Writer Studio for macOS

Universal binary · Intel & Apple Silicon · ~55 MB

This is an alpha release. Core functionality works, but you may encounter bugs, incomplete features, and breaking changes between versions. Your data is safe — manuscripts are standard files on your machine.

Installation

Open the downloaded .dmg file
Drag Writer Studio into the Applications folder
Eject the disk image
Open Writer Studio from Applications or Spotlight

Security & Gatekeeper

The app is not currently signed with an Apple Developer certificate. macOS Gatekeeper will block it on first launch.

To open the app

Right-click (or Control-click) Writer Studio in Applications
Choose Open from the context menu
Click Open in the security dialog

You only need to do this once. After the first launch, macOS will remember your choice.

Alternative: Terminal

Open Terminal
xattr -cr /Applications/Writer\ Studio.app
Launch the app normally

System Requirements

macOS 11.0 (Big Sur) or later
Intel or Apple Silicon processor
~200 MB disk space

Uninstall

Drag Writer Studio from Applications to the Trash. Project files remain in their original locations — they are standard files you can read without this software.

SHA-256 checksums are available on the releases page.

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