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Storyline for Mac - ITS TIME
Hi Articulate!
While I appreciate the ability to download a Parallels system to run Storyline on my Mac, the Parallels system takes up ~180GB of space on my computer. Also Parallels costs $99.99/yr.
ITS TIME to create a Mac-native storyline app. Many designers and creatives use Mac for the enhanced UX for art creation, and I'm tired of moving files around constantly to make room for a program that essentially takes up ~180GB. So that's an extra $99.99/yr plus the need for external harddrives to run what should be a 1GB program with solely its own subscription costs.
Anyone else curious as to why Articulate hasn't made a Mac-friendly Storyline app yet? Would love to generate some discussion and get a fire lit under Articulate...Especially since iSpring, Elucidat, Captivate, and Camtasia are all Mac-friendly already...seems like Articulate might lose a good amount of customers if they dont get Mac friendly!
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Adding to the noise - My company machine is Windows and I never gave a thought to the possibility of Storyline not being available on Mac until I tried to download it on my personal device tonight. I'm not paying for Parallels for one program, so I guess this project will have to wait until I have my company laptop back. Annoying.
I couldn't agree more. Many designers and studios don't have the budget to pay for Storyline and Parallels licences.
I think that Articulate would see a large increase is Storyline users if they created a Mac native version.
They way we use it in my company is that a designer builds a module in PowerPoint, XD, or Illustrator, with detailed specifications, then exports the design as PNGs which are used as templates to recreate everything in Storyline. It requires a lot of back and forth to get things correct and wastes a lot of time. It would be so much easier for designers to set up the template in Storyline.
I would love for Storyline to have a Mac version. It's your workflow that inspires me to write, however. Have you explored importing projects into Storyline directly from PowerPoint? A lot carries over directly. From Illustrator and PowerPoint, you can export emfs which can be ungrouped in Storyline to create freeforms that respond to the in-app design tools.
