Offline and on other devices

When the app and the device disagree

These answers start from a writer whose tool will not follow them somewhere: onto a plane, onto a Windows laptop, or onto an Android phone. Some are about a browser app that needs a connection. Others are about a well-loved desktop app that exists on one system and not the next, or one that has stopped being offered where you write.

The common thread is getting the words out whole. That part is rarely hard. Each page covers what the current tool can do about it, then how to move the manuscript in an open format so it stays yours whichever program opens it next.

The answers

• Can I write a novel offline in a browser app? — What offline mode means, Google Docs setup, and a test to run before you travel.
• Scrivener for Windows is missing Mac features — Checking your version, what still differs, and moving a project between systems.
• Is there Scrivener for Linux, a Chromebook, or Android? — The Wine workaround, a browser route, and what does not come back.
• Is there Ulysses for Windows or Android? — Exporting a Ulysses library to Markdown or TextBundle.
• iA Writer left Android. What now? — What iA announced, and moving plain Markdown files to another editor.