As of this writing, the iOS version has not been updated to 1.1 and lacks these new features.If you’re looking for easy-to-use family storage, you can’t go wrong with iCloud. Writer Pro is available for $19.99 on the Mac App Store. It is my writing app of choice on the Mac. With 1.1 it has become worth recommending to anyone looking for a great writing app for Mac. At launch, Writer Pro was only good for fans of the original app. I also hope the Note part of the workflow is improved to have a pool of notes to access while writing. I know Dropbox sync is coming at some point according to posts by the Writer account on twitter and support responses. I hope they fix the sliders used in the sidebar because they feel completely out of place. Most of those have been addressed in 1.1 as far as I’m concerned. Writer Pro 1.0 was a nice upgrade over the original Writer for me, but it had quite a few flaws. iA should have waited and released 1.1 instead of what felt like an incomplete app in 1.0. Syntax for footnotes and tables is available along with improvements to file formatting for printing. The Read mode in 1.1 is a proper preview where you can’t edit your text which is how it should’ve been from the start. Writer Pro 1.1 also brings Night Mode (finally) and MultiMarkdown export and preview. Writer Pro 1.0 did not have the Markdown preview and that was a huge letdown, making the Edit and Read states almost identical. The final workflow is the Read workflow that gives you a markdown preview of your text and doesn’t let you edit anything. The sidebar also has the Markdown formatting options and statistics about the text. The workflows and syntax sliders (these really need to look better) are in the sidebar on the right. Syntax Highlighting works brilliantly and coupled with keyboard shortcuts, lets you really take your writing to the next level. After writing, the Edit workflow lets you utilize one of Writer Pro’s most hyped feature: Syntax Highlighting. Once you’re ready to actually begin writing, the Write workflow features the amazing Nitti Light and resembles the original Writer. The Note workflow is for capturing your thoughts quickly and roughly. Once you use Writer Pro on OS X and iOS, the folder organization of workflows makes complete sense. Writer and now Writer Pro have managed to perfectly sync documents using iCloud. The lack of Dropbox is a huge con for most, including myself. Before we go any further, Writer Pro uses iCloud for syncing across to iOS. The workflows organize your files into different folders on iCloud. At first, it may seem like different workflow states just change the font and cursor colour. While this does seem counterproductive given how “distraction free” writing should be, you can still use the one window mode as with the original. Writer Pro builds upon Writer’s philosophy, bringing in a new workflow and syntax highlighting. I’ve tried almost every other writing app on OS X and nothing has felt as good as Writer. I just can’t let go of how good it looks and feels. I have been using the original Writer and now Writer Pro ever since it released. Writer has been a staple on all my devices ever since and I thought it was grossly underpriced. At first, I thought it was just a hyped text editor but spending a few hours in it showed me otherwise. iA’s Writer (the original app) was one of the first few apps I bought when I switched to OS X a few years ago. Version 1.0 boasted a lot of features for professional writers and it received mixed reactions on the App Store and with the press. IA surprised most of us with the release of Writer Pro in December, with most of us (including everyone here at BP) having no idea it was even in the works.
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