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What's new in MarsEdit 4.6.3

Oct 23, 2022
  • Fix a crash that could occur when refreshing a blog with certain types of media items

New in MarsEdit 4.6.2 (Oct 23, 2022)

  • Verified compatibility with macOS 13 Ventura
  • Fix an issue that prevented image width and height from being included in the generated HTML for some images
  • Quotation marks in Alt. Text are now escaped properly when generating HTML for images
  • Fix a bug that sometimes caused clicking links in web preview to replace the preview content
  • Images in previously published section of Media Manager are now properly sorted from newest to oldest (may require blog refresh)
  • VoiceOver improvements to the image view in Media Manager and Upload Utility windows

New in MarsEdit 4.6.1 (Sep 30, 2022)

  • Fix an issue that caused the scroller for "Always Show Scroll Bar" to appear white in Dark Mode
  • Prevent a scenario that could cause the preview window to remain visible after the last document is closed
  • Fix a line-wrapping issue in the document status bar area when a window was made very small
  • A new per-blog setting controls whether the Title Field is shown and hidden automatically

New in MarsEdit 4.6 (Jul 29, 2022)

  • New Color Scheme preference to choose Dark, Light, or System appearance
  • New Share Extension supports opening images from the Share menu of other apps
  • Improve appearance of color preference indicators on a future update to macOS
  • Fix a bug that caused incorrect character count when HTML entities were included in post
  • Fix an issue that caused the Media Manager selected blog to change unexpectedly
  • Micro.blog specific improvements:
  • Title is now hidden by default until post exceeds 280 characters
  • Added support for creating new categories

New in MarsEdit 4.5.9 (Jun 30, 2022)

  • Avoid displaying the crash reporter dialog when the app is force-quit by the system or user
  • Updated status bar text throughout the app to use standard system font
  • Check for Updates now includes a link to Version History when there are no new updates
  • Fix an issue where the font picker could get stuck on the preferences-based font settings
  • Fix a bug that caused the inferred title of a title-less post to be one character off

New in MarsEdit 4.5.8 (May 23, 2022)

  • Improved performance and reliability of main window preview of blog posts
  • Large images are now constrained visually to fit the width of the Rich Editor
  • Added reset buttons in preferences to restore default fonts and colors
  • Search now matches when words are found separately in a given post
  • Improved VoiceOver accessibility of font preferences
  • Errors pertaining to blog configuration or networking now include buttons to open blog settings or network log, respectively
  • Prevent a hang that could occur when trying to upload an attachment on a blog that only supports the legacy Blogger API
  • Now displays an error instead of crashing when a blog returns an unexpected value when downloading a post
  • Fixed an erroneous "Unsupported API" message in preferences
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the site icon from loading for some blogs
  • Fix a visual glitch with the Post Kind popup menu
  • Fix a bug that caused a double error alert when refreshing an unconfigured blog
  • Scripting: Fixed a bug that prevented setting category names on Micro.blog and other systems that don't support adding new categories

New in MarsEdit 4.5.7 (Dec 21, 2021)

  • Fix the Set Date panel to default to Today again as it used to
  • Fix an issue that prevented Quick Post documents from prompting to save changes
  • Improve the contrast of status bar text in Dark Mode
  • Fix the Preview Window's default template to be dark styled in Dark Mode
  • Fix an issue where "View on Web" would go to the web home page instead of the specific post
  • Disable Quick Look in "Uploaded" section of Media Manager because it doesn't work properly yet
  • The selected blog in Preferences now automatically switches to the selected blog in the main window

New in MarsEdit 4.5.6 (Dec 5, 2021)

  • Fix an issue where an unedited document might be marked as edited
  • Fix a crash that could happen when configuring a blog with an invalid URL
  • Fix a crash that could occur when refreshing a WordPress blog with ICO format images in library
  • Fix an issue where the main window's refreshing progress indicator could get stuck
  • Fix an issue where the specified author of a post was not saved/restored on local drafts
  • Revise the style of prompts in the post editor to use a more standard format
  • Avoid a hang in the app when trying to publish a post to an improperly configured blog

New in MarsEdit 4.5.5 (Oct 3, 2021)

  • Quick fix to prevent a crashing bug that could occur when the main window's post list is empty

New in MarsEdit 4.5.4 (Oct 3, 2021)

  • Support a new per-blog option to download only thumbnails instead of full-sized image files from WordPress blogs
  • Fix an issue that caused editing WordPress Page entries to prompt for a password
  • Improve error messages for WordPress blogs when user is not permitted to perform certain tasks
  • Relative dates of items in the post list are now updated periodically to keep them accurate
  • Fix an issue that caused blank posts to be opened at launch in some instances
  • Revise the appearance of progress panels displayed by the app

New in MarsEdit 4.5.3 (Sep 23, 2021)

  • Restore ability to drag files from the Uploads list to the post content or featured image
  • Fixed a crash when dragging images from Apple Photos in the Media Manager
  • Fixed a problem that caused JavaScript to be disabled in the Blog Preview for some users
  • Control-clicking an item in the Media Manager now selects it before presenting a contextual menu
  • Fixed a bug that caused the post editor window to become frontmost after it finished sending to blog
  • Fixed a bug that prevented all tags from being deleted from an already-published WordPress post
  • Scripted replacement of text in plain text editor now preserves selection
  • "Edit Read More Content" menu item now works even if the text content area was not focused

New in MarsEdit 4.5.2 (Sep 12, 2021)

  • Improved performance when loading a large number of freshly synced media item
  • Can now separately specify the number of media items, posts, and pages, to download/sync from a blog
  • Fix a bug that caused the wrong image to be dragged/inserted when selecting items with a search filter in place
  • Fix the sort order of posts when using the search/filter in the main window
  • No longer showing media items in the main blog post list when searching for posts
  • Fix a crashing bug when selecting "View on Web" for a blog with a home page URL that has a space in it

New in MarsEdit 4.5.1 (Sep 3, 2021)

  • A quick fix for a crashing bug that could occur when navigating the main menu bar in the app.

New in MarsEdit 4.5 (Sep 2, 2021)

  • WordPress-specific improvements:
  • Existing media items from your blog are now synced and available in the "Published" tab of Media Manager
  • Post password can now be set from the MarsEdit document options side panel
  • Fix a bug that attempted to publish using invalid author ID after switching target blog
  • Can now drag from Media Manager to Featured Image either as new image or reusing existing published image
  • Improve accessibility of featured image by setting proper file name based on original file
  • General media management improvements:
  • Images from the "On My Mac" tab can now be dragged directly into a post without opening the Upload Utility
  • Fix a bug that caused some images dragged from the Media Manager to get long alphanumeric names
  • The list of attached files now updates as images are being uploaded
  • Fix a bug that prevented some images from being resized correctly on Apple Silicon Macs.
  • Items can now be dragged with a single click/drag even when the window is not active
  • Now showing better thumbnail images for non-image file types
  • Miscellaneous fixes:
  • The "Add Category" field now suggests completions from among the list of existing category names
  • Support VoiceOver access to menu items that are hidden by default
  • Improved reliability of preview template downloading for Micro.blog
  • Fix a bug that prevented the date of newly published AtomPub posts from showing correctly
  • Rename the "Split Post" functionality to use "Read More Tag" terminology
  • Fix a bug in preferences showing the wrong values for Retina-based image size constraints

New in MarsEdit 4.4.13 (May 7, 2021)

  • Improve reliability of in-document anchor links in blog preview window
  • Protect against a possible crash when inserting image from the Media Manager
  • Fix a bug that prevented setting custom field values via AppleScript from working
  • Fix full keyboard accesss navigation of the "New Blog" window
  • The HTML editor now strips problematic 0x0B (vertical tab) and 0x0C (form feed) characters

New in MarsEdit 4.4.12 (Mar 28, 2021)

