NOTE: MEI’s new AdforceX ad layout system is compatible with macOS® 10.14 Mohave, 10.15 Catalina and 11 Big Sur.
IMPORTANT: ALS, AdForce and ALS for Magazines are NOT COMPATIBLE with macOS 10.15 Catalina or macOS 11 Big Sur. YOU SHOULD NOT UPGRADE THE MAC OS TO CATALINA OR BIG SUR ON THE MACHINE THAT YOU USE TO OPERATE ANY OF THESE PRODUCTS.
If you migrate from these products to AdforceX, your Macintosh hardware must have macOS 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina or macOS 11 Big Sur operating system installed.
Operating System CompatibilityAdforceX, ALS, ALS for Magazines, AdForce and ClassForce by macOS® version compatibility |
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| OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) |
OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) |
OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) |
macOS 10.12 (Sierra) |
macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) |
macOS 10.14 (Mojave) |
macOS 10.15 (Catalina) |
macOS 11 (Big Sur) |
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| Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel or ARM | ||||||
| ALS/ALSM/AdForce 5.7 | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
| ALS/ALSM/AdForce 5.8 | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
| ALS/ALSM/AdForce 5.9.1 – 5.9.3 | • | • | • | ||||||||||
| ALS/ALSM/AdForce 5.9.4 | • | ||||||||||||
| AdforceX 1.0 – 1.2 | • | • | • | ||||||||||
| ClassForce 3.8 | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
All MEI Plug-ins are available for Macintosh and Windows.
Plug-Ins |
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Ad Import Plug-InAdImport lets users of AdforceX, ALS, AdForce, ALS for Magazines and ClassForce open issue plans directly into Adobe® lnDesign. |
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| Ad Import PI 8.0 |
Ad Import PI 12.0 |
Ad Import PI 13.0 |
Ad Import PI 14.4 |
Ad Import PI 15.1 |
Ad Import PI 16.0 | |||||||||
| InDesign CS6 |
InDesign CC 2017 |
InDesign CC 2018 |
InDesign 2019 |
InDesign 2020 |
InDesign 2021 |
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| ALS/ALSM/AdForce 5.7 – 5.8.6 |
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| ALS/ALSM/AdForce 5.9.1 – 5.9.4 |
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| AdforceX 1.0 – 1.2 |
• | • | • | • | ||||||||||
| ClassForce 3.8 |
• | • | • | |||||||||||
| * AdImport Plug-in for CS6 can be fulfilled; however it is no longer supported. | ||||||||||||||
Fido Plug-In
Fido restores graphic and ad file path information so lost file links can be quickly updated in InDesign.
| Fido PI 8.0 |
Fido PI 12.0 |
Fido PI 13.0 |
Fido PI 14.4 |
Fido PI 15.1 |
Fido PI 16.0 |
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| InDesign CS6* |
InDesign CC 2017 |
InDesign CC 2018 |
InDesign 2019 |
InDesign 2020 |
InDesign 2021 |
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| ALS/ALSM/AdForce 5.7 – 5.8.6 |
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| ALS/ALSM/AdForce 5.7 – 5.9.4 |
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| AdforceX 1.0 – 1.2 |
• | • | • | • | ||||||||||
| ClassForce 3.8 |
• | • | • | |||||||||||
| * Fido Plug-in for CS6 can be fulfilled; however it is no longer supported. | ||||||||||||||
Split & Folio Plug-In
Split & Folio allows users to divide documents into individual pages or groups of pages without loss of the ad layout information.
| S&F PI 8.0 |
S&F PI 12.0 |
S&F PI 13.0 |
S&F PI 14.4** |
S&F PI 15.1** |
S&F PI 16.0** |
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| InDesign CS6* |
InDesign CC 2017 |
InDesign CC 2018 |
InDesign 2019 |
InDesign 2020 |
InDesign 2021 |
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| ALS/ALSM/AdForce 5.7 – 5.8.1 |
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| ALS/ALSM/AdForce 5.7 – 5.9 |
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| ALS/ALSM/AdForce 5.9.1 – 5.9.4 |
• | • | • | |||||||||||
| AdforceX 1.0 – 1.2 |
• | • | • | • | ||||||||||
| ClassForce 3.8 |
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| * Split & Folio Plug-in for CS6 can be fulfilled; however it is no longer supported. ** = MacOS only |
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All MEI XTs are available for Macintosh and Windows.
