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Write for Mac

Writing and note-taking app.

$9.99
In English
Version 1.1.8
4.6
Based on 5 user rates

Write overview

Write offers a well designed writing experience with beautiful inline markdown rendering and some gorgeous fonts. Write is a clean & intuitive design focused on things that matter most - your notes!

Add Folders from Anywhere
Organise your notes by adding multiple sources from any location on your Mac and have quick access from a single place.

Stunning Writing Experience
Write offers beautifully rendered text with some very pretty fonts offering you a best in class writing experience.

iCloud, Dropbox and more
Write support iCloud & Dropbox and syncs with its iPhone and iPad counterpart. Any note you save in iCloud or Dropbox will be accessible on your iOS device.

Tons of Sharing Options
From exporting as a full rich text rendered PDF file to printing, emailing or saving as a HTML file; we have it all!

What’s new in version 1.1.8

Version 1.1.8:

Note: Now requires OS X 10.12 or later.

  • Fixed issue causing blank screen at startup on High Sierra.
  • Fixed issue which caused close, minimize button to gray out after saving a new file in a new window.
  • Added option to show main window in dock icons context menu and under app menu's Window context.
  • Write now requires minimum macOS v10.12.

Write for Mac

$9.99
In English
Version 1.1.8

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4.6

(11 Reviews of Write)

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Ptk3
Ptk3
May 11 2017
1.1.7
0.0
May 11 2017
0.0
Version: 1.1.7
Use to love this app, but know the mac app only crashes for nothing…
Gazman
Gazman
Mar 5 2017
1.1.7
5.0
Mar 5 2017
5.0
Version: 1.1.7
Even though th recent updates have only been small (mostly bug fixes) it's great to see this, my favourite writing app for longer pieces (and I own practically all of them), under development again.
putitoverhere
putitoverhere
Apr 22 2016
1.1.1
0.0
Apr 22 2016
0.0
Version: 1.1.1
Okay. I gotta accept this. This app is toast. Tanmay put the Mac app on the back burner to put time in on the iOS version. But the word is over there that he's stated somewhere that the phone app will no longer be maintained. So, as the last update on the Mac version here was well before the phone app....sigh. So advice is requested: What could replace this app? Even thought a few little elements of Write could have been baked a little longer, it got so many things right! Here's what I like most: * Keeps files in txt format, and anything can work with one of the files in Write, change it, and it opens right back into Write. * Files are kept in a delightfully organized fashion, but the app doesn't require some arcane, proprietary database structure to handle them. *Beats Ulysses here.* * Nested folders are elegantly rendered. Allows projects to be handled the traditional way. *Beats nVALT here* * Works politely with Brett Terpstra's Marked 2. *Beats Ulysses here.* * It's darned pretty! *Beats virtually EVERYTHING here* I have become resigned to some very good software being abandoned after making a certain amount of money for its developer. Hey, that's the developer's choice. And usually, I have just found something else that will slide under my work and take over. BUT, in this case, I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING!! Anyone got any ideas?!
Gazman
Gazman
Nov 4 2015
1.1.1
5.0
Nov 4 2015
5.0
Version: 1.1.1
It's a pity this app is no longer under development. Out of my whole bevy of writing apps (Scrivener, Ulysses, Storyist, iaWriter, ByWord, Haven, Typed, uFocus, etc.) this is my favourite for two reasons: available on iPad, iPhone and Mac; 'Rich MD' mode which gives you the flexibility of markdown without all the clutter (although you write in markdown, it looks like rich text). Although it appears to have been abandoned, it still works fine in El Capitan and iOS 9.
Simon3
Simon3
Oct 6 2015
1.1.1
4.5
Oct 6 2015
4.5
Version: 1.1.1
A recent update of the iOS version mentions that it is not under active development anymore. I am assuming it is true of the OSX version as well?
Gazman
Gazman
Mar 5 2017
5.0
Mar 5 2017
5.0
Version: null
Simon3
Simon3
Oct 6 2015
4.5
Oct 6 2015
4.5
Version: null
Drfrank
Drfrank
Jun 9 2014
4.5
Jun 9 2014
4.5
Version: null
Rochade
Rochade
May 29 2014
5.0
May 29 2014
5.0
Version: null
Dan-D
Dan-D
May 28 2014
4.0
May 28 2014
4.0
Version: null