Forum Discussion
Is there a way to use Storyline 360 on a Mac?
Articulate was developing a Mac version of Storyline but then scrapped the project without much of an explanation ("difficult decision, blah, blah"). Extremely frustrating to be sure, as many of us had been waiting YEARS for this to happen - and had finally thought that it would. Running Storyline in Windows via Parallels is clunky and dumb, but more importantly, can result in catastrophic data loss and corrupted files that will make you look stupid to clients and create many hours of unbillable rework (ask me how I know). I've not used Storyline since.
The good news is Adobe makes a native Captivate application for Mac. The bad news is it's one of the worst "Mac" applications I've ever used. I think it must have been authored in some weird cross-platform programming environment because it's neither Windows-like nor Mac-like. Adobe still hasn't figured out how to make it run smoothly on a Mac Retina display (first introduced in 2012!!!) and can only advise that you run it in "low-resolution mode." What???
The entire Captivate development team is based in India, so support is tricky. And their online community stinks. Captivate may be from Adobe, but Adobe doesn't treat it like it's from Adobe. It's like the orphaned nephew forced to live in a cubby under the stairs.
Also, Captivate is functionally powerful but extremely unintuitive.
While every other industry seems to finally have compelling applications for both Windows and Mac, the eLearning development industry is still stuck in the previous couple of decades (the Computing Dark Ages) where it was Windows or nothing. :(
Try dominKnow. The fully support Mac and Windows.
Sent from my iPhone
Related Content
- 9 months ago
- 10 months ago
- 8 months ago
- 6 months ago