XTs |
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ALS XTALS XT lets ALS/AdForce/ALS for Magazines users open issue plans directly in QuarkXPress. |
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| ALS XT 6.5 |
ALS XT 7.3 |
ALS XT 8.0 |
ALS XT 8.1 |
ALS XT 9.0 |
ALS XT 10.0 |
ALS XT 10.1 |
ALS XT 10.5 |
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| QuarkXPress 6.5 | QuarkXPress 7.1-7.5 | QuarkXPress 8.0-8.5 | QuarkXPress 8.5 | QuarkXPress 9.2-9.5 | QuarkXPress 10.0 | QuarkXPress 10.1 | QuarkXPress 10.5 | |
| ALS / ALSM / AdForce 4.2 |
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| ALS 4.5 | • | |||||||
| ALS / ALSM / AdForce 5.0 – 5.3 |
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| ALS / ALSM / AdForce 5.4 – 5.5 |
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| ALS / ALSM / AdForce 5.6 |
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| ALS / ALSM / AdForce 5.7 |
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| ALS / ALSM / AdForce 5.7.1 – 5.8.1 |
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| Currently supported | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| * If you require compatibility with a version of QuarkXPress not listed here please contact support at adlayoutsupport@maned.com | ||||||||
CLS/ClassForce
CLS/ClassForce lets CLS/ClassForce users open issue plans directly in QuarkXPress.
| CLS XT 6.5 |
CLS XT 7.3 |
CLS XT 8.0 |
ClassForce XT 10.0 |
ClassForce XT 10.1 |
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| QuarkXPress 6.5 |
QuarkXPress 7.1 – 7.5 |
QuarkXPress 8.0 – 8.5 |
QuarkXPress 10.0 |
QuarkXPress 10.1 |
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| CLS 3.0 | • | ||||||
| CLS 3.6 – 3.7 | • | • | |||||
| ClassForce 3.5 | • | • | |||||
| CLS 3.8 | • | • | |||||
| ClassForce 3.8 | • | • | • | • | |||
| Currently supported | • | • | • | ||||
| * If you require compatibility with a version of QuarkXPress not listed here please contact support at adlayoutsupport@maned.com | |||||||
FiFi XT
Find File Links XT (“FiFi”) restores graphic and ad file path information so lost file links can be quickly updated.
| FiFi XT 6.5 | FiFi XT 7.3 | FiFi XT 8.0* | FiFi XT 9.0* | FiFi XT 10.0* | FiFi XT 10.1* | FiFi XT 10.5* | |
| QuarkXPress 6.5 |
QuarkXPress 7.1 – 7.5 |
QuarkXPress 8.0 – 8.5 |
QuarkXPress 9.2 – 9.5 |
QuarkXPress 10 |
QuarkXPress 10.1 |
QuarkXPress 10.5 |
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| ALS / ALSM / AF | ALS / ALSM / AF | ALS / ALSM / AF | ALS / ALSM / AF | ALS / ALSM / AF | ALS / ALSM / AF | ALS / ALSM / AF | |
| 4.2 | 5.0 – 5.4 | 5.4 – 5.6 | 5.4 – 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7.1 – 5.8.1 | |
| ALS | ClassForce | CLS / CF | ClassForce | ClassForce | ClassForce | ||
| 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| ALS / ALSM / AF | CLS | ||||||
| 5.0-5.3 | 3.6-3.7 | ||||||
| CLS | CLS / CF | ||||||
| 3.0 | 3.8 | ||||||
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| 3.5 | |||||||
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| 3.6-3.7 | |||||||
| * = Currently supported | |||||||
| * If you require compatibility with a version of QuarkXPress not listed here please contact support at adlayoutsupport@maned.com | |||||||
Split & Folio XT
Split & Folio XT allows users to divide documents into individual pages or groups of pages without loss of layout information.
| S&F XT 6.5 | S&F XT 7.3 | S&F XT 8.0* | |
| QuarkXPress 6.5 |
QuarkXPress 7.1 – 7.5 |
QuarkXPress 8.0 – 8.5 |
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| ALS / ALSM / AF | ALS / ALSM / AF | ALS / ALSM / AF | |
| 4.2 | 5.0 – 5.4 | 5.4 – 5.6 | |
| ALS | ClassForce | CLS/CF | |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | |
| ALS / ALSM / AF | CLS | ||
| 5.0 – 5.3 | 3.6-3.7 | ||
| CLS | CLS / CF | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| CLS | |||
| 3.6 – 3.7 | |||
| * = Currently supported | |||