Using Scrivener with iCloud Drive

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Hey Lindy

In this post about the iOS version of Scrivener…

Scrivener for iOS - When?

While we would of course love it it if all writers preferred Scrivener, if other software works better for you, you should use it. Ulysses is a fantastic piece of kit, and if you prefer its simplified UI, you should definitely go with that over Scrivener. There’ll be no hard feelings from us, because we like The Soulmen a lot. While Scrivener’s UI will be getting an overhaul this year, it will still be Scrivener and it is never going to be as simple as that of Ulysses because we don’t have any p…

… developer Keith says:

SarsenLintel - the iOS version won’t support Handoff, unfortunately. We looked into it but currently Handoff won’t work well with Scrivener. It also won’t support iCloud out of the gate, as we chose to focus on Dropbox to begin with since we have to support cross-platform, but we’ll be looking at other sync solutions once we’re happy Dropbox is working smoothly post-1.0. The price is still planned to be in the $10-15 range, but this is subject to change.

So if you want to use the iOS version of Scrivener when first available, DropBox will be the only way forward.

And in this thread, there is some discussion about using iCloud drive between OS X machines:

iCloud best practice?

Yeah I had begun to think the third option might be the safest one. I’ve noticed that when switching between my Mac Mini & Macbook Air, if I am working from my project file directly stored in iCloud Drive, it brings up an error claiming the document is still open. So, if I have been working on it on my Mac Mini, save and close it, then go back to it on the MB Air, it thinks its still open for some reason and warns there could be corruptions if I proceed…I’ve checked back on the Mini, and the do…