2.5 Stars
FD crashed one too many times, decided to finally try another screenwriting program. Highland is interesting and has some definite advantages (like the shelf), but ultimately, it just doesn’t work for me. The big selling point in the provided how-to guide is that you won’t hit tab anymore to change script elements. That’s true, but now you’re holding down shift or hitting caps lock to activate character slugs, or typing >>> to get to transitions. Not a big deal, but not really an improvement over something I never had a problem with. I’m not a fan of the plain text screen you do all your writing in, you have to switch to the final view to see where your words actually land on the page. Finally, bolds and italics NEVER worked for me while in flow — inevitably I would have to go back and highlight as opposed to hitting command-I or B while actually writing.
All of this was bearable for the first few months, but the recent Mac OS update has made the program as unstable as FD, and even slower too. I’m sure it will get patched, the Highland support team is great, but this just didn’t work for me. Encourage everyone to try it for themselves, but I’m back to the devil I know.
All of this was bearable for the first few months, but the recent Mac OS update has made the program as unstable as FD, and even slower too. I’m sure it will get patched, the Highland support team is great, but this just didn’t work for me. Encourage everyone to try it for themselves, but I’m back to the devil I know.
Show more
When it works, it’s fab
The Mac app recently has gotten SUPER buggy. Keep crashing in mid type. Weirdly during a new slug line entry. Pls fix. Forcing me to go back to Final Draft.
This app broke my heart.
I’ve used Highland 2 for about 7 years, and have absolutely loved it. In my opinion, it was the perfect writing program that made writing FUN. But the newest version is so glitchy that I can no longer support the product. The cursor randomly jumps around the page, the page auto-scrolls, making it IMPOSSIBLE to write in. I hope Highland is able to get it together, but today I make the switch to SLUGLINE.
Show more
Game changer
I write so much more using Highland, it gets out of the way and makes writing fun again. You can tell it’s made by a writer because every choice they’ve made optimizes your creative flow. Super impressed and so relieved to have found it.
Time for a painful breakup with what use to be a wonderful relationship.
Save yourself the aggravation. Highland talks a great game and offers the world and you believe it. Things are great for the first year until things start falling apart and you’re ghosted.
The only reason this review isn’t a “one star” is that I use to love this app. I bought it on the ground floor and despite early bugs, one where I lost my entire screenplay ( luckily I had a saved backup), I stuck with it for a year. Until now.
Whatever update they did started becoming laggy. The real problem was that every time I tried to modify or put in a scene header it would crash and I would lose my work.
I did everything I could. I contacted the company three times through the “Priority Support” on the app. (Three weeks later still haven’t gotten so much as an automated reply), I tried emailing tech directly. Nothing. Discord? Nada.
I had planned to get a new laptop anyway so I got a MacBook Pro. The newest. I figured this might fix it. Yes. I loved this program enough to pull the trigger on a new computer.
This fixed the lag but BOOM. Crashing and losing work. Over and over again.
I figured I would reach out or “Priority Support “ through the app one more time. Clicked on the link in the menu… 404! no page found!
My subscription was to renew April 4. It’s March 20th. I’m done.
I broke up. Like moving out, I have a couple of weeks to transfer my files into a different format. The upside is I’m moving into a SUITE! Yes it’s a little more expensive than living with Highland but it’s stable, reliable, liked by most and most of all SUPPORTIVE! You won’t find it here but Final Draft has it on their site. Goodbye Highland. Good luck.
The only reason this review isn’t a “one star” is that I use to love this app. I bought it on the ground floor and despite early bugs, one where I lost my entire screenplay ( luckily I had a saved backup), I stuck with it for a year. Until now.
Whatever update they did started becoming laggy. The real problem was that every time I tried to modify or put in a scene header it would crash and I would lose my work.
I did everything I could. I contacted the company three times through the “Priority Support” on the app. (Three weeks later still haven’t gotten so much as an automated reply), I tried emailing tech directly. Nothing. Discord? Nada.
I had planned to get a new laptop anyway so I got a MacBook Pro. The newest. I figured this might fix it. Yes. I loved this program enough to pull the trigger on a new computer.
This fixed the lag but BOOM. Crashing and losing work. Over and over again.
I figured I would reach out or “Priority Support “ through the app one more time. Clicked on the link in the menu… 404! no page found!
My subscription was to renew April 4. It’s March 20th. I’m done.
I broke up. Like moving out, I have a couple of weeks to transfer my files into a different format. The upside is I’m moving into a SUITE! Yes it’s a little more expensive than living with Highland but it’s stable, reliable, liked by most and most of all SUPPORTIVE! You won’t find it here but Final Draft has it on their site. Goodbye Highland. Good luck.
Show more
