Download and install the latest beta version of Scrivener for Windows. It's compatible with the Mac version and it works well. A lot of people are using it exclusively now.

Even though online software is a no-go for me, I took a look at Dabble out of curiosity. Which made me wonder - are there no laws about plagiarism or copyright violation for software? It sure looks like an imitation Scriv.

I use Vellum, but do it by Scrivener to Word then go through that document to make sure it conforms to what works best for a Vellum import. Since I never actually use Word for anything if I can help it, I've never worried about styles at all - just make sure I have chapter headings centered and bold...

I write fiction, but it seems the same would apply. I'd keep a master copy of what you have, make a new copy as the Scriv project for one of the books you want to extract from the master, and start deleting anything extraneous to that from what will become the Scriv project for that one book. Once e...

Not for me. What makes a difference for me on my laptops is screen, and a 13" screen doesn't cut it for Scrivener. I know that because the first MacBook Pro I got was 13", I got it used pretty much for Vellum, and although I loaded Scriv on it, I only used it when I had to for Vellum in sp...

Thank you for this Tribal Rose. I'm in the middle of a project right now and it's a little risky for me to reinstall my whole system again with a new ID. If I don't find a solution by the I finish my project I will investigate your solution. For now I guess I'll be reinstalling the app each time I ...

I've had two instances of lag time typing. The first was fixed when I upped the auto-save interval, which you've already addressed. The second was probably unique, but just in case - I purchased my MacBook Pro used. It came to me with a single user i.d. on it. I tried everything that supposedly woul...

I'm one of those who didn't find Scrivener all that difficult to get started with. Maybe because I still use WordPerfect? :o I did go through the Tutorial, and skipped and skimmed anything I didn't need to know right that minute. Then I imported a 3-chapter short and played with it for awhile. After...

Vellum. I wanted a better and easier way to format my ebooks badly enough to get a MacBook Pro (used 15"). In rationalizing the expense, I told myself I could use Scriv 3 on it. Hated everything about the Mac except the retina screen at first, but I liked that so much it lured me to work at it....

Well, only if the inactive PCs were last synchronized recently enough to have the lost data, but before the data loss occurred. And only if you were aware that you needed to prevent them from synchronizing. Unless I get in gear and start writing a lot faster, that wouldn't be a problem. :? As I sai...

I understand that the Dropbox server cannot be considered for backup in the same light as, say, Carbonite. However, I don't understand how Dropbox on several computers with copies of one's work on all isn't a backup of sorts. In other words, I have 4 PCs (it just sort of happened), and Dropbox is on...

If you don't want any of your Labels color-coded, all you have to do is not enable Label color anywhere under the View menu > Use Label Color In. You can also choose to have it show some places and not others. If you mean you do have Label color enabled to show some places, but don't want it to show...

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Since no one else has answered so far, I'll tell you what I do with much smaller, single book projects. My methods don't qualify as very sophisticated, though, and I'm not clear on whether you want to have the date, events, and characters visible for the project overall at a glance or for each chapt...

P.S. The biggest issue folk I know have had moving from Apple to Windows laptops is the touchpad. Apple nailed the touchpad, and for some reason, other laptop manufacturers have struggled to achieve the same ease of use. That's interesting because when I started using a MacBook Pro (got a new but d...