Wonderful software

I love MarsEdit and have used it for years on my blog. It does everything I want it to do, is fast, intuitive and reliable. It stays out of my way when Im not blogging but is easy to bring up quickly when I have a few thoughts to jot down before returning to work quickly. The easy-to-install bookmarklet makes it simple to post URLs to prospective posts and save them as drafts when I see web pages I might want to blog about later. Installing image files and video into blog posts is simple.

I saw another commenter say he could not resize images on MarsEdit. This is not true; it is simple to do so and simple to make them appear on the right, left or centered. Previously-used images as well as any you might want for the future are kept in a folder that is very convenient as well.

I post on several blogs on a variety of platforms (presently on Blogger and Squarespace) and MarsEdit works perfectly for each with minimal set-up time. One of the blogs is a group blog I run, and Mars Edit lets me easily download all or a set number of posts by my co-bloggers or just my own as I wish (I find this useful for editing my co-bloggers, who for some reason love to add an inch or two of white space to the ends of their posts. With MarsEdit, it is easy for me to download their posts, remove the extra white space quickly, and upload all the posts again without much hassle or time investment.).

On the rare occasion when my machine crashed or lost power while I had a post half-drafted, the software always saved the full post, even if I hadnt formally saved it as a draft yet.

Red Sweater is also extremely receptive to questions. I rarely have one, because the software works well, but when I do (e.g., I just checked to make sure MarsEdit works on Mac OS Mountain Lion before I upgrade, which it does) the Red Sweater website has the answers and the owner answers himself. Red Sweater also lets you put a copy of MarsEdit on every machine you personally use for the price of one license. Because I like the software so much, the last time I bought a new computer I bought a new copy anyway, just to support the software. Imagine my surprise when I sent a note to Red Sweater telling them this and I got a personal note of thanks from the owner. Ive been using Macs for 27 years now and never had a personal thank-you note from a software developer before.

I dont think it has ever crashed on my machines.

MarsEdit works great. Bottom line.

Amy1776 about MarsEdit - for WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger, etc.