![]() The default for most phd candidates is of course Word, and on the Mac that’s periodically been a beast competent at short writing but not so good at long writing. I of course also have Office 2011 for ‘other writing’ and for final formatting. The structure, the mechanism behind it, and the ability to compile to many formats (including ebook) and slice-and-dice your writing is wonderful. And it’s a great all-round writing package. So, I have adopted Scrivener for writing. In fact, I made a video on YouTube and a post here on my blog, and since it’s consistently my most popular blog post and video by a mile, there’s a lot of love for it. Devonthink Pro is one that I have just not managed to find an equivalent for – which should be the subject of a future post – and Scrivener is the other. Thank goodness!Īnd there are two items of software on the Mac that I have coveted and used a lot since converting to the Mac side. Of course, software development is a bit harder to get into (but then AppleScript is very good), but at least when Office 2011 came out they brought back VBA for Mac Office. Sure, the Macbook was expensive compared to the Windows equivalents, but then the software is generally cheaper and OSX just feels more bulletproof. ![]() ![]() ![]() On account of how my need for my computers to play well with others on a corporate network is less.Īnd, speaking as a Windows user of long standing, generally it’s been a Good Thing. So I thought that, as I am currently doing my phd full time, it would be a good idea to try out this Mac thing full time. I had sworn that Mr Gates’ hegemony had to deliver on Windows 7, and, although it was OK, it was not quite to the standard I wanted. Well, about 18 months ago I bought a new Macbook Pro. ![]()
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