  • Improve the VoiceOver accessibility of Preferences and Blog Settings
  • Fix a bug that prevented custom media folders from working on Apple Silicon Macs
  • Fix a bug that caused blank values in the the Author column of the main post list
  • Fix a bug that prevented newly added blog from becoming selected in the main window
  • Avoid a hang-up that occurred when trying to download a preview template with no blog configured
  • Custom field values can now be set on a post via AppleScript
  • Selecting "New Post" from the app's Dock icon menu now activates the app as well
  • Increase the text size of labels in the Media Manager

New in MarsEdit 4.4.11 (Jan 17, 2021)

  • This update includes the following fixes:
  • Fix text appearance glitches in Rich Text editor when using Typewriter Scrolling
  • Fix a crash that could occur when opening Preferences with an outdated External Editor setting
  • Fix some layout issues in the crash reporter dialog

New in MarsEdit 4.4.10 (Dec 13, 2020)

  • Quick fix to address a crashing bug when opening posts for editing on macOS 10.12 and 10.13

New in MarsEdit 4.4.9 (Dec 9, 2020)

  • Quick fix to address a crashing bug in 4.4.8 when opening posts on blogs that don't support the Authors popup

New in MarsEdit 4.4.8 (Dec 9, 2020)

  • Restore hiding of the document proxy icon in post editor
  • Improve loading of blogs at launch time to avoid a momentarily blank list
  • Improve performance when editing posts on blogs with large numbers of authors
  • Fix a bug where the titles of blogs could be cut off in the main window
  • Fix a bug that prevented selected sort column from being preserved across launches
  • Fix a bug that prevented publish status from being interpreted correctly for AtomPub based blogs.

New in MarsEdit 4.4.7 (Nov 17, 2020)

  • Performance enhancements for Apple Silicon based Macs

New in MarsEdit 4.4.6 (Nov 2, 2020)

  • Fix a crashing bug affecting 10.12 and 10.13 versions of macOS

New in MarsEdit 4.4.5 (Nov 1, 2020)

  • Fix a bug with MarsEdit 4.4.4 that caused the main window preview colors to be wrong in Dark Mode
  • Fix a bug where Movable Type posts with "more tag" content had the extended content duplicated
  • Fix a bug that caused the Rich Editor colors to sometimes not update when switching between Dark and Light Mode

New in MarsEdit 4.4.4 (Oct 28, 2020)

  • Reduce flickering appearance of main window preview while switching between posts
  • Relative HTML Fragments can now be used within preview window e.g. to jump to different tagged parts of a post
  • Fix a bug that prevented blogs from being reordered in the blogs list
  • Fix a bug where changing preferences caused an open post editor to be activated
  • Fix a bug where text after the "More" tag in a Micro.blog post would be stripped
  • Fix a bug that caused some HTML elements to be made self-closing when they shouldn't be
  • Fix a visual discrepancy in the height of the status bars at bottom of main window

New in MarsEdit 4.4.3 (Oct 4, 2020)

  • Fix a crashing bug at launch on a pre-release version of macOS
  • Fix a bug that prevented categories from being post on Hatena, Live Door, and other AtomPub based blogs
  • Restore ability to select multiple images at once from "Published" tab of Media Manager
  • Fix some bugs that could occur when attempting to publish posts with no blog added

New in MarsEdit 4.4.2 (Aug 3, 2020)

  • Quick fix to address a crash while adding new blog - a bug introduced in 4.4.1

New in MarsEdit 4.4.1 (Aug 3, 2020)

  • Fix a bug that prevented changes like setting categories from working when editing an existing WordPress post
  • Fix a performance issue that could occur when publishing to a blog with a large number of posts
  • Fix a bug from 4.4 that caused all blogs to show a disclosure triangle even if they don't support Page entries
  • Fix a bug from 4.4 that caused Movable Type tags and slug values to not be displayed
  • Fix a crash when uploading images to a blog where authentication is requested

New in MarsEdit 4.4 (Jul 29, 2020)

  • Improved performance for blog refreshing - now shows posts as they load when possible
  • Micro.blog improvements:
  • Now an officially supported publishing system
  • Can now edit Page and Post type entries
  • Supports sending Draft status posts to server
  • Supports downloading entire history of posts
  • Bug fixes:
  • Restore ability to type to select items in the media manager icon view
  • Don't support New Page menu option for blogs that don't support pages
  • Restore drag and drop ability from the "Published" tab of the Media Manager
  • Fix a bug that prevented all authors from being listed on blogs with more than 50 authors
  • Search now matches substrings found in custom field values of posts
  • Ensure the View on Web menu item is enabled whenever a published blog post is selected

New in MarsEdit 4.3.7 (Mar 12, 2020)

  • Update Lightroom integration to support Lightroom CC 9
  • Fix a problem that caused Apple Photos library to appear empty in the Media Manager
  • Work around a system bug that caused artifacts to remain on the screen after deselecting text

New in MarsEdit 4.3.6 (Jan 20, 2020)

  • Adapt to changes in Blogger.com that require MarsEdit to drop support for the service
  • Images can now be pasted directly into the Featured Image field
  • Changes to default media size constraints no longer requires typing the "pt" units after the numeric value
  • Fix a bug that caused post editor's sidebar width to change to match the preview template editor's width
  • Fix a bug that could cause autoresizing text fields to not grow or shrink to match text
  • Fix a crash that could occur if a blog is deleted while it still has active network operations running

New in MarsEdit 4.3.5 (Sep 22, 2019)

  • The app now notices if it's been moved or renamed after launching, and prompts to relaunch
  • Fix a crash that could happen when resizing the post editor window
  • Fix a bug where the display name of a title-less post was not updating
  • Prevent the post editor window from being sized too small to show categories

New in MarsEdit 4.3.4 (Aug 26, 2019)

  • Fix a crashing bug when applying certain formatting macros

New in MarsEdit 4.3.3 (Aug 25, 2019)

  • Bug Fixes & Enhancements
  • Fix a bug where the cursor jumped to the beginning of document when undoing in Rich Rext
  • "Ask Text" formatting macro placeholders no longer default to the pasteboard contents
  • Fix a typo and rework wording of the new blog panel
  • Increase vertical spacing between items in the Categories list
  • Accessibility Improvements:
  • Expand VoiceOver support in the "Add Blog" panel
  • Remove a superfluous column from the Categories table that showed up in VoiceOver
  • Improve VoiceOver announcement of the Preview Window when usin

New in MarsEdit 4.3.2 (May 20, 2019)

  • Fix a problem that caused some icons to appear fuzzy or too large in the blog list
  • Fix an issue that caused the built-in crash reporter to fail to launch for some users
  • Refine the error message when uploading an image to Blogger fails because of their disabled API

New in MarsEdit 4.3.1 (Apr 24, 2019)

  • Fix a crash when a blog has a favicon that cannot be rendered
  • Fix a crash when opening some posts from Nifty Cocolog blogs
  • Fix a visual glitch in the Find/Replace panel
  • Fix a bug that prevented system highlight color from applying to Rich Text in Dark Mode

New in MarsEdit 4.3 (Mar 19, 2019)

  • This update contains a number of improvements to MarsEdit's media handling and general usability:
  • Improvements to handling of uploaded GIF images
  • Support resizing animated GIFs while preserving animation
  • Fix a bug that caused some GIF images to be uploaded as empty files
  • Fix a bug where GIF images uploaded to Tumblr blogs were converted to PNG format
  • Interface improvements:
  • Refine Dark Mode support in the Media Manager
  • Fix a bug that prevented a visual divider line from appearing in Media Manager
  • Change the "New Category" placeholder text to a subtler style
  • Improve status messages when refreshing blog
  • Revised Preferences layout to unify General and Editing into single "General" tab
  • Other improvements:
  • Fix a crash that could occur when undoing after "Restore Default" in the Quick Posts template editor
  • Fix the size of preview window content to match what is seen in web browsers
  • Fix a missing image MarsEdit Help in Text Filters documentation
  • Support new Micro.blog distinction between created and modified dates on posts
  • Fix a bug that could cause additional image markup to be entered when adding a photo to a Tumblr post

