BEFORE YOU ASK
Questions, answered straight.
Do I need an account?
No. There are no accounts. The trial starts the first time you open Slate; buying means typing your purchase email once. That's the entire "sign-up."
What happens when my trial ends?
Slate stops accepting new writing until you subscribe — but nothing is held hostage. Your scripts remain on your disk as plain .fountain files you can open in any editor, and reading scripts and reviewing collaborators' proposals stay free forever.
What does $79/year actually cover?
One writer, on all the Macs you personally use — desktop and laptop, same license. Cancelling is an email to support; you keep access through the year you paid for.
Does my co-writer need to buy Slate too?
Not to work with you. Reading scripts and reviewing, commenting on, and merging proposed revisions is free forever. They'd only need a subscription to write their own scripts.
Can I bring my Final Draft files?
Yes — Slate imports .fdx, plus Fountain, plain text, and Markdown. Going the other way, you can export PDF, Fountain, a teleprompter PDF, and a shareable .slate bundle.
What Mac do I need? Does it work offline?
Any Mac running macOS 11 or newer — Apple Silicon or Intel. Writing works fully offline — your files are on your disk. A paid license confirms itself online about once a month, with a two-week grace window if you're off-grid.
Does Slate use AI?
No — deliberately none. No AI writing, no AI "suggestions," no AI reading your pages, and nothing you write is ever sent to or used to train any model. Slate is a typewriter with superpowers, and what you write in it is yours alone.