Comments on: Mac migration, part 2 http://aliettedebodard.com/2009/07/07/mac-migration-part-2/ Writer of Fantasy and Science Fiction Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:17:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: aliette http://aliettedebodard.com/2009/07/07/mac-migration-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-53 aliette Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:40:22 +0000 http://aliettedebodard.com/?p=654#comment-53 Hi Keith, No problem! Your software came very highly recommended by a number of fellow writers, and from the little I've seen so far, I'm very happy with it. I know I can import/export to RTF, but it does seem a bit of a hassle, to be honest. We'll see... Thanks for the text editors! I'll make sure to check them out. Best, Aliette Hi Keith,

No problem! Your software came very highly recommended by a number of fellow writers, and from the little I’ve seen so far, I’m very happy with it. I know I can import/export to RTF, but it does seem a bit of a hassle, to be honest. We’ll see…
Thanks for the text editors! I’ll make sure to check them out.
Best,

Aliette

]]> By: KB http://aliettedebodard.com/2009/07/07/mac-migration-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-52 KB Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:29:27 +0000 http://aliettedebodard.com/?p=654#comment-52 Hi, Congratulations on your migration to a Mac! And thanks for buying Scrivener. Although Scrivener files cannot be read on non-Mac platforms, it can import to and export from RTF well, so anything you write on other machines can always be imported into your Scrivener project, and vice versa. You mention text editors - TextEdit is great for most things, as you say, but there are another couple of great free text editors, including Bean (www.bean-osx.com) and, if you need to do anything in plain text such as HTML, there is TextWrangler (http://www.barebonessoftware.com). If you want a more dedicated and advanced HTML editor, Coda (http://www.panic.com/coda) is superb, allowing you to preview the web page in one pane while working on the HTML in another. As for OS X "babying" you - actually I think Windows is more guilty of this (on both systems hidden files are hidden by default but I agree it is more difficult to see them in OS X). I think the feeling that it is "babying" you is normal at first though. When I first switched to a Mac a few years ago, I spent the first couple of weeks feeling like it was a bit toy-like. After a couple of weeks, though, I started to realise that this feeling was just uncomfortable surprise at how easy everything was, and how I wasn't forced to go through ten menus every time I wanted to open a program or file. All the best, Keith (Scrivener developer) P.S. If you have any questions or comments about Scrivener feel free to e-mail me at contact AT literatureandlatte DOT com, or join the active forums of course. Hi,
Congratulations on your migration to a Mac! And thanks for buying Scrivener. Although Scrivener files cannot be read on non-Mac platforms, it can import to and export from RTF well, so anything you write on other machines can always be imported into your Scrivener project, and vice versa.
You mention text editors – TextEdit is great for most things, as you say, but there are another couple of great free text editors, including Bean (www.bean-osx.com) and, if you need to do anything in plain text such as HTML, there is TextWrangler (http://www.barebonessoftware.com). If you want a more dedicated and advanced HTML editor, Coda (http://www.panic.com/coda) is superb, allowing you to preview the web page in one pane while working on the HTML in another.
As for OS X “babying” you – actually I think Windows is more guilty of this (on both systems hidden files are hidden by default but I agree it is more difficult to see them in OS X). I think the feeling that it is “babying” you is normal at first though. When I first switched to a Mac a few years ago, I spent the first couple of weeks feeling like it was a bit toy-like. After a couple of weeks, though, I started to realise that this feeling was just uncomfortable surprise at how easy everything was, and how I wasn’t forced to go through ten menus every time I wanted to open a program or file.
All the best,
Keith
(Scrivener developer)
P.S. If you have any questions or comments about Scrivener feel free to e-mail me at contact AT literatureandlatte DOT com, or join the active forums of course.

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