New in MarsEdit 4.2.6 (Jan 18, 2019)

  • Restore ability to upload images to Google's Blogger/Blogspot blogs

New in MarsEdit 4.2.5 (Jan 17, 2019)

  • Restore functionality of tab and shift-tab for changing the indentation level in lists
  • Improve authentication reliabiity for WordPress servers that return invalid authentication challenges
  • Fix authentication prompt for Livedoor and other AtomPub based APIs
  • Fix a crash that occured while reorganizing the Format menu contents
  • Fix a crash when a server returns unexpected data in response to a new post request

New in MarsEdit 4.2.4 (Dec 31, 2018)

  • Fix a crashing bug when launching MarsEdit 4.2.3 on macOS 10.12
  • Fix a bug that made the app unresponsive when dragging text from one position to another in Plain Text mode

New in MarsEdit 4.2.3 (Dec 31, 2018)

  • Fix a bug where images that are copied-and-pasted into MarsEdit could lose Retina resolution precision
  • Restore copy/paste functionality from Microsoft Word to MarsEdit's post editor
  • Fix issues that prevented font changes in Rich Text mode from being applied reliably
  • Improve behavior with Rich Text editor and WordPress Gutenberg content, to avoid adding superfluous paragraphs
  • Fix a bug where text in the editor could switch to the wrong color in Dark Mode after running a formatting macro

New in MarsEdit 4.2.2 (Oct 14, 2018)

  • Add a Photos Library usage explanation to make accessing Photos on macOS Mojave 10.14 more reliable
  • Fix a bug where the Preview Window sometimes didn't update to reflect changed CSS rules in a template

New in MarsEdit 4.2.1 (Oct 3, 2018)

  • Support Mojave's new Continuity Camera feature for taking pictures from an iPhone's camera
  • Dark Mode: fix text color in Crash Reporter console log display
  • Support "Extended Entry" content in preview template downloader
  • Restore support for dragging URLs from Safari into MarsEdit's editor

New in MarsEdit 4.2 (Sep 23, 2018)

  • Support for macOS Mojave 10.14 Dark Mode
  • Avoids aggressively reloading the preview window after inserting an image into a post
  • Restores ability for MarsEdit to launched as a login item but "hidden" in background
  • Fix a bug that could cause post content to be lost during conversion from Rich Text when a more tag is present

New in MarsEdit 4.1.6 Build 8742 (Sep 17, 2018)

  • Fix small but annoying issues affecting the resizing of document windows, and uploading Featured Images

New in MarsEdit 4.1.5 Build 8738 (Sep 13, 2018)

  • This update fixes a small but annoying bug from 4.1.4 that prevented MarsEdit's editor windows from being resized smaller than their initial size.

New in MarsEdit 4.1.4 Build 8737 (Sep 12, 2018)

  • Fix a bug that prevented some preference changes from "sticking"
  • Restore support for dragging images from Preview's thumbnail list to the app
  • Preserve elements when editing HTML content that contains them
  • Restore scripting support for custom field values on posts
  • Fix an issue converting Emoji characters from entities and back
  • Fix a crash when using VoiceOver to select Featured Image
  • Update default "Quick Posts" markup to use a more correct HTML structure
  • Fix preview of Quick Posts template which was not displaying correctly
  • More preliminary support for Dark Mode:
  • Use different syntax highlighting colors in Dark Mode
  • Fix text color for the Network Log's content
  • Adapt about box and acknowledgements windows
  • Adapt main window preview area

New in MarsEdit 4.1.3 Build 8710 (Aug 25, 2018)

  • More improvements to the reliability of the Safari extension
  • When a dragged image contains both higher resolution and lower resolution versions, MarsEdit now prefers higher resolution
  • Improvements to the List formatting macros to make them transform several selected lines into a single list
  • Fixed a bug to avoid recompressing images when no changes are made to them
  • Restore the ability to upload SVG files to blogs that support them
  • Fixed a bug that caused selected custom colors to be unset when clicking out of the color panel
  • Fixed a hang that could occur if authentication fails while trying to upload an image to a blog
  • Fixed a bug that caused blogs to re-expand their Posts/Pages subsections even if user had collapsed them
  • Fixed a bug that caused some standard formatting macros to lose their functionality when a custom keyboard shortcut was set
  • Setting the Featured Image is now supported via VoiceOver

New in MarsEdit 4.1.2 Build 8677 (Jul 7, 2018)

  • Improve reliability of the Safari App Extension which could become disabled on complex web sites
  • Fix a bug that caused non-image files such as PDF documents to be converted to single-pixel images
  • Fix a bug that prevented dragging images from the "Uploaded" tab of the Media Manager
  • Fix a problem where "Preserve All Metadata" didn't work when attaching an image for later upload
  • Revert to pre-4.1 behavior of postponing initializing Media Manager until window is opened
  • Tag completion now prioritizes exact diacritical matches ahead of fuzzy matches
  • Restore the "Don't show again" checkbox on the Rich/Plain text mode switch alert

New in MarsEdit 4.1.1 Build 8646 (Jun 15, 2018)

  • This update addresses a few issues related to the image dragging, and metadata preservation behavior in MarsEdit 4.1:
  • Fix a crash when dragging images from Photos.app before MarsEdit's Upload Utility window has been opened
  • Fix a crash that could occur when "Preserve All" was selected for image metadata
  • Fix a bug that prevented "Preserve All" metadata option from staying selected on a blog

New in MarsEdit 4.1 Build 8639 (Jun 12, 2018)

  • Media improvements:
  • New options for image metadata to preserve, remove, or remove only location-specific GPS data
  • Now supports direct dragging of images from Photos.app
  • Color profile can now be either preserved or converted to sRGB automatically
  • Performance improvements for users with large numbers of previously uploaded images
  • Preload media manager contents at launch time to avoid performance hit when opening it up
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix a bug that caused some CMYK profile images to not be rotated as expected
  • Fix a bug that caused featured image to be removed from posts when preview filter was applied
  • Fix a bug that prevented the "New Post" item from being enabled in the main window contextual menu
  • Fix "Copy Published Link" from the main window when a post is selected but post list not focused
  • Fix Preview Template auto-downloading for Micro.blog and other MetaWeblog API blogs
  • Fix a crash that could occur when interacting with the Formatting Macro editor window after closing a post editor
  • Fix a bug that could prevent Google OAuth tokens from being redacted in the Network Log
  • Fix a bug that caused "more" tags and other comments to be stripped from posts in some cases
  • Fix a bug where the full temporary path of an image was shown in the user notification
  • Little things:
  • Add a "Remove Link" item to the Rich Text contextual menu
  • Don't warn about editing mode switches if the editor is empty
  • Handle clicks on "mailto" links in the Preview Window for posts that happen to have them

New in MarsEdit 4.0.9 Build 8542 (Apr 11, 2018)

  • This update brings two fixes specifically for Blogger/Blogspot users:
  • Fix a bug that caused Google hosted image uploads to show up as missing images in some blog posts
  • Change handling of "more" tags for Blogger to avoid wrapping with line break tags

New in MarsEdit 4.0.8 Build 8537 (Mar 28, 2018)

  • Fix a bug where images from Media Manager were not always permitted to be inserted into posts
  • Fix a bug that could cause slow text layout in the plain text editor
  • Disable Tags field when editing WordPress Page entries, where they're not allowed
  • Ensure escape and cmd-. keyboard shortcuts work as expected for cancel button in panels
  • Enable the 'Copy Published Link' and 'Send to Blog' menu items when the preview window is active

New in MarsEdit 4.0.7 Build 8505 (Feb 7, 2018)

  • Fix a crash that could occur in the plain text syntax highlighting functionality
  • Fix a hang in the plain text editor that could affect large posts
  • Fix Google and Tumblr blogs to heed the "number of posts per request" download setting
  • Fix a bug introduced in 4.0.6 that caused doubling of file extensions on image uploads
  • Fix behavior of "Do Again" format menu item for custom macros applies in Rich Text mode
  • Fix a bug that prevented Featured Image from being deleted from an already-published post
  • Fix handling of combining characters such as the "Male Singer" (Ziggy Startdust) in plain text editor
  • Change character count behavior to consider spaces in total character count.

