Final Draft 11
Final Draft is the industry-standard screenwriting application designed for writing movie scripts, television episodics, and stage plays. It combines word processing with professional script formatting, automatically paginating scripts to industry standards as writers work. The app includes tools such as Scene View for outlining and reordering scenes, Index Cards for story structuring, ScriptNotes for color-coded annotations, over 100 templates for different formats, revision tracking for production, character highlighting, and customizable reporting for scenes, characters and locations. Final Draft is widely used by screenwriters, studios, and production companies worldwide.
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1 suggestionFinal Draft 11 is an Intel-only application with no confirmed native Apple Silicon build available. The most recent search results show the app at version 11.1.3 (from 2020) with no indication of native support or a newer major release. As of May 2026, you have approximately two years before Apple removes Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028), at which point this Intel-only build will no longer launch. We recommend contacting Final Draft directly to ask whether a native Apple Silicon build or a major version upgrade is planned. If the vendor indicates no native build is forthcoming, you should begin evaluating alternatives such as Highland 3, Celtx, WriterDuet or Fountain-based editors — all of which run natively on Apple Silicon — to ensure your screenwriting workflow remains functional after the September 2028 deadline. In the meantime, the current Intel build will continue to work under Rosetta 2.
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