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johnfaulkes
Community Member
3 years ago

Apple / Parallels buying advice

I'm think of upgrading my MacBook pro (i5 Quad core, 8Gb ram, 512 GB storage). It's working pretty well but I could pass it on to my daughter, who needs a machine, and get a new one.  I saw a grea...
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  • EricSantos's avatar
    EricSantos
    2 years ago

    Hi everyone,

    I have some great news to share! We just released another update for Storyline 360. In Update 77, we've included important fixes and new features.

    One of the bugs we've fixed is: 

    • The trigger wizard performs faster on M-series Macs.

    Launch the Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer to take advantage of this update, and click the Update button next to Storyline 360. You'll find our step-by-step instructions here.

    Please let me know if you need additional help!

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PatrickRyan1
Community Member
3 years ago

David,

Storyline 360 and Storyline 3 do NOT run "well" on M1 with Parallels. There have been reports of performance with Storyline and M1 with what you reported and other issues including crashing. Therefore, you cannot say it works "well". Does 30 seconds creating a trigger fall into the category of "well"? There is a way to run Storyline on M1 but if you read the details and follow every subsequent instruction from Windows (see link below), technically it is not a fully supported production environment. And that is the catch. We are a business and need the stability of a production environment. I have no issue with the rest of your post but it is not accurate to say it works "well". Someone may read this and say, hey great, I am going to plunk down thousands of dollars on my Apple M1 because Storyline work "well" with an M1. It does not and the Windows ARM/Apple may never be resolved. I would highly recommend you share this Articulate post regarding the issue when you discuss the M1 and Storyline with the community.

John,

See here for another thread on running Storyline 360.

  • DavidAnderson's avatar
    DavidAnderson
    Staff
    3 years ago

    Hey Patrick.

    Thanks for including the support article, Is Articulate 360 compatible with the Apple M1 chip?

    You're correct that there are issues with Storyline 360 and the M1 chips. We currently support only Intel-based Macs running Windows in virtual environments, not the M1 chips. 

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