New in MarsEdit 4.0.6 Build 8483 (Jan 24, 2018)

  • Fix names of HEIF based photos in the Media Manager
  • Fix a bug that prevented some Lightroom libraries from appearing in Media Manager
  • Fix a bug that prevented some dragged images from being accepted in the Rich Text editor

New in MarsEdit 4.0.5 Build 8475 (Jan 13, 2018)

  • Fix a bug that prevented automatic preview template download from working on some Blogspot blogs
  • Add accessibility description to the buttons for adding and removing Custom Fields
  • Detect and convey more useful error message for "Obfuscated ID" Blogger image upload failures
  • Protect against a possible crash when handling Tumblr API errors
  • Incorporate support for Lightroom 7 into the Media Manager
  • Rich Editor fixes:
  • Restore Cmd-Shift-C keyboard shortcut to open Color Panel
  • Fix a bug where the "More" tag in a post with Unicode characters could get stripped out
  • Improvements to cursor navigation of images and text with links

New in MarsEdit 4.0.4 Build 8459 (Dec 20, 2017)

  • Fix a failure to auto-configure some Tumblr-based blogs
  • Fix a problem that prevented bolds, italics, etc. from being set as default preview fonts
  • Fix a problem where Typewriter Mode in Rich Text mode could scroll awkwardly while typing
  • Restore support for selecting "main category" on Movable Type blogs
  • Improve indexing and searchability of built-in Help

New in MarsEdit 4.0.3 Build 8448 (Dec 14, 2017)

  • This update fixes a bug introduced in 4.0.2 that could prevent purchased licenses from being validated in the app.

New in MarsEdit 4.0.2 Build 8447 (Dec 13, 2017)

  • Revise toolbar popup menus to use the same rounded button style as other buttons
  • Fix a bug that caused some error sheets in the main window to be presented in wrong location
  • Fix a crash that could occur if preferences are not writable for some reason
  • Fix a bug in which validating an app for discount upgrade could spin forever.

New in MarsEdit 4.0.1 Build 8431 (Dec 8, 2017)

  • Fix an issue in 4.0 that could cause trial in-app purchases to be disregarded if the user had run an earlier version of MarsEdit.
  • Fix a problem with configuring a site that requires HTTPS with a HTTP-based URL.
  • Fix a cosmetic glitch that caused two of the toolbar icons to be blurry.

New in MarsEdit 3.7.11 Build 7618 (Mar 31, 2017)

  • Fix for Blogger blogs so that uploaded images will upload to the Google Photo album associated with the blog
  • Fix a bug that prevented category names from loading on some AtomPub-based systems such as LiveDoor.jp

New in MarsEdit 3.7.10 Build 7530 (Jan 20, 2017)

  • Fix a bug introduced in the previous update that causes the app to crash after printing, or after editing certain types of Tumblr posts.

New in MarsEdit 3.7.9 Build 7483 (Dec 17, 2016)

  • Fix a bug that caused "allowfullscreen" to be stripped from YouTube embeds
  • Fix an issue with old system font hardcoding being respected by later version
  • Add NSSupportsAutomaticGraphicsSwitching to Info.plist to avoid requiring high power GPU use
  • Work around a crash that could occur when waking from sleep on a Touch Bar-enabled Mac
  • Fix a crash that could occur in Apple's web framework when closing a document
  • Detect and offer advice about WordPress two-step authentication challenges
  • Fix a bug that caused preformatted text in the rich editor to remain small when a larger editing font is selected

New in MarsEdit 3.7.8 Build 7375 (Sep 24, 2016)

  • Fix a crashing bug when attempting to configure a blog whose URL contains Unicode characters
  • Disable system default tab handling until we can manage it more appropriately

New in MarsEdit 3.7.7 Build 7098 (Apr 11, 2016)

  • Private Flickr photos can now be included or not at user's discretion
  • Fix a bug that caused Google/Blogger image uploads to sometimes fail
  • Fix a bug that caused removal of items from Media Favorites to fail
  • Fix terminology used in panel while sending a new or edited post

New in MarsEdit 3.7.6 Build 7012 (Mar 8, 2016)

  • Fix a bug that prevented local draft being deleted after publishing bookmark-generated posts
  • Fix a bug in which pasted text from Microsoft Word could get treated as an image in MarsEdit
  • Fix a bug that could allow image uploads to be attempted to a blog that doesn't support it
  • Fix a bug that could cause unnecessary prompts for Blogger username/password
  • Fix a bug in which the media manager failed to update the target blog when active document changed
  • Fix a bug in which image pixel size did not adjust to account for Retina mode switching on
  • Fix the Flickr browser to omit photos that are not public
  • Fix the appearance of 'New Category' text field to use proper placeholder text
  • Fix scripting support for inserting text, so the insertion point moves to the end of insertion

New in MarsEdit 3.7.5 Build 6948 (Feb 26, 2016)

  • Fix a crash that could occur when subtle image upload failures occur on WordPress
  • Switch to HTTPS URLs for increased security loading resources from Red Sweater

New in MarsEdit 3.7.4 Build 6914 (Jan 28, 2016)

  • Fix to update main window font from old Lucida Grande to new San Francisco system font
  • Fix a discrepancy in font size for some text entry fields e.g. Tumblr quotations

New in MarsEdit 3.7.3 Build 6833 (Oct 20, 2015)

  • Hot on the heels of 3.7.2, this is a quick fix to restore handling of HTTPS connections by default. 3.7.2 attempted to support TLS 1.1 and 1.2 across the board, but there were unexpected side-effects of that. Please contact [email protected] for information on enabling experimental TLS support.

New in MarsEdit 3.7.2 Build 6821 (Oct 17, 2015)

  • Fix a crash that occurred when closing an editor window directly from Full Screen mode in OS X El Capitan
  • MarsEdit now defaults to HTTPS for new connections to Tumblr blogs to increase security
  • Fix an issue that prevented MarsEdit from connecting to HTTPS endpoints that require TLS1.1 or TLS1.2
  • Fix a problem where content in a post's title could be stripped for display if it looked like HTML
  • Fix a bug in handling literal % characters in text supplied by browser bookmarklet
  • For Flickr photo browsing, supprot an option to download 500 photos for moderately high number without downloading all
  • MarsEdit's editor window now fill all available space in full screen mode

New in MarsEdit 3.7.1 Build 6760 (Jun 25, 2015)

  • Fix a crash that could occur while reloading Apple Photos Library
  • Fix a rare issue where users could encounter a "JavaScript disabled" error when trying to log in to Blogger

New in MarsEdit 3.7 Build 6725 (Jun 3, 2015)

  • Restore functionality for Google's Blogger blogs by supporting their modern authentication scheme
  • Fix handling of dates to ensure proper post scheduling in all locales/regions
  • Fix some visual flickering of the Media Manager's album/folders lists while clicking them
  • Refinements to Apple Photos support in Media Browser:
  • Prevent a crash that could occur in media manager when no Photos library was created yet
  • Fix a problem where some groups could be expanded even if there are no contents inside

New in MarsEdit 3.6.9 Build 6681 (May 18, 2015)

  • Fix to include photos from Apple's new Photos app to Media Browser
  • Fix "Apply Preview Filter Before Publishing" for Tumblr and Movable Type blogs
  • Fix a rare crash that could occur when a document window's content changes while closing
  • Fix a problem with dragging images from Flickr or Catalog panes of Media Manager to HTML Text edit area
  • Fix an issue pasting HTML e.g. from a copied link in Safari
  • Fix a bug that prevented find/replace from working when replacement string contained a single quote (')

New in MarsEdit 3.6.8 Build 6598 (Mar 6, 2015)

