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What is NVivo Mac?

NVivo Mac is a native Mac application that lets users organize and analyze unstructured or semi-structured data like interviews, field notes, audio visual material and journal articles. Users can organize their material by topic to uncover trends and emerging themes.

There is also a version of NVivo 10 Windows. If users want to work across platforms, it is worth considering whether the current release of NVivo for Mac has the features they need.

For further information about using NVivo Mac, refer to Other resources.

Compatibility with NVivo 10 Windows

NVivo 10 for Mac projects have a different file format from those created in NVivo 10 for Windows:

  • NVivo 10 for Windows (.nvp)

  • NVivo 10 for Mac (.nvpx)

All conversion between formats must be done using NVivo 10 Windows (Service Pack 5 or later).

Refer to Compatibility with other QSR software (Compatibility with NVivo for Mac) for more information about project conversion.