way I buy.
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I’ve never had any app store issues, though prefer to deal direct with software companies for the discount upgrades.
I, too, keep all my receipts. The oldest one on my present system dates from 2007.
I use Windows and was also advised that Scriv 2 would no longer be available. Add this to the fact that one component would only work on Apple and not Windows, and that I haven’t been able to be productive to date is beyond words. Duped. It could have been so different. Noone seems to care beyond point of sale. And here we are - 2025. I need a resolve.
I purchased mine online, from Literature and Latte. I was so happy. So pleased with the service, fast despatch, disc - and the look of the program - until I discovered … now ‘counting the cost’.
It’s hard to tell what you are looking for, because you seem to be posting in a thread that would have no relevance to your situation. What would Apple’s hardcore “once you publish it’s obsolete” business practices have to do with you, on Windows?
Perhaps it is a misunderstanding, a thinking that since there is no Scrivener 2 for Windows, you are somehow missing out? There is no Scrivener 2 because there was never anything that remotely resembled Scrivener 1 for macOS. It was built on the 2.0 design from day one, and incorporated a good percentage of its feature set. We just called it 1 because it would have been kind of weird to start at 2.
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As opposed to their bricks-and-mortar store on Oxford Street?
What did you buy from them, exactly? When was the last time LL “despatched” a disc?
Given that the “des…” spelling was last common in the 19th Century it may be some time ago.
What, exactly? The calorie count is higher than advertised? That it’s not spreadable straight from the fridge?
I too have been woefully unproductive. In my case it’s due to a horrific lack of talent combined with a predilection for procrastination. I wish you luck in returning to the area this side of “beyond words”. Those are quite useful when using writing software.
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Speaking of a „predilection for procrastination“ (and alliteration): How on earth did you blur that paragraph, @pigfender? And why? I had expected some juicy content underneath but it was just an educational enhancement.
You use the “spoiler” tags around the text you want blurred.
[spoiler]Your spoiled text.[/spoiler]
It works for images too…
(Whatever could it be?!)
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an accurate photo of the piggy that protects the observer from emotional damage?
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I do look more and more like the pigfender logo with every passing day.