  • Address issues with images being uploaded for display on Retina screens:
  • Images are now uploaded at 2x specified dimensions when Retina checkbox selected
  • Width and height fields now show size as "points" instead of "pixels"
  • Width and height fields now limited based on size of image and Retina setting
  • Rich and HTML Editor bug fixes:
  • Fix a bug where pressing return in a blockquote could cause a new blockquote to be created
  • Fix a bug where smart quotes, etc. were erroneously allowed in plain HTML
  • Fix a bug that prevented images from being pasted into post editor content
  • Other media-related fixes:
  • Fix a bug that caused Tumblr images to publish at constrained size even if the size is changed in Media Manager
  • Fix a bug where media style macro was not applied to re-inserted, previously uploaded images
  • Fix a bug where media style macro with prefix and suffix did not wrap the active selection
  • Other bug fixes:
  • Fix a bug that prevented post documents from showing unsaved changes after changing custom field contents
  • Fix a bug in "Show Text Statistics" sample script that caused inaccurate word count to be shown
  • Fix a bug in Media Manager that failed to show the entire folder name for folders with periods (.) in their names
  • Default newly added Blogspot blogs to "Apply Preview Filter" before publishing, to ensure paragraph tags are added if needed

New in MarsEdit 3.6.7 Build 6424 (Nov 13, 2014)

  • Fix a problem from 3.6.6 where saving a local draft caused the insertion point in the post to jump
  • Work around a bug cause a crash when closing documents with active JavaScript running
  • Fix a bug where a long list of blogs could draw funny when scrolling off the bottom of the source list

New in MarsEdit 3.6.6 Build 6409 (Nov 10, 2014)

  • Fix a performance problem that caused slow typing in the post editor for some users
  • Fix a performance problem with sorting large lists of posts in the main window
  • Fix a bug in which image attachments could be removed erroneously when canceling a draft save
  • Fix the functionality of the AppleScript "save" command to save a post as a local draft
  • Fix a bug that prevented sorting posts by the Tags column
  • Fix updating of post editor window contents when left open after publishing
  • Prevent a crash when pasting text with invisible characters
  • Fix a bug that could prevent the main category from being changed by the category popup

New in MarsEdit 3.6.5 Build 6311 (Jul 4, 2014)

  • Restore functionality for Flickr after recent API changes
  • Fix a crash that could occur on some systems while trying to locate the Growl framework
  • Fix a bug where blank document windows were sometimes opened upon launching

New in MarsEdit 3.6.4 Build 6249 (Apr 29, 2014)

  • Fix a problem with Tumblr 2-factor "mobile" passwords
  • Update Flickr authentication to support new HTTPS API requirements
  • Fix to support relative URLs in the rich editor, loaded relative to the home page URL
  • Fix to prevent blank display of embedded YouTube videos lacking a URL scheme (http or https)
  • Fix to prevent preview window from reloading completely when a post's title is edited
  • Fix a Voiceover issue that prevented contextual menus from appearing in the blogs and posts lists
  • Fix some cosmetic issues in the blog settings panel UI
  • Fix an issue where the main window showed up in an awkard position on first launch
  • Fix bugs that caused documents to sometimes show changes when there hadn't been any

New in MarsEdit 3.6.3 Build 6039 (Jan 3, 2014)

  • Fix to Tumblr image uploads to preserve original image filetype (e.g. JPEG)
  • Fix a bug where image sizing constraints were enabled even when full-size option selected
  • Fix a bug that prevented reliable searching/replacing of multiple spaces in Rich Text mode
  • Fix a crash that would occur if the "Send to Blog" button was clicked twice instead of once
  • Fix an issue with OS X Mavericks where window positions changed when switching from a full screen app to MarsEdit

New in MarsEdit 3.6.2 Build 5679 (Jul 18, 2013)

  • Improve security of Tumblr connections
  • Fix an issue where MarsEdit would fail to re-authenticate with Tumblr after revoking privileges
  • Fix some memory performance issues

New in MarsEdit 3.6.1 Build 5664 (Jul 4, 2013)

  • Fix an issue where the preview text filter was not applied on publish for some blogs

New in MarsEdit 3.6 Build 5662 (Jul 3, 2013)

  • Support an option to apply preview filter to content when publishing
  • Restore auto-configuration functionality for Blogger/Blogspot blogs
  • Fix a bug where an authentication dialog was not appearing for some LiveJournal and Squarespace configurations
  • Fix a bug that prevented Flickr short-name being used in Flickr page links
  • Fix a bug that prevented undo from working in some editor fields
  • Fix a bug that allowed rich text to be pasted into Tumblr quotation text field
  • Fix a bug that caused Tumblr quotation source text to be treated as plain instead of HTML.
  • Fix a bug where new image albums for Blogger were created with public permissions
  • Fix a cosmetic glitch with the Date Editor panel

New in MarsEdit 3.5.9 Build 5514 (Apr 6, 2013)

  • Fix a bug from 3.5.8 that disabled draft support for Squarespace 5
  • Fix a bug where uploaded images were not resized correctly on Retina Macs
  • Fix a bug where the preview window could sometimes show the wrong blog's theme
  • Fix a bug that caused malfunctioning Screen Capture and Image import services in rich editor
  • Fix a bug that caused unpredictable behavior with Paste contextual menu item
  • Fix a bug that prevented URLs with apostrophes from being linked in rich text mode
  • Fix a bug that could lock up the app if close box clicked on authentication panel
  • Fix a bug that prevented favicons from being downloaded from some blogs
  • Fix a bug where switching quickly to HTML Text mode after opening a post could clear the content
  • Fix a bug where images would sometimes fail to load in main window preview
  • Fix a bug where unchecking all categories for a post would not update categories correctly
  • Fix a bug where ExpressionEngine authentication failures did not prompt the login panel to appear
  • Fix a bug where the last change to an image's name or size did not "stick"
  • Fix a bug where some errors would display as simply "(null)" instead of with meaningful text
  • Fix a crashing bug that could occur while editing the preview template
  • Fix a bug that caused drawing defects in some preferences text fields

New in MarsEdit 3.5.8 Build 5361 (Nov 10, 2012)

  • Fix a crashing bug that affected users of certain non-US keyboard layouts including Spanish, French, and Swedish.

New in MarsEdit 3.5.7 Build 5355 (Nov 10, 2012)

  • Improve performance when publishing to WordPress
  • Support for WordPress Private and Pending post statuses
  • Use Mac localized sorting for better organizing in posts lists
  • Fix behavior of formatting keyboard shortcuts in non-Roman keyboards
  • Fix a bug that caused dates to incorrectly display as e.g. "Tomorrow" when they should be "Today"
  • Fix handling of bookmarklet requests when the app is not yet launched
  • Fix a graphical glitch in the Media Browser introduced in 3.5.6
  • Avoid a crash with Tumblr when exceeding their daily photo posting limit

New in MarsEdit 3.5.6 Build 5321 (Sep 27, 2012)

  • Restore Tumblr support by adapting to their latest API changes
  • Adapt to Flickr's recent requirement to use OAuth for authentication
  • Add support for 10.8 user notifications
  • Fix an issue where Flickr browser's number of photos shown didn't match popup selection
  • Fix an issue where some embed and object HTML attributes were being stripped in rich editor
  • Fix an issue where edits to Tumblr posts caused publish date to reset to current time
  • Fix an issue where editing a post's date didn't save properly in local drafts

New in MarsEdit 3.5.5 Build 5222 (Aug 4, 2012)

  • Updated graphics to support Retina MacBook Pro
  • Fix a bug that prevented the port number from being included in Host: HTTP header
  • Fix a bug that caused drag-and-drop to margins of editor to reload the content of editor with bogus data
  • Fix a bug that could crash the app when customizing toolbar items
  • Fix a bug that crashed when editing tags with VoiceOver enabled
  • Fix view-tabbing cycle in the blog settings panel

New in MarsEdit 3.5.4 Build 5144 (Jun 21, 2012)

