Software - Canvas no longer available for the Mac

I am looking for someone's experience - I use Canvas - a remarkable little program for drawing, word processing and almost everything including photo manipulation - ACD Systems have stopped developing and updating the program for Mac, which is a great shame (and very short sighted on ACD's part in my view) - does anyone who knows the program know of a replacement which IS being updated for the Mac? I'd really like to find a developer who is in the same space as Canvas

Hi,
I too am a long-time user of Canvas (3.5) and have been looking for alternatives. The problem I am finding is that Canvas has so many different tools, there is no one application that has all of the versatility of Canvas.
I feel I need to change apps soon because I am wary that the latest OS X version of Canvas won't work much longer in OS X (as updates continue), and I need to convert my Canvas docs to something another app can read (maybe PDF?).
I recently found an article that looks at several OS X native drawing applications, some of which I was not aware of. Perhaps one of these applications might suit as a replacement. I'm checking some of these out to see if they will suit as substitutes for the purposes I employ Canvas (mostly drawing diagrams, maps and figures).
http://jonwhipple.com/blog/2008/05/25/drawing-conclusions/
Cheers,
Rob

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