Mar 15, 2014 Dragon Dictate for Mac $199.99 Nuance Communications Mac OS X 10.10/10.8/10.9 Version 4.0.6 Full Specs Download.com has chosen not to.
- Mar 15, 2014 Dragon Dictate for Mac $199.99 Nuance Communications Mac OS X 10.10/10.8/10.9 Version 4.0.6 Full Specs Download.com has chosen not to provide a direct-download link for this product and offers.
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You can upgrade to macOS Sierra from OS X Lion or later on any of the following Mac models. Your Mac also needs at least 2GB of memory and 8.8GB of available storage space.
MacBook introduced in late 2009 or later
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Mac high sierra password required for saving to hard drive. To find your Mac model, memory, storage space, and macOS version, choose About This Mac from the Apple menu . If your Mac isn't compatible with macOS Sierra, the installer will let you know.
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If you still need macOS Sierra, use this link: Download macOS Sierra. A file named InstallOS.dmg will download to your Mac.
Install the macOS installer
Double-click the downloaded file to open a window showing its contents. Then double-click the file within, named InstallOS.pkg.
Follow the onscreen instructions, which will guide you through the steps necessary to install.
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After installation of the installer is complete, open the Applications folder on your Mac, then double-click the file named Install macOS Sierra.
Click Continue and follow the onscreen instructions. You might find it easiest to begin installation in the evening so that it can complete overnight, if needed.
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Please allow installation to complete without putting your Mac to sleep or closing its lid. Your Mac might restart, show a progress bar, or show a blank screen several times as it installs both macOS and related updates to your Mac firmware. https://brownboost772.weebly.com/macx-youtube-downloader-for-mac-sierra.html.
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- If you have hardware or software that isn't compatible with macOS Sierra, you might be able to install the previous version, OS X El Capitan.
- macOS Sierra won't install on top of a later version of macOS, but you can erase your disk first or install on another disk.
- You can use macOS Recovery to reinstall macOS.
According to Nuance Dragon 6.0.8 is compatible with High Sierra. https://brownboost772.weebly.com/blog/mint-for-mac-os-x. But in High Sierra the ‘scratch that’ command doesn’t work. The correction window doesn’t work either. These are pretty crucial to an everyday user of Dragon. So unless you absolutely need to be running High Sierra, I’d suggest you stick with Sierra and run Dragon 6.0.7 until those issues are resolved.
According to Nuance Dragon version 6.0.8 is compatible with High Sierra 10.13. Unfortunately High Sierra (10.13) still has some unresolved issues with Dragon so I suggest you stay with Dragon 6.0.7 and OS X 10.12
UPDATE 2/2/2018: See this post for a fix to this bug.
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Dragon for Mac version 6 ReviewDragon 6.02 – some thoughts on Nuance’s release and testing of Dragon professionalKevinsays:November 28, 2017 at 2:37 am
Thanks for the heads up. Dragon is finally working reliably.
I hate that applying their updates always carries a significant risk of the program becoming unusable for the next few months.
ReplyVincesays:November 30, 2017 at 1:34 pm
I hate that applying their updates always carries a significant risk of the program becoming unusable for the next few months.
It works with Text Edit, but “scratch that” doesn’t work with Macintosh Mail program.
ReplyNicsays:December 2, 2017 at 6:04 pm
6.0.8 and High Sierra compatibility is a partial fix at best. Correction is lost, Cursor jumps all over the place in Word. Virtually every sentence requires use of the “cache document” phrase.
I can only hope 6.0.9 fixes what are to me, and possibly other users, significant bugs.
So far version 6 as an entirety has been one frustrating experience after another.
ReplyJoeysays:January 9, 2018 at 12:33 pm
I wish that I had read this before I had upgraded to High Sierra. Scansnap ix500 for mac os x. Dictating in Apple Mail only works if you do not make any mistakes. The “scratch that” command and selecting alternate choices in the Correction Window does not work at all. And, I find that when I switch microphone profiles, Dragon crashes all too easily. I am using MacOS 10.13.2 and Dragon Dictate 6.0.8. Ugh!