  • Support for Lightroom Virtual Copies in media browser
  • Improve accuracy of word count in status bar
  • New "News Check" feature to alert customers of critical fixes

New in MarsEdit 3.5.3 Build 5128 (May 21, 2012)

  • Fix a serious bug that reverted blog settings to default values when opening the settings panel
  • Avoid a crash when running on a 10.6 system with older versions of Safari installed
  • Fix a rich-mode editing paste bug that could cause unwanted entries in HTML

New in MarsEdit 3.5.2 Build 5112 (May 18, 2012)

  • Status bar in post editor now includes haracter count along with word count
  • Restore ability to paste HTML with "embed" tags in the Rich Editor
  • Restore expected list manipulation behavior with tab and return keys
  • Fix a crash that occurred when editing a Tumblr quotation post with no attribution
  • Work around issue with WordPress pages showing up as empty posts if not permitted to edit
  • Fix auto-configuration of IBM Lotus Connections blogs
  • Fix the scrolling behavior of custom fields text input

New in MarsEdit 3.5.1 Build 5096 (May 8, 2012)

  • Fix the preview window to recognize and substitute template placeholders in the section
  • Fix a bug with Squarespace and Expression Engine not prompting for username/password on new blog
  • Restore ability to set "Warn when no title" option on Blogger blogs
  • Fix a bug that prevented some blog-configuration options from being selected after switching system type
  • Restore ability to start a Header or Blockquote before typing content
  • Pressing return twice to exit Preformatted works again
  • Improve support for future releases of Mac OS X
  • Address an issue with icon view when resizing the Media Manager window
  • Avoid crashes caused by conflicting system libraries

New in MarsEdit 3.5 Build 5031 (Apr 21, 2012)

  • Highlighted Enhancements:
  • Improved support for Lion full-screen mode
  • Custom Formatting Macros now work in Rich Text mode as well as HTML mode
  • Support for editing Tumblr Draft posts
  • Post Editor enhancements:
  • A number of improvements to Rich Text editor to address minor formatting bugs
  • Unified Formatting Macro menu for HTML and Rich Text modes
  • Dragging an image to the post editor now causes inserted image to go to expected target location in text
  • Fixed performance issues that could cause very slow typing in some configurations
  • Fixed keyboard-based text selection in the HTML editor to avoid getting stuck on line endings
  • Fix a slight mismatch in background color between Rich and HTML Text editing modes
  • Work around hanging issues with External Editing in some apps
  • Tumblr-specific enhancements:
  • Added support for server-stored Drafts
  • Fixed Word Count feature to work properly with Tumblr Quote and Chat posts
  • Revised Tumblr interface for Chat-style posts to prevent formatting problems
  • Other changes:
  • Added support for browsing Lightroom 4 libraries
  • New support for unicode characters in URLs
  • Bug fixes for improved Media Manager reliability
  • Fixed an issue where uploaded attachments would fail without prompting for password on authentication errors
  • Added support for authenticated proxy servers
  • Prevent a crash that occurred when working with Blog.de system's categories
  • Improved XML sanitizing to increase compatibility with malformed blog content
  • Fix a bug that prevented locally added tags from becoming part of the tag-suggestion history

New in MarsEdit 3.4.4 Build 4949 (Mar 10, 2012)

  • Fixes to Flickr browser to support new embed sizes: Large Square, Small 320

New in MarsEdit 3.4.3 Build 4897 (Feb 23, 2012)

  • Fixes to improve with the Safari 5.2 beta
  • Fixes to improve with a future OS X update
  • Prevent a possible hang while parsing Lightroom libraries

New in MarsEdit 3.4.2 Build 4796 (Dec 20, 2011)

  • Fix a crash when searching in Media libraries
  • Fix a bug where pasting an image in the rich text editor could cause the editor to freeze up

New in MarsEdit 3.4.1 Build 4719 (Dec 1, 2011)

  • Fix a crash when filtering Flickr photos
  • Fix auto-configuration of Blogger blogs with Dynamic Views themes
  • Fix an issue where undoing a paste in the tags field caused duplicate tags

New in MarsEdit 3.4 Build 4685 (Nov 29, 2011)

  • Media management improvements:
  • New zoom control for browser thumbnail size
  • iPhoto Faces browsing support
  • Lightroom photo collection set support
  • Upload Utility window now resizable
  • Flickr browser improvements:
  • Now supports "Medium 640" size
  • Only shows image sizes that are available for the selected image
  • External Editing improvements:
  • Now supports Byword in default editor list
  • Now displays a warning panel if the selected app is not installed
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Bookmarklet handler now heeds sourceHomeURL, sourceFeedURL, sourceName
  • Prevent a crash when selecting SVG format images
  • Disable width/height fields for non-image files in Upload Utility
  • Fix a bug where post IDs were sometimes not saved for posts and pages

New in MarsEdit 3.3.5 Build 4618 (Oct 26, 2011)

  • Support a new per-blog setting for default writing direction, to benefit right-to-left language bloggers
  • Change default keyboard shortcut for full screen toggle to cmd-ctrl-F, the standard for Mac OS X
  • Prevent a crash that could occur with some systems like Sina.com that return empty string instead of expected array
  • Fixes to make uploaded images target the desired blog more reliably
  • Fix a bug that prevented "Send to Blog" button from being clickable after launching from bookmarklet

New in MarsEdit 3.3.4 Build 4563 (Aug 24, 2011)

  • Fix issues that caused side-panels to shrink gradually when collapsed/expanded
  • Fix a problem that prevented the width of the blogs list area from being restored across launches
  • If main window's preview is collapsed, keep it collapsed when window size is increased
  • Fix a crash that could occur when removing the last item from the Uploaded media list
  • Fix a crash that could occur when "unsplitting" a post or searching/replacing in rich editing mode
  • Fix a crash that could occur when authorizing Flickr

New in MarsEdit 3.3.3 Build 4532 (Aug 12, 2011)

  • Improve Tumblr posting reliability by switching to an API URL that is less likely to report "over capacity"
  • Improve memory efficiency for post editor documents
  • Improve reliability of setting and removing links on images in rich text mode
  • The main window's post list area now stays the same size while resizing window

New in MarsEdit 3.3.2 Build 4507 (Aug 2, 2011)

  • Fix for continuous spell-checking in Rich Text editor when Safari 5.1 is installed
  • Fix a bug that prevented Font Panel size changes from applying to text
  • Fix autoconfiguration to fail more gracefully on unrecognized blog systems
  • Add "Edit With" external editor item to post list contextual menu

New in MarsEdit 3.3.1 Build 4470 (Jul 1, 2011)

  • Media Manager now remembers and restores last-selected folder across launches
  • Fix a bug that prevented custom text and background color preferences from working in rich text mode
  • Add protections to avoid crashing on some malformed server responses
  • Fix a bug where only the first paragraph was styled with e.g. multi-paragraph blockquote
  • Fix a bug introduced in 3.3.1 that caused image uploads to Movable Type to produce invalid URLs
  • Fix handling of Tumblr downtime to be more reliable and convey message to user
  • Various bug-fixes to rich mode undo behavior

New in MarsEdit 3.2.2 Build 4263 (Apr 22, 2011)

  • Fix an issue where the posts list is sorted in wrong order on launch
  • Fix Tumblr support to allow downloading more than 50 recent posts
  • Fix an issue where passwords were sometimes not accepted correctly with Blogger & Tumblr

New in MarsEdit 3.2.1 Build 4189 (Apr 7, 2011)

  • Fix problem with custom preview filters not properly saving on posts
  • Fix an issue that caused "Unknown Error" message instead of prompting for password
  • Add Expression Engine to systems list, superceding obsolete pMachine
  • Update special-case warning detection for Tumblr over-capacity failures

New in MarsEdit 3.2 Build 4174 (Mar 23, 2011)

