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Does Articulate have any plans to make a Mac OS compatible version of Storyline?
Or any other products?
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The company I work for has a Mac-only IT infrastructure. Now that they are transitioning to M1 Chip Macs they won't even allow me to install a Windows partition. I am forced to work with Captivate and every time I open it, I would like to pop my eyes out of my head with a spoon. It's just...terrible.
This is an enlightening thread! I am new to the field of instructional design. I just tested Rise with the free trial and was going to test Storyline before buying a subscription only to discover that Storyline doesn't work on Macs . . . Articulate, add me to the long list of customers you've lost because there is no Mac version.
Hello, Still following this thread, and totally share the disappointment in Articulate’s narrow-minded business strategy for Storyline. But I think there is another piece to the puzzle
It would seem that Articulate is banking on Rise becoming the solution for mult-platform use. However their licensing structure poses a serious problem for many organizations who want to own their content and be able to update it in the future. There is still no way to archive your Rise course off-line, in such a way that you could return to it in the future, without maintaining an unbroken continuous license subscription for the whole time. For many nonprofit organizations this is a rather large hurdle at the $1000+ a year price point for the entire Articulate package.
And for freelance consultants like myself, the requirement of maintaining a continuous subscription makes it a really difficult sell to clients, even though the Rise product itself would be suitable for many if not most of their training situations. This subscription policy would appear to be driven purely by short term greed, rather than long-term wisdom and building up respect for their product.
Hi, Reading all these comments above, there is not much to add. The Articulate license is very expensive.... but additionally i have to use a PC for the sole purpose of using articulate software. The institute I work for (2500+ employees) recently decided NOT to continue with Articulate. Looking forward to a MAC alternative.
Parallels and a Windows License for that environment also costs a not
insignificant amount of money. This prevents individuals with only Mac
computers from being able to take advantage of the only software that
provides the ability to make deeply interactive courses now that Flash is
no longer an option.Hi everyone,
A couple of things to point out:
1. Matthew NAILED IT! When I was out in San Diego a few of years ago, Articulate told me then, that they are not pursuing creating a Mac version of SL. "It costs too much money." (Said the company making lots of money and could afford appealing to every user)
2. Articulate makes a load of money making a product that is easy for the masses to enter this elearning design market (Powerpoint).
3. Captivate, even Lectora, is more robust than SL and the learning curve is a bit more steep. Having to put VMW and a copy of WIndows on a Mac just to use to use a "handcuffed" app seems counter intuitive but that's the way Articulate made it and appears they like it.
4. All of what we have input here has fallen on deaf ears at Articulate. They have their niche and have made it quite clear they are not going to create a Mac based version. I think it's about time we look at other authoring tools. It's interesting that Adobe has invested the money into making their software usable on MS and Mac, yet they haven't gone bankrupt. I would even argue that they increased their customer base too.
Anyway, to all those who are Mac users, good luck with finding a solution and moving forward. I applaud you and respect you.
I have been a long time user and fan of Storyline, but when I switched jobs, my new boss would not pay for an additional Windows and VMware license to run on my Mac. Look at the length of this thread! The lack of vision and commitment to their customers is disheartening. Now it sounds with the new Macs the situation is even worse. Has anyone found even a close alternative to Storyline? I have not, so instead my audiences have to settle for less interactive content.
Hi Matthew
Thank you for the heads up on that. Our Macs are two years old and we don't intend on upgrading any time soon. But this will certainly help others.
I wish they would develop a 64 bit version!
Regards
Adam
Since COVID I've been logging into the company VPN on my MacBook Pro and using Microsoft Remote Desktop to remote in to my office PC to use Storyline. I've gotten pretty used to it, but sure would be nice if I could run directly from a Mac!
I suspect their reluctance to make a version for the Mac is solely because, this would mean they have to develop a 64bit version. Which for whatever reason they have not done. Lack of 64 bit support causes many of us 'out of memory' and crashing issues. 64 bit has been out 20 years now, Articulate Storyline would get a performance increase if they did and it would set itself up for a Mac version.
Our company uses Macs and we are using Boot Camp Assistant. I recommend it, but we still need a 64 bit version for Windows and Mac.
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Well, that would probably explain why Storyline was so much of a poop show lately with Oracle Virtualbox. I was getting severe freezing and crashing from simple things like going into the player menu / attachments section. Parallels seems to handle it better, but that ended up entailing a $150 / year license just for this bloody application. 😡
Yesterday I received my macbook pro, and I want to install Articulate on my macbook..
Unbelievable ...
My company is phasing out windows :)
Now I have to search for an alternative.. to bad..
I do freelance now, and have been doing e-learning in various forms for about 25 years. I recently interviewed with a very large “disruptive” car company worth about half a $trillion or so. They use Captivate. I was curious why, and the interviewer said that they use so many Macs. Badda bing
I bet Storyline is nowhere near IBM either, which has transferred a large percentage of their workforce to Apple. Their tech support for those employees dropped by about 80%.
There are still companies like Articulate that live in the old timey PC world and can’t see beyond it, think that “only hippies use Apple.” I haven’t known a single creative who, given the choice, would use a PC over Apple. I know lots who have to because their employers erroneously think they’re cheaper (they’re not, life cycle).
Well, this sucks. I've been using Storyline on VMware Fusion for the last decade. I work primarily every day in Storyline along with teaching several workshops every year. And I just dropped some big coin last year upgrading this MBP and VM. My MBP is a 2013 and I suspect I'll get another year or so out of it. So let's hope the wizards at Mac, VM, Parallels, and others figure something out because as you pointed out, Articulate is not interested in developing a Mac version of Storyline.
