Customer Reviews

The Print Shop for Mac [OLD VERSION]

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With each new upgrade, I have purchased The Print Shop for Macintosh which has always been one of my favorite programs. I was very happy when I heard that The Print Shop had finally been upgraded for the Macintosh, although I am surprised that it was not upgraded for OSX. I hope we are not going to have to wait years before that happens. I'm a real fan.

I have found most of The Print Shop images to be better than those in most of the other clipart programs and have enjoyed usingThe Print Shop graphics in other documents too. This version of The Print Shop has all of the great features of the previous version and lots more. There are still most of the great graphics from the past.

The new Collections have 25 folders of graphics which include a folder called Photos with beautiful pictures. The Print Shop web site says the program is, "Packed with more than 11,500 premium images and over 4,500 pre-designed layouts so you can create projects for any occasion."

One of the best things about this program is you can use your own photographs in your projects; and those that are included. There is a way to include quotations, too. And you can send an e-card. It is saved as a JPEG and sent as an attachment.

The headline styles are similar to those in TypeStyler and have effects such as glow, drop shadows, color fades, curves and so on. You can use pre-designed effects or the Custom palette and design your own. The possibilities are limitless.

The Print Shop has fifteen different projects. One of the most unique is called Photo Pages. Here you can choose a Family Album. This one intrigued me as I'm doing so much with genealogy. Now I can make photo pages to put into a book along with the printed pages of my genealogy program.

As with many new software programs, Brøderbund has cut costs by eliminating a manual. I think this is a mistake for a graphics program but I realize that a manual of the graphics might add another ten dollars to the program. However, there is a very good online manual in PDF format.

The Print Shop is a wonderful program and will give the owner hours of fun just playing with it and lots of fun in creating projects for your friends and family.

Reading the existing reviews confused me until I realized that they were refering to the non-OS X native version of Print Shop for Mac. It looks like some people even bought this version not knowing there is a newer version of Print Shop out that is OS X native.
For some reason it currently does not show up on Amazon.com, but it is available elsewhere. So, if your Mac is running OS X, don't buy this one, buy the one that specifies it was built for OS X. I imagine that Amazon will start listing the newer version, but until then it is available from Apple directly or MacKiev.com, the people who rebuilt it for OS X.

I was very disappointed in this product. Although advertised as OSX compatible, it only runs in Classic mode (OS9). This is the only program I've got that doesn't run under OSX. This is a problem because setting up the printer for two operating systems is tricky (at least for me), and I'm not sure its worth the effort for this program. The interface is still a little clunky; still too much like the original Print Shop of many years ago. It needs updating to take advantage of the Mac's current capabilities.
At least wait until they "carbonize" this program (make it work under OSX).

I expected a new and improved Print shop with new graphics. I recieved it today and found numerous pictures that I used in the print shop at least 6 years ago. I felt like I was using the old print shop on my Apple IIgs. It has many similarities to the old System 9 print shop which was not overly impressive. Do not waste your money on this program. Invest in Print Explosion it has much better and a larger selection of graphics.

Read what it is you are buying!!!
It says right on Amazon's webpage that this version is NOT OS X compatible.
Like another reviewer said, buy the version that the Apple Store currently sells, which is made for OS X. Stop complaining cuz you didn't read what it is that you bought.

I have been a dedicated Print Shop and PrintMaster user since 1992. My first computer was a Commodore 64 and the first program I purchased for it was The Print Shop. I have religiously purchased the upgrades ever since. I just recently purchased my first Apple computer, an iMac. I really enjoy the computer itself. However, I am very disappointed with the Mac version of The Print Shop. It is dramatically inferior to the Windows version of The Print Shop and PrintMaster. I have had nothing but problems since I bought it. Printing is slow and gets locked up often, graphic selection is terrible, lacks many of the user-friendly features of the windows program, too many problems to even mention! It almost makes me wish I would have kept with a Windows based computer, as I mainly use my desktop publishing software. I really hope that someone develops a good desktop publishing program for the Mac OSX operating system. Until then can anyone recommend a program that is better than the Print Shop for Mac??

All I want to say about Print Shop is that you can finally search for graphics within the program using a search engine instead of randomly sorting through library after library. The options for font effects are nice, too. It is a great program for people who are not professional graphic artists but like their things to look nice. I have used the electronic greeting option quite a few times!

I just got the new OS X Print shop for Mac. It'll be for sale shortly. Worth the wait! Really works slick an is something
Mac users have needed a long time. Watch for it ......

This program will run in OS X, but that's about it. We had all kinds of problems. Not able to save, can't print, won't insert graphics and on and on.

It could have been a good program if they just converted it for OS X, but we're sending it back.

This is not compatible with OS X. To find out more about THE PRINT SHOP OS X VERSION, go to http://www.mackiev.com/printshop/index.html.