  • New Word Count feature displays in post status bar
  • Now reads previously used Tags from WordPress on refresh
  • Now more resilient to malformed XML and "bad characters" in downloaded posts
  • Performance improvements in media browser and autosave features
  • Now code signed to prevent need for re-authorizing keychain access every release
  • Bug fixes:
  • More fixes to prevent Convert Line Breaks affecting preformatted text
  • Fix a bug that lost formatting information for image attachments saved to local drafts
  • Fixes to improve reliability "Paste HTML Source" in rich editor
  • Offer better error message when PHP out-of-memory message returned
  • Fix a crash when loading Flickr panel with thousands of Flickr images
  • Work around issues when running MarsEdit on a pre-release Mac OS X
  • Fix some bugs that caused the app to crash when errors occurred uploading attachments

New in MarsEdit 3.1.7 Build 4126 (Feb 24, 2011)

  • Restore ability to collapse libraries section in Media Manager
  • No longer beeps when attempting to save an already-saved local draft
  • Improvements to further reduce RAM memory usage
  • Fix an issue where media manager folders were not auto-refreshing content
  • Fix the displayed items count in Flickr and Published media sections
  • Fix to support detection of rel="shortcut icon" style favicons
  • Fix occasional crashes while reloading media items
  • Fix non-image files were inserted into post with image markup
  • Fix crash when attempting to add enclosure without URL
  • Fix possible blanked content when opening a post in external editor
  • Fix crash when inserting Technorati Tags in extended area in rich mode

New in MarsEdit 3.1.6 Build 4088 (Jan 31, 2011)

  • Fixed the Convert Line Breaks filter so it doesn't add paragraph tags to preformatted text
  • Fix an occasional crash when doing a global search/replace
  • Fix possible crash when mistyping keyboard shortcuts in the app
  • Add a special error message for situations where Tumblr is not responsive
  • Media manager and image upload improvements:
  • Use a nicer format for default alt text description
  • Fix the file extension of image file name to match the actual format
  • Fix a bug where e.g. PNG images were converted to JPG when resizing
  • Auto-convert image formats not suitable for web to PNG
  • Fix a possible crash when searching for photos

New in MarsEdit 3.1.5 Build 4046 (Dec 16, 2010)

  • Now supports editing the Excerpt/Summary for Squarespace
  • Dragged images now open the upload utility with the correctly targeted blog preselected
  • Fix a bug in upload utility window that didn't update UI correctly when blog switched
  • Restore ability to attach image-uploads for separate blog to Tumblr posts
  • Fixes to prevent some rare crashes with HTML syntax highlighter
  • Fix crashes affecting the Media Manager when editing photos in other apps

New in MarsEdit 3.1.4 Build 4031 (Nov 30, 2010)

  • Improved RAM performance by fixing a variety of memory leaks
  • Restore functionality of the built-in Crash Reporter
  • Tumblr Photo post improvements:
  • Per-blog image size constraints now applied to photo
  • Improved integration between Media Manager and Tumblr photo post

New in MarsEdit 3.1.3 Build 4013 (Nov 18, 2010)

  • Improvements to paste functionality in Rich Editing mode
  • Avoid a bug where saved local-drafts were not deleted after publishing
  • Fix a bug that caused custom field values to go blank while editing a post
  • Blogspot-specific changes
  • Newly configured blogs now default to GData 2.0 protocol, fixing some HTML formatting issues
  • Fixes to GData 2.0 protocol to allow edit date, categories, etc.

New in MarsEdit 3.1.2 Build 3985 (Oct 19, 2010)

  • Fixes for issues with Find/Replace in the rich editor:
  • Fix a potential hang when doing replace all
  • Fix "Use Selection for Find" menu item
  • Fix behavior of "Replace All" when limiting to selected text
  • Fix a bug that prevented "None" from sticking as preview filter choice
  • Fix a bug that caused wrong alt text to be generated for some uploads
  • Prevent ugly clipping of font descenders e.g. on lower case "g" in Media Manager

New in MarsEdit 3.1.1 Build 3890 (Sep 15, 2010)

  • Fix a bug in 3.1 that caused default image constraints to be 0px by 0px for new blogs.

New in MarsEdit 3.0.5 Build 3847 (Aug 24, 2010)

  • Fix bug with spaces being stripped from HTML markup for Flickr items
  • Fix bug with tags that have spaces in them
  • Fix bug that prevented split-view state from being saved/restored correctly
  • Fix bug that caused the extended "more" text for WordPress Page entries to be blank
  • Fix margin sizes in media manager window

New in MarsEdit 3.0.4 Build 3828 (Jul 23, 2010)

  • Fix a bug that caused strange ? characters at ends of pasted paragraphs
  • Fix Drupal authentication issues by preserving cookies when connecting
  • Fixes to Tags field to handle whitespace better, and keep insertion point visible

New in MarsEdit 3.0.1 Build 3755 (May 12, 2010)

  • All New Rich Text Editor.No HTML Required:
  • The rich editor offers an alternative to MarsEdit's beloved HTML text editor. While you are writing your blog posts you can style text, arrange images, create lists and more without using HTML code.
  • Updated HTML Editor with Advanced Syntax Highlighting:
  • For those who prefer straight HTML we've added beautiful new syntax highlighting with different colors for attributes, keywords and tag structure, to make it easy to spot syntax errors at a glance.
  • Support for WordPress Pages:
  • MarsEdit now lets you download, edit, and create Page entries on WordPress blogs. Now you can manage your blog and your permanent site pages from the same comfortable interface.
  • Support for Custom Fields:
  • For WordPress and other blogs that implement the WordPress API, you can configure custom fields in MarsEdit to customize the post editing interface.
  • iPhoto, Aperture and Lightroom Integration:
  • Browse your media collections to find the perfect photo for your post. When you attach an image, MarsEdit lets you specify the size, name, and alternative text in one easy step.
  • Scheduled Media Attachments:
  • With scheduled media attachments you can compose your posts with rich media even when completely offline. When you are ready to publish, the images or other media files are uploaded to your blog and inserted into the post.

New in MarsEdit 3.0 Build 3743 (May 4, 2010)

  • “WYSIWYG” rich text editing
  • Support for WordPress Pages and Custom Fields
  • Improved HTML syntax highlighting
  • Integration with iPhoto, Aperture, and Lightroom
  • Scheduled media attachments

New in MarsEdit 2.4.2 Build 3258 (Mar 19, 2010)

  • Fix the Technorati Tags dialog which was broken in 2.4.1

New in MarsEdit 2.4.1 Build 3252 (Mar 18, 2010)

  • Support editing slug on Tumblr posts
  • Support editing the date of Squarespace posts
  • Fix issue that caused Autosaved posts to get "stuck" and recover on every launch
  • Avoid showing spell checking marks inside HTML tags
  • Improved Accessibility for VoiceOver and other assistive interfaces
  • Fix accessibility attributes of main post editor fields
  • Fix accessibility of weblog list utility buttons
  • Expose per-weblog busy indicators to accessibility
  • Quiet noisy console warnings on Snow Leopard 10.6

New in MarsEdit 2.4 Build 2934 (Nov 30, 2009)

  • Improved Squarespace support:
  • Support for server drafts
  • Support for tags
  • Support for adding new categories
  • Improved error handling
  • Post editor windows now automatically remember size and screen position
  • Avoid accidental post publishing by disabling the send button when document is not frontmost
  • Improved error messages for misconfigured Tumblr blogs
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed Flickr image links so they produce valid HTML when align-centered.
  • Fix a Snow Leopard problem that prevented the Save button from enabling immediately when document is edited
  • Fix a rare bug that could cause locked up dialogs on the second launch
  • Fix a crash that could occur when configuring a blog with an extremely weird URL
  • Fix a bug that occurred when an invalid URL was specified for a blog home page
  • Fix a bug that caused duplication of tags on a previously published draft
  • Fix a bug that prevented existing open document from being located when opening a local draft.

New in MarsEdit 2.3.3 Build 2784 (Aug 25, 2009)

  • Fix a performance problem that caused slow typing for some users.
  • Fix a rare crashing bug that became more common in 10.6 Snow Leopard.
  • Fix a bug that caused occaasional distortion of text in the post editor.
  • Fix a bug that caused double-clicking a table header to open selected post.
  • Fix a crashing bug when adding categories to a blog with no existing categories.

