Final Draft for Mac

With Final Draft for Mac, you can brainstorm, visualize, report, tag, collaborate and customize your writing environment like never before. The app paginates your script to entertainment industry formats and used by 95% of the entertainment industry.

Over 300 templates for screenplays, teleplays, comics, immersive storytelling, graphic novels, and stage plays. Write using Windows, Macintosh, or in the Final Draft Mobile app for iPhone & iPad (app sold separately).

• Organize and navigate your story
• Rapidly paginate and format your plays using more than 100 templates
• Write scripts that look exactly the same on multiple platforms
• Inbuilt tool for checking for common formatting errors
• Generate a wide array of screenplay reports
• Split screen script editing
• Powerful pagination engine
• Support for Retina screens and Full-screen mode
• Dictation support

Collaborate simultaneously with your writing partners IN REAL TIME - around the corner - or around the world. Speech to Script customizes Mac’s Dictation feature so you can write your screenplay without ever touching a keyboard.

Use SmartType to cut down on keystrokes by auto-filling commonly used names, locations, and more. Insert images on title pages, in the script or even in the Beat Board to help visualize your story.

Use Alternate Dialogue to store as many different versions of lines as you can imagine. Eliminate distractions and get down to business with night mode.

Use your creative energy to focus on your story and characters — let FinalDraft for macOS take care of the rest.

Title Page
All Final Draft templates come with industry standard title pages that are easy to modify, save, and print or save to PDF.

Tab & Enter
Use just the Tab and Enter keys to write your script quickly and easily.

Format Assistant
Be confident your script is professionally formatted before you print or email it.

Reformat Tool
Speed through the reformatting process when importing different file types.

Automatic Backup Folder
Protect your work with automatic file backups.

Unicode Support
It ships with fonts which support over 97 different languages. Users can also add their own fonts to type in additional languages.

Pagination & Page Management
Automatically format and paginate to industry standards. Meet page count requirements using FinalDraft custom formatting tools.

Keyboard Shortcuts
Customize your workflow and save time.

How to Use

• Launch the application and create a new script
• Select script type (screenplay, stageplay, etc.)
• Use templates or start with a blank page
• Write using industry-standard formatting
• Use the Navigator to manage scenes and characters
• Enable SmartType for auto-fill of names/locations
• Collaborate using real-time collaboration tools
• Use Beat Board to visually plan story structure
• Export your script to PDF or Final Draft format

System Requirements

macOS 10.15 Catalina or later

Intel or Apple Silicon (M1/M2) processor

Minimum 2 GB RAM

60 MB free disk space

Internet connection for activation

PROS

• Industry-standard formatting tools
• Real-time collaboration features
• Beat Board for visual story planning
• SmartType speeds up writing
• Navigator helps structure scripts easily

CONS

• High one-time purchase cost
• Limited font customization options
• Collaboration needs internet access
• Occasional bugs on macOS updates

Note: 30 days trial version.

Also Available: Download Final Draft for Windows