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On my Mac…MarsEdit Blog Editor

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As someone who does a lot of blogging, I have always appreciated having a locally installed blog editor for my work. It allows me to easily save drafts of incomplete posts and I find the local editors far superior to most web-based editors, even in the mainstream blogging engines like Wordpress or Blogger.

I have been using MarsEdit almost since its creation and have installed it on every Mac I have owned. It allows me to work with Wordpress (self-hosted), Wordpress.com, Blogger, Squarespace, TypePad, Tumblr and more. On Wordpress blogs I can also edit static Pages and create new categories.

Of course, I am using MarsEdit to write this very blog post!

You can get a free 30-day trial of MarsEdit directly from the Red Sweater Web Site.

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Previously in On My Mac...

On My Mac/Windows PC is an on-going series highlighting the software (and sometimes, hardware) I use on my Mac nearly every day. Look for additional On My Mac…posts in the coming weeks! -- Douglas

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Daniel Jalkut said…
Hi Douglas, thanks for taking the time to write up MarsEdit! It's great to see that it's been working well for you for so long.
1/17/2014 10:06 PM
Douglas E. Welch said…
I'm having to work without my main Mac for a few days and it is killing me.What I wouldn't give for a Windows version at these times. (LAUGH) I would give even more to not have to use Windows, though. (SMILE)
1/17/2014 11:12 PM
Dmitry Nikolaev said…
If you just journaling, better alternative for MarsEdit is Bits diary (http://bitsapp.info) - it's journaling app that integrates with WP blog (or Tumblr)
1/22/2014 1:25 AM
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