Nisus Writer Updates: Dark Mode, Big Sur, and Apple Silicon

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We are happy to announce the release of Nisus Writer Pro 3.2 and Nisus Writer Express 4.2. These new versions are significant updates that add support for Dark Mode, macOS Big Sur, and Apple Silicon among other new features.

If you’re a Nisus Writer Pro user:
• Take a brief tour of what’s new.
• Get the update inside the app, direct download, or the Mac App Store.

If you’re a Nisus Writer Express user:
• Take a brief tour of what’s new.
• Get the update inside the app, direct download, or the Mac App Store.

Big Sur and Apple Silicon Updates Coming Soon

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This week Apple released macOS Big Sur. If you’re a Nisus customer you may want to hold off on updating your system, as we’re aware of some issues. Most of the problems are minor, but one potentially significant issue is that Nisus Writer Pro may be unable to import and export certain document file formats– notably DOC and DOCX.

This week Apple also revealed new Macs with Apple Silicon (M1 chip). Early reports suggest that these new Macs will be fast. It’s an exciting change! But there’s a potential downside as well, if your software isn’t compatible and can’t be run using Apple’s Rosetta translator.

Nisus Software is on top of both of these big changes. We expect to have app updates available very soon, to provide both Big Sur compatibility and native support for Apple Silicon.

Apple Silicon Macs Will Be Very Fast (Maybe)

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If you have been wondering how fast the upcoming Apple Silicon Macs will be, it appears that they will be quite robust, to be polite. 

Appleinsider found a mysterious Geekbench entry for an “A14X.” This 8 core chip could, judging by the benchmarks, be very fast. I normally have no use for benchmarks but if true, these new Macs are going to be quite speedy. 

There is no way to know if this is real, but I want to believe. I guess we’ll find out Tuesday.