New in MarsEdit 2.3.2 Build 2405 (May 8, 2009)

  • Flickr browser fixes.
  • Add support for deauthorizing the current account.
  • Fix an issue where a bad URL or missing image size could be inserted.
  • Fix a bug in the display of ampersands (&) in image titles.
  • Use Leopard 10.5 style for window's status bar text.
  • AppleScript date-setting command now accepts string date descriptions.

New in MarsEdit 2.3.1 Build 2162 (Mar 30, 2009)

  • Dramatic performance improvement for Flickr browser.
  • Fix bug where default settings not applied to posts created from bookmarklet.
  • Fix bug that prevented "Show in weblog" from working when a blog icon is selected.
  • Now accepts escape or cancel keyboard shortcut for "Don't Send" button in post warnings sheet.
  • Update the "What's New" page in Help to cover 2.3 changes.

New in MarsEdit 2.3 Build 2137 (Mar 24, 2009)

  • Improved Media Manager Performance - We turbo-charged the Media Manager window so it opens much faster when you have lots of photos or other media in your collection. Spend less time waiting and more time posting!
  • Revised Technorati Tags Editor - If you like to add Technorati Tags to your posts, you'll find the process much smoother starting in 2.3. The editor now lets you easily add or remove tags completely with the keyboard, or with the mouse if you prefer.

New in MarsEdit 2.3 Beta 14 (Mar 10, 2009)

  • Support for Tumblr
  • Opening the media manager is now much faster with lots of photos
  • Improved usability and design of the Technorati Tags editor
  • Improved weblog Favicon detection

New in MarsEdit 2.2.3 Build 1979 (Feb 12, 2009)

  • Improve networking compatibility by always encoding XML “>” literals.
  • Fix a bug in the preview window that could cause it to stop updating.
  • Fix a possible crash when closing the enclosure sheet before URL finishes loading.
  • Fix a bug that caused media manager upload choice to be out of sync with post.
  • Fix a bug that prevented some 10.4 users from toggling table column visibility.
  • Improved accessibility of the check for updates dialog.

New in MarsEdit 2.2.2 Build 1673 (Oct 23, 2008)

  • Fix a bug that prevented adding categories on some Blogger blogs
  • Fix a bug that caused blank categories on some Movable Type blogs

New in MarsEdit 2.2.1 (Oct 15, 2008)

  • Restore slight indentation to Title column in blog posts list.
  • Fix a crash that could occur when typing Thai and other characters that use more than one glyph per character.
  • Fix a bug that prevented using categories with single quotes in them on Blogger.
  • Fix a bug that prevented adding new categories to a freshly configured blog.
  • Fix a bug where selecting category could undo category choice from toolbar popup.
  • Fix bugs that caused the upload and insert buttons in media manager to stay enabled inappropriately.
  • AtomPub-specific fixes.
  • Support nodes that have namespace prefixes.
  • Be sure to properly strip markup child from xhtml content nodes.
  • Eliminate obsolete attribute behavior for and elements.
  • Fix resolution of relative URLs in service document.
  • Support "Excerpt" field for AtomPub, mapping to the "Summary" attribute.
  • Recognize a blog's category list when embedded inline in service document.
  • Fix a bug that caused inappropriate UI fields to show on AtomPub blogs.
  • Show correct error message if AtomPub disabled on a WordPress blog.
  • Enable support for adding categories if the categories are not fixed.

New in MarsEdit 2.2 (Jul 23, 2008)

  • AtomPub is a new specification for communication between a blog and a remote editor such as MarsEdit. To use MarsEdit with your AtomPub-compatible blog, select "Other AtomPub Compatible" from the configuration popup in your weblog settings, and enter the service document URL in the RPC URL field.
  • Now you can use MarsEdit�s powerful markup macros in the media window. In addition to the built-in macros for image alignment, you can add your own to finely tune the markup that is used when inserting images or other files. Just select �Edit�� from the bottom of the popup menu that, by default, only contains alignment tags.
  • Significant speed improvements to launch time and sorting the table of weblog entries.
  • Support for removing unwanted items from the media catalog.
  • New post table columns for viewing Tags or Post ID.
  • A date editor pull down for easily selecting today�s date.
  • Improved MIME type generation for uploaded files.
  • Blosxom now uses the �Slug� field to specify the file name.

New in MarsEdit 2.1.4 (Jun 18, 2008)

  • Add a dock menu item for easily starting a new post
  • Support uploading to specific Picasa album for Blogger users
  • Prevent dragging a URL to preview window from loading that URL
  • Fix display of tags in main window preview
  • Safeguard against bad URLs that could cause a crash when refreshing

New in MarsEdit 2.1.3 (Apr 4, 2008)

  • Fix detection of draft posts from WordPress 2.5 and Blogger.
  • Added support for the #tags# placeholder in preview template
  • Fix console errors when refreshing with main window closed
  • Improve handling of localhost-based blog URLs.
  • Markup item placeholder #askurl# now defaults to �Enter a URL:� instead of �Enter Text:�
  • Avoid escaping characters in URLs pasted or entered in dialog.
  • Fix a bug involving UI display for Blosxom-based weblog settings.

New in MarsEdit 2.1.1 (Feb 4, 2008)

  • Work around a conflict with a WriteRoom plugin that caused an XML parsing error
  • Fix preview problem with preview placeholder tags inside HTML tag attributes
  • Fix Tags support for 10.4 Tiger

New in MarsEdit 2.1 (Feb 1, 2008)

  • Search Your Drafts and Entries: Now you can quickly filter your posts and drafts by keywords. Just type a word or phrase into the toolbar search field, and MarsEdit will restrict the post listing to only items that contain the text you've typed.
  • Native Tags Support: For supported systems, including Movable Type and WordPress, MarsEdit now offers a field for capsule-style tagging of your posts. It even remembers the tags you've typed before, so you'll be able to reuse them in a jiffy on future posts.
  • Improved Web Preview: MarsEdit's built-in preview sports a sleek new default appearance, massively enhanced performance, and fine-tuned usability. Now previews update quickly and without flickering or jumping around as you edit your post.
  • Save Drafts To Server: A new Post Status popup in the options pane lets you choose between Published and Draft status. Server support for this feature is somewhat hit-or-miss, so be sure to test with something not too embarrassing!

New in MarsEdit 2.0.2 (Sep 18, 2007)

  • Beautifully Refined User Interface - MarsEdit 2.0 extends the simple elegance of MarsEdit 1.2, incorporating new features while continuing to simplify the user interface. Much more than just a pretty face, MarsEdit's beauty and simplicity help you be a more productive weblog author.
  • Seamless Flickr Integration - The streamlined Media Manager now sports a dedicated tab just for Flickr! Browse your most recent photos, or your entire collection. You can even search by tag or photo title. When you find the perfect picture, insert it into your post with the click of a button.
  • Powerful Markup Macros - Nobody likes to type HTML code, which is why MarsEdit's markup macros are so invaluable. With the ability to transform text from the editor or the pasteboard, you'll find it a breeze to customize macros for the most tedious of your HTML tasks.
  • Streamlined Post Editor - The post editor was completely rethought for MarsEdit 2.0, giving you the power to show or hide fields in the window so that only the useful elements are visible. On supported weblogs, you can even add new categories, or edit the slug (short URL name) of your posts, without ever leaving MarsEdit.
  • New Printing Support - MarsEdit makes writing on the web a real joy, but sometimes it takes marking up a paper copy of your masterpiece to make sure you've gotten all the kinks out. With MarsEdit 2.0 you can print both the raw text of your post or the HTML preview, making it a snap to take your work-in-progress offline for yourself or others to review.
  • A huge number of "tiny tweaks" have been made to MarsEdit, moving it ever closer to perfection. Take a look around and see how well it suits you!