The current version of Final Draft 8 is not activatable on this new operating system.įinal Draft v.7 and older will NOT work on Lion. If you have v.8 and are planning to upgrade to Lion, we urge you to wait for the patch. The new version has been engineered to run on OS X 10.7 (Lion) and is the only version of Final Draft that will work on this operating system. 8.0.2 as a free download at the same time as Lion’s official release by Apple. Will Final Draft run on Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)? Their own knowledge base article is much more clear-cut: The company didn’t have to look far for better copy-writers. But the email was so strangely written that many colleagues assumed it was just Final Draft trying to upsell longtime screenwriters clinging to their old versions. It’s better to warn customers now before they upgrade. To be fair, many Mac apps will need revisions in order to run properly under the new OS. Sending users to a “News” or “Updates” page feels like a much better destination. So it seems odd to include it as a clickable link. The included URL takes you to a placeholder page saying that a revised version (8.0.2) is coming soon.
How do you define “optimal user experience?” Oh - the app won’t even launch. If you do not intend to upgrade your OS to 10.7, there is no need to update your version of Final Draft. The new OS will not allow the Final Draft application to run for other users on a given computer unless those users also install and activate Final Draft while logged in under their own user name. Once you update your version 8 software, you can activate and run the Final Draft application on your Mac. Without the update, changes in the new Mac OSX 10.7 will prevent Final Draft version 8 from launching.
If you plan to upgrade your operating system to 10.7, update Final Draft version 8 first for an optimal user experience. Many of our valued customers are Mac users, so we feel it is important to let you know how this Mac OS update will affect your version of Final Draft software.Ī FREE update for version 8 users will be available at for registered users.
Last week, Final Draft sent out an email to customers:Īpple has announced they will release their latest operating system, Mac OS Lion (OSX 10.7) this July. Update: Final Draft and Lion, friends again
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