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Wordpress Desktop Client for Mac

October 15, 2009

I spend a good bit of my time writing content for my various websites. Logging into each separate Wordpress or Joomla instance can be time consuming and annoying – as good as web interfaces have become they are still no where near as responsive as a good desktop app.

Being a Mac user there aren’t that many fantastic options for blogging software. I’ve tried MarsEdit and a few others and was a little bit less than impressed.

One of my big requirements is the use of the Wordpress Media Manager rather than having to upload images via FTP and inserting the images (even if the app does this automatically it breaks thumbnails and forces me to log in to the admin which defeats the purpose.

So what are my requirements for desktop blogging software? Here’s my short list:

  1. A decent and useable user interface.
  2. Easy image and rich media handling.
  3. Wordpress integration – there is no point in writing a post then be forced to login to format, edit and tweak the post.

That’s really about all that I require. Now I’ve been using MacJournal for all of about 5 minutes here and I’m relatively impressed. I especially like the full screen edit. It removes any distractions and allows me to focus on the content I am writing rather than the Skypes, MSNs, Tweets, Emails and Facebook Updