Having got used for so many years to MS Paint, I need to get familiar with this or any other similar app on Mac. Right now I have downloaded sketchbookexpress which is a free download from apple store. Ms paint for apple mac. Another MS Paint alternative for Mac is Paint 2. The app has tools similar to what Paint offers (including a spray can-like airbrush tool), and is equally easy to use. The app combines the features of its Windows’ counterpart, with useful features such as layers.

One program that missing when using MacBook is there is no Microsoft Visio for Mac. Although Microsoft has been officially releasing Microsoft Office (e.g Word, Excel, PowerPoint) for Mac, Microsoft still does not release Visio for Mac, at least until now. This app is designed for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Microsoft Visio file format (VSD) is a binary proprietary format developed by Microsoft. There is no any other application that allows you to preview Visio Drawings on iOS. VSD Viewer allows you freely preview Visio Drawings on the mobile device.

Microsoft Visio is a professional diagramming and vector graphics application which was first introduced in 1992 and is part of the Microsoft Office family since 2000. Like most Microsoft products, Visio for Mac doesn’t exist, but following are some of the best professional alternatives to for Mac users. You can try these products on most of the recent Mac OS X versions such as Yosemite, Mountain Lion and Lion OS X. You can check similar post about MS Publisher alternatives See also: Best Alternatives to Visio for Mac OmniGraffle Pro is a professional diagramming application made by The Omni group and available only on Mac OS X and the iPad. It is a very powerful and user friendly alternative to Microsoft Visio for Mac and in some areas, it offers even more features than Microsoft Visio itself.

It is a powerful application with advanced ability to support complex solutions. But MS Visio has no OS X version. This is a big challenge, and you’ll be quite pleased to know about ConceptDraw PRO - the perfect MS Visio alternative that runs natively in both platforms: OS X and Windows. If you have moved from Windows to Mac, or need to collaborate in a cross-platform environment, you’ll find yourself searching for an alternative to MS Visio. ConceptDraw PRO is the only professional diagramming software that works on both Windows and OS X. The ability to go back and forth between PC and Mac, and also between MS Visio and ConceptDraw PRO is an important capability that enables you to visualize and communicate information and processes cost- and effort effectively. Powerful business graphics and diagramming tools are the norm and not the exception for today’s businesses.

I want to show you how to install Microsoft Visio on Mac running OS X El Capitan on top of Wine, thanks to WineHQ team for making this great tool. It should be applicable on previous version of OS X such as OS X Yosemite, OS X Mavericks, and Mac OS X Mountain Lion. Lets start with the installation process Windows programs can be run on OS X, Linux and BSD via WINE (Windows Emulator) so first we need to install wine and winetricks. We can install wine and winetricks packages using Homebrew, follow how to install Wine on OS X. Brew install wine winetricks Define Visio Home directory Although it is not necessary, it is better to set environment folder for Visio.

Here is some feedback on this article ++ Excellent to have links to background info on installing wine – much appreciated for a newbie — I got errors when installing the packages, complaining about mismatch between 64-bit and 32-bit. So I ended up deleting that first attempt then backtracking to step “Perform Wine initialisation and setup of WINEPREFIX in.visio2007” and ran the following *before* doing anything.

In general, the software for Apple platform seems nicer and easier to use.' - says Andrew Joseph. 'The main reason for the switch is my switch from a PC to a Mac computer. I have tried OmniGraffle Pro and found that it wasn't the perfect replacement.

It can run on Windows, Mac, or Linux. Do note that yED needs Java Runtime Environment installed to let it run. Although, you do not have to worry about it because yED’s setup includes the JRE 8 as well.

I am still playing with the ConceptDraw PRO draw capabilities. One thing that Visio does extremely well ( better than any other diagram product that I have seen) is that you can cut and paste the diagram into a Word.doc and it looks perfect. That is not true of Graffle Pro and quite frankly not really the case with ConceptDraw PRO from what I can tell. ConceptDraw PRO does have some nice templates and useful features. I will continue to use it and evaluate the capabilities. The ability to go back and forth between PC and Mac and Vision and ConceptDraw is an important capability.'

For years the de facto standard file format for business has been Microsoft Visio™. Many people involved in visual communication need software tools that will read and write using the Visio file format. With the introduction of Visio 2013 Microsoft has changed the native file format used in earlier versions of Microsoft Visio. ConceptDraw PRO v10 file import and export works round-trip with the new Visio VSDX file format.