I see that Endnote 4 for Mac will be released some time later this year. If I buy Endnote 3 now, will there be an upgrade option? Will I have to buy Endnote 4 at full price?
Yes - if you buy EndNote version X3 now you will be eligible for a free upgrade to version X4. You will likely be asked for your proof of purchase.
We hope to have the Macintosh version of X4 out very soon - in the next couple of weeks.
Jason Rollins, the EndNote team
Endnote X3 for Mac only started shipping on August 26, 2009, i.e., less than a year ago. I received an email in late 2009 stating that Endnote X.x.x, the version I have would not be able to recognize the year 2010 and implied that there would be no future support to make that work. Hence, I bought Endnote X3 upgrade on December 31, 2009. I have yet to install it. If Endnote X4 for Mac begins shipping before August 26, 2010 or soon there after will I have to pay full price again?
Also, will Endnote 4 for Mac be compatible with Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac?
BTW: My first use of Endnote for Mac was version 4.
Bump. Anyone care to respond?
Thanks Leanne!
Multiple cost upgrades within a year is too costly, especially for some students and subjective as to the value of “new features” versus bug fixes and platform compatibility. The news announcment by Thomson Reuters about the release of Endnote X4 for Mac in August 2010 did not state anything about free upgrades if X3 was purchased between a certain timeframe. I sent them a message and I got confirmation that they received my inquiry but they did not answer the question.
As for compatibiity with Office for Mac 2011, there’s a new discussion at
It will be interesting to see when TR decides to make any version of EndNote for Mac compatible with Word for Mac. My understanding is that Zotero 2.x works fine Word for Mac 2011. 