MarsEdit

MarsEdit 5.3.3
Mar 10, 2025
Enabled the Excerpt field on Micro.blog blogs to edit “Summary” text
Fix a crash that could occur when editing long lines in the plain text editor
Fix a bug that prevented the JavaScript browser bookmarklet from working on some sites
Fix a bug that caused duplicated text when using dictation in rich text
Differentiate errors from Jetpack about IP address being flagged from regular login failures
Handle "Too Many Requests" responses more intelligently, retrying after the recommended delay if possible
Fix a bug that could cause the "New Blog" panel to get very tall and not shrink again
Fix a bug that prevented the non-Safari browser bookmarklet from working on some sites
Remove media assets from the list of "posts" returned by AppleScript

MarsEdit 5.3.2
Feb 2, 2025
Fix a crash that could occur when a bad URL is provided for a blog
Fix a crash that could occur when adding a blog if autoconfiguration failed

MarsEdit 5.3.1
Jan 31, 2025
Fix a crash that could occur when downloading media items with invalid URLs
Prevent an image upload failure with Apple screenshots on some blog servers
Fix an inaccurancy in word counting when HTML comments are part of the post
Restore functionality of the "Download Template" feature for Micro.blog
Fix a printing bug in the rich editor that prevented un-uploaded images from appearing
Remove inapplicable tooltip text when hovering over the Rich Text editor
Custom XMLPC blogging APIs that supply custom_fields values to MarsEdit now work as expected
Improved the Network Log layout and increased font size
Dec 13, 2022
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MarsEdit 5.3
Dec 22, 2024
Improved preview update performance
Improved Settings window layout and conformance with Apple interface guidelines
Fix a crash when unexpected "tags" or "permalink" values are returned from the blog
Fix a crash that could occur when reopening documents at application launch time
Fix a problem that caused blogs with multiple favicon sizes to use a lower resolution, blurry icon
Fix a problem that prevented some Tumblr images from being downloaded on refresh
Exposed "edited date" property on posts and documents to AppleScript
Fix a bug that caused duplicated text when using dictation in the Rich Text editor

MarsEdit 5.2.6
Sep 27, 2024
Work around a bug in macOS 15 that can cause the app to crash when hovering the mouse over the Tags field
Mitigate the impact of spurious networking issues that cause "-1005" errors for some blogs
The Micropost panel now opens on the active Desktop even if MarsEdit is assigned to a specific Desktop
An alert is now displayed if setting a keyboard shortcut fails because of new restrictions in macOS 15 Sequoia
Temporary posts for automatic preview detection are now backdated 10 years to prevent them showing up in RSS feeds/etc.

MarsEdit 5.2.5
Sep 10, 2024
Fix a bug that caused the main window search field to appear too tall for the toolbar
Blog defaults for publish status, comments, text filter, and trackbacks are now applied to Microposts
The default preview template now shows table borders on rows and columns
The Replace section in Find/Replace interface is now always visible
Fix a bug that prevented images inserted in the rich editor from being scrolled to visible

MarsEdit 5.2.4
Sep 2, 2024
Restore functionality of the Rich Text editor on macOS 15 beta
Fix a bug that could cause multiple blog configurations to show the same posts

MarsEdit 5.2.3
July 14, 2024
Mac App Store only: fix a bug that prevented Apple Photos from appearing in the Media Manager.

MarsEdit 5.2.2
July 2, 2024
Fix a bug that prevented the previously selected blog from being re-selected after launch
Fix the typography of apostrophes and quotation marks in several areas of the app
Prevent a system warning about the app "modifying other apps" when it tries to update itself
Improve performance when loading drafts from disk

MarsEdit 5.2.1
May 31, 2024
Fix a bug in MarsEdit 5.2 that caused some preview content to be rendered inaccurately
Fix a bug where the status bar in Duplicate posts wrongly claimed they were "Editing Published Post"

MarsEdit 5.2
May 29, 2024
Search now supports searching all blogs or just the selected blog
New per-blog default settings for Micropost categories, tags, and post format
Added “Duplicate Post” menu item to create a new post with the same content as an existing post
Web preview enhancements
Smarter preview updating for higher performance and less reloading of embedded content like movies
Now runs embedded <script> nodes in blog post content to support various dynamically updated elements
Can now use “Find” to search post content displayed in the main window or preview window
Revised design of the Options side panel, renaming “Server Options” to “Publication”
Added published date to the Options side panel
Alt Text field in Upload Utility and Media Manager now grows vertically to accommodate longer descriptions
Double-clicking a date in the calendar date picker now selects and dismisses the panel
Bug Fixes
Fix a bug that caused Micro.blog blogs to download more posts than specified in settings
Forbidden characters are now stripped from XML data when parsing a server response fails
Fix a bug introduced in 5.1.4 that caused “offset” parameters to be encoded as boolean in XMLRPC
Fix a cosmetic issue in the Software Updater when switching from light to dark mode
Fix a bug where dragging an image to the end of a line in the plain text editor would drop it on the following line