ReplyPaulsays:February 21, 2018 at 6:03 pm
It’s a technology that we all WANT to work, but they just can’t get it to scale effectively. v6 wouldn’t even launch. 6.0.8 “works,” except for key commands like “scratch that.” Dragon is like that overly needy, high maintenance (and expensive!) friend you can’t quit (until a more user-friendly option comes along). As soon as Mac Dictation improves enough, Dragon will be in the rear view mirror.
ReplyPhilsays:June 8, 2018 at 4:07 pm
I’m running both Mac and Windows versions of Dragon. I made the mistake of updating to High Sierra and now the whole experience in the Mac version is entirely buggy, well beyond the occasional crashes and arbitrarily generated nonsense that would sometimes happen with Sierra (I’m using 6.0.8). It works okay for a while in MS Word. Barely at all in MS Outlook. The command range has shrunken to almost zero. The Windows version (I’m using professional 15) works perfectly. Why can’t Dragon make their product work across both platforms equally well? I’m highly dependent on the Mac and hope that Dragon can bring its game up to par on that platform.
Replyiansays:June 19, 2018 at 10:11 pm
Read that High Sierra was compatible, purchased Professional Individual for Mac (supposedly the latest version) and can’t even get it to launch without crashing.
Tried to seek an update but get the message “An error occurred in retrieving update information. Please try again later.”
Tried to seek an update but get the message “An error occurred in retrieving update information. Please try again later.”
VERY disappointed.
ReplyBobsays:July 10, 2018 at 3:48 am
Dragon, PLEASE make your product compatible with High Sierra! I have physical challenges which make dictation a necessity, not a convenience, and the sudden inability to use most of the features in Dragon has thrown a monkey wrench into my life. I can’t believe there is not a patch yet! UGH!!!
ReplyStudio B Architectssays:July 13, 2018 at 5:21 am
I agree with all the comments. I have been using each Mac Dictation apps since ViaVoice, about 20yrs. This Dictate Pro 6.0.8 is the worst ever. I logged the issue with Nuance around 8 months ago about the time of the upgrade to High Sierra. Still no resolution. Dragon should have been working on it when High Sierra was released in Beta at WWDC in June 2017. Poor show from Dragon. Not a reliable vendor.
ReplyRobert F. Georgesays:October 10, 2018 at 12:26 pm
I have never really liked Nuance as a company and filed as part of the class action lawsuit a year or so ago. I wish there was an alternative to using Dragon because of the lack of support for Mac. I called because none of my corrections were being saved (especially with numbers) and was told that if they troubleshoot, they charge a fee. However, the tech guy did not want to charge me because he knew it would not work anyway. We’re still the redheaded stepchild (no offense to red-haired folks intended) and for what we pay for the software, I consider it an insult.
ReplyJason Brooks-Strongsays:December 6, 2018 at 7:12 pm
Mac Os High Sierra Reviews
Absolutely!… Let me tell you as an experience Dragon for Windows user and an experienced Dragon Dragon for Mac user, Dragon for Windows is far superior! I love my MacBook Pro as a whole. It’s a great system great machine, as expensive as Macs are Nuance and Apple should be able to work together in releasing a new version of Dragon. When High Sierra, I upgraded not knowing that the upgrade was not compatible with Dragon 6. Sure, Nuance, will tell you that they are, however, as a hands-free user due to disability, they are not compatible. Perhaps they are for the novelty user, but not for someone who needs the two programs to actually interface well. I ended up having to literally beg Apple to help me downgrade so that I could use my computer successfully… I’m disappointed in Nuance as a whole, which makes you feel bad at a user of Dragon products for 20 years. I feel your pain guys and dolls… EXTREMELY LET DOWN!
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