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Mellel for Mac

The word processor for scholars, writers, and long document writing.

$49.00
In English
3.9
Based on 203 user rates

Mellel overview

Mellel is the leading word processor for OS X and has been widely considered the industry standard for long form documents since its inception. Mellel focuses on writers and scholars for technical writing and multilingual word processing. It offers special tools to help you write and organize long documents easily. If you need multilingual support or are writing bi-directional text, Mellel is just the thing for you: Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, and Syriac never looked better on a Mac. Even if you don't need all the bells and whistles, Mellel is still the right choice for you: clean, stable, and easy to use.

What’s new in version 6.0.7

  • This is a minor update to Mellel 6 which restored support for QuickLook and thumbnail previews under macOS 15 (Sequoia).
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Mellel for Mac

$49.00
In English
Version 6.0.7

What users say about Mellel

akgilbert
By akgilbert on Dec 31 2023 for v.6.0.0

Ease of use: 4.0

Easy to use even on a basic level. There is a learning curve to customize features, but these are powerful and worth the time. Also, with all of its added features, Mellel does not feel heavy and cluttered like Word, and yet it is just as powerful.

Features: 5.0

Great integration with Bookends, flexible customization, great right to left, solid exports to pdf, Word, and ePUB. Auto-Titles, outlines, and comments work nicely. Even when switching to Word to share with others, this is a great app.

Other user ratings:

Value | 5.0
Reliability | 5.0
Customer support | 5.0
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Mellel qualities

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5.0
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4.0
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5.0
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5.0
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3.9

(211 Reviews of Mellel)

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AnnL7456
AnnL7456
Jan 3 2024
6.0.0
0.0
Jan 3 2024
0.0
Version: 6.0.0
Mellel 6 now cost $69.99. Thus it has become more expensive then Nisus Writer Pro $65, although it has only half of Nisus' features. Nisus offers price reduction for Academic $55. Mellel's webpage doesn't mention any price reduction.
mustafaalbazy
mustafaalbazy
Jun 29 2022
5.1.2
0.0
Jun 29 2022
0.0
Version: 5.1.2
This is here to stay for years to come. it's the best RTL (Arabic & Hebrew) pro editor I've tried on Mac or even Windows and Linux.
robertgunn2019
robertgunn2019
Jan 16 2022
5.0.9
0.0
Jan 16 2022
0.0
Version: 5.0.9
Interesting alternative, and fromthe trial, seems more user friendly than say Scrivener. That said, it touts "By Academics for Academics" - disagree. Mellel is embedded with Bookends as the reference citation integration - Bookends is a non-starter for serious academics. Bookends does not allow for any importation of necessary style guides. Zotero has them all by default. If you need a specific style for your university.department, you are forced to suddenly become a code editor. --- When Mellel, Bookends or both coose to accomodate flexibility and realistic options, I'll try again. I need a viable alternative to MS Word and the other litany of stuff out there - not headaches, endless forum searches, and silly limitations when completing my PhD.
AnnL7456
AnnL7456
Dec 16 2021
5.0.8
0.0
Dec 16 2021
0.0
Version: 5.0.8
This is an answer to dgbmunger (Nov 30 2021) who wrote "I'd like some evidence that for a 300 page scholarly book Mellel is better than Pages. (…) I'd really appreciate someone taking the time to post specifics." (1) Mellel has a better outline, i.e. table of contents pane. Bookmarks and auto-titles can be shown together in this pane; thus you can see at a glance where exactly a certain bookmark is in the document. You can also assign "Remarks" and tags to bookmarks and auto-titles and then filter the outline pane based on your remarks and/or tags. (2) Supports live bibliography with Bookends. (3) Can have more than one type of footnotes. This feature is called multiple Note Streams. One footnote can be added by the author, for example, another by the translator, etc. — (4) For those who write novels and stories a so called "story points" were developed to help keeping track of the plot and its progress. Thus you can quickly see where characters and locations appear in the document. Pages is regularly updated, and each update has new features. Mellel's development is extremely slow. It still needs elementary word processing features, such as split view, macros, non-contiguous text selection, shapes, attached captions for images, just to name few. Mellel has been surpassed by Nisus Writer Pro which now has much more features: it's scriptable, has macros and two types of inbuilt text expanding features, supports more languages, has much better Find and Replace feature, allows you to create concordances and various types of word lists; you can search simultaneously for text in multiple languages, it has support for South Asian languages (which Mellel doesn't have) and it has a powerful Document Manager. Nisus has also some special features which make the daily writing process easier to handle. For example, the text expanding feature (called 'glossaries' in Nisus) and Multi-key keyboard shortcuts which allows you to press the command key and then any number of keys for each shortcut. For example, you could press the Command key and then type 'cal' in order to automatically insert a calendar. This makes it easy to remember your shortcuts. Mellel doesn't allow you to do this. I recommend you rather try Nisus than Mellel. If you chose Mellel, be aware that the additional programs you need to buy in order to be able to write like a professional cost extra money (text expanding software like Typinator $29.00 and OmniGraffle for drawing $124.99). Nisus Writer Pro has already integrated these features.
dgbmunger
dgbmunger
Dec 1 2021
5.0.8
0.0
Dec 1 2021
0.0
Version: 5.0.8
I've been aware of Mellel for several years, but have used Pages for all my writing: articles and books. Its nearly 2022, now, so thot I'd try Mellel instead of using Pages 11.2 and its changed format for me. As starters I've downloaded the Mellel demo and read several reviews, but no review I've read contains specifics as to how Mellel is better than Pages. I'd like some evidence that for a 300 page scholarly book Mellel is better than Pages. The book will have text and visuals, notes and index. I'd really appreciate someone taking the time to post specifics. Thank you. dbing
hrskewes
hrskewes
Mar 14 2024
6.0.3
4.0
Mar 14 2024
4.0
Version: 6.0.3
makareim
makareim
Dec 14 2023
5.1.6
5.0
Dec 14 2023
5.0
Version: 5.1.6
Ervins Strauhmanis
Ervins Strauhmanis
Oct 23 2023
5.1.5
5.0
Oct 23 2023
5.0
Version: 5.1.5
marrygarry001
marrygarry001
May 12 2021
5.0.3
5.0
May 12 2021
5.0
Version: 5.0.3
Id-Ego-SuperEgo
Id-Ego-SuperEgo
Jan 8 2021
5.0
Jan 8 2021
5.0
Version: null
Fariborz
Fariborz
Aug 7 2020
5.0
Aug 7 2020
5.0
Version: null
Jeff-Schlueter
Jeff-Schlueter
Jun 3 2020
4.0
Jun 3 2020
4.0
Version: null
BeardMan
BeardMan
Nov 6 2019
5.0
Nov 6 2019
5.0
Version: null
piquadratpi2
piquadratpi2
Oct 22 2019
5.0
Oct 22 2019
5.0
Version: null
Nuthinnew
Nuthinnew
Oct 22 2019
5.0
Oct 22 2019
5.0
Version: null
SweetestDeals
SweetestDeals
Feb 14 2019
2.5
Feb 14 2019
2.5
Version: null
sosialiskanan
sosialiskanan
May 8 2018
3.5
May 8 2018
3.5
Version: null
Sherman-Wilcox
Sherman-Wilcox
Nov 26 2017
5.0
Nov 26 2017
5.0
Version: null
pkensildavis
pkensildavis
Sep 3 2017
5.0
Sep 3 2017
5.0
Version: null
chadatmacupdate
chadatmacupdate
Aug 30 2017
5.0
Aug 30 2017
5.0
Version: null
Igor-Freiberger
Igor-Freiberger
Aug 25 2017
4.0
Aug 25 2017
4.0
Version: null
Sandro-Bilbeisi
Sandro-Bilbeisi
Aug 20 2017
5.0
Aug 20 2017
5.0
Version: null
Zoz
Zoz
Aug 18 2017
5.0
Aug 18 2017
5.0
Version: null
Zx81
Zx81
Nov 8 2016
4.5
Nov 8 2016
4.5
Version: null
cmezes
cmezes
Oct 10 2016
5.0
Oct 10 2016
5.0
Version: null
Freenergy
Freenergy
Dec 29 2015
4.5
Dec 29 2015
4.5
Version: null
Matt-M
Matt-M
Oct 16 2015
5.0
Oct 16 2015
5.0
Version: null
lashinsekai
lashinsekai
Feb 8 2015
4.5
Feb 8 2015
4.5
Version: null
Valdimar-Thor-H
Valdimar-Thor-H
Dec 19 2014
5.0
Dec 19 2014
5.0
Version: null
Frankfx
Frankfx
Aug 21 2014
2.5
Aug 21 2014
2.5
Version: null
Simon-W
Simon-W
Jul 14 2014
4.0
Jul 14 2014
4.0
Version: null
Dellsuxx
Dellsuxx
May 30 2014
5.0
May 30 2014
5.0
Version: null
spacejockey
spacejockey
Feb 11 2014
3.0
Feb 11 2014
3.0
Version: null
lemon-kun
lemon-kun
Dec 12 2013
3.5
Dec 12 2013
3.5
Version: null
Anon-Bud
Anon-Bud
Oct 14 2013
4.5
Oct 14 2013
4.5
Version: null
Exegete77
Exegete77
Sep 10 2013
5.0
Sep 10 2013
5.0
Version: null
Ckueny
Ckueny
Aug 20 2013
2.0
Aug 20 2013
2.0
Version: null
Cgc
Cgc
Aug 13 2013
4.0
Aug 13 2013
4.0
Version: null
Leonledragon
Leonledragon
Jul 5 2013
3.0
Jul 5 2013
3.0
Version: null
Kihoalu
Kihoalu
Jul 4 2013
4.0
Jul 4 2013
4.0
Version: null
Andy-M
Andy-M
Jun 21 2013
5.0
Jun 21 2013
5.0
Version: null
lukasthesurfer
lukasthesurfer
Jun 7 2013
5.0
Jun 7 2013
5.0
Version: null
j-st
j-st
Mar 18 2013
2.0
Mar 18 2013
2.0
Version: null
AndyWood
AndyWood
Mar 8 2013
5.0
Mar 8 2013
5.0
Version: null
Damian Weiss
Damian Weiss
Jan 26 2013
4.0
Jan 26 2013
4.0
Version: null