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Does Articulate have any plans to make a Mac OS compatible version of Storyline?
Or any other products?
I agree totally. Obviously they have to weigh the ROI, but most enterprise software is developed for more than one platform. At some point, this is the beginning of the end if they don't modernize.
I think that the team at Articulate are deaf to these requests. At the
moment I use their product on an old PC and do all my other elearning work
on a Mac. I do so because two clients want Storyline output but it's a pain
fitting it in to my work processes. However if my clients change their mind
I will definitely be giving up my very expensive Articulate 360 licence.
Such a shame when nearly every other product I use has both Mac and PC
options.
Lilian
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Lilian - what do you use as an alternative to Articulate on the MAC?
Hi Patricia
As you can see from Justin's response the Mac is not on their roadmap.
Based partly on this and after some research and discussion my company are probably going to go over to Adobe Captivate, starting as soon as next week. There are a lot of us, but we will gradually move people over a few at a time to prevent any disruption. The 2019 version now supports VR learning as well, which is something we are already into.
This situation is not what we wanted, but not supporting the Mac leaves us no choice but to jump ship.
Thank you to all who have commented on this subject.
Regards Adam
I do all my work on a Mac which includes developing straight into an LMS,
developing graphic designs, working on video editing etc. I have my
password manager and billing software on my Mac. EVERYTHING is on my Mac,
apart from Storyline. So I have to physically move to my old PC to create a
Storyline for a client and then do all the embedding etc back in my Mac. I
don't want to do the parallels thing (apart from the added expense) as my
experience doing that with Articulate Engage a few years back was terrible.
It just didn't perform anything like it did on a PC. So I reluctantly pay
the rather large Storyline fee because my clients want it.If possible I try and talk clients into using something else like H5P which
is now installed in lots of Learning Management systems in Australia. It
may not be as flexible but I can usually get a workaround, and the clients
can often make subsequent edits.As much as I enjoy using Storyline, I will ditch it as soon as i no longer
have clients that specifically ask for it. Shame really.Lilian Austin
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Lilian, I just wanted to share that we've documented some tricky Parallels settings that may help improve your experience on the Mac. ...and if you still have trouble, our team is really experienced with working through challenges. Much of the Articulate team works from a Mac, and I'm fond of saying that my Mac is the fastest, most reliable PC I've owned! 😀
In addition, just a heads-up that your email signature comes through when you reply via email. Feel free to pop back in to edit out your contact information from the post.
