Scrivener
Scrivener is a long-form writing and project-organization app for drafting, researching, outlining, and revising books, scripts, papers, and other complex documents.
What is Scrivener?
Scrivener is a native writing and project-planning app for macOS that helps authors, students, researchers, and other long-form writers manage large projects in one workspace. It combines drafting tools with project organization, so you can keep chapters, notes, research materials, and outlines together instead of scattered across multiple files. Writers commonly use it for novels, nonfiction books, screenplays, essays, dissertations, and other structured documents that benefit from flexible planning and revision. Scrivener supports working with sections and scenes, reorganizing material in an outline or corkboard view, and compiling projects into export formats for sharing or submission. It is published by Literature & Latte Ltd and is also available on other platforms for users who want to continue work across devices.
Key features
- Draft long documents in sections instead of one continuous file
- Organize chapters, scenes, notes, and research in a single project
- Rearrange content visually with outline and corkboard views
- Store reference materials alongside your manuscript for quick access
- Set writing targets and track progress while you work
- Compile projects into shareable manuscript and document formats
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
Scrivener is legitimate writing software for macOS. It normally needs access only to the documents and folders you choose to open or save, and that file access is expected for a writing app. Your projects may contain drafts, notes, and research, so use your usual backups and be careful before removing the app or its support files if you still need those projects.
Recommendation: Keep Scrivener if you use it for writing or project planning. Remove it only if you no longer need the app, and make sure any active manuscripts or research files are backed up or exported first.
Common paths
/Applications/Scrivener.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.literatureandlatte.scrivener3
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Scrivener
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.literatureandlatte.scrivener3.plist
Container paths
~/Library/Containers/com.literatureandlatte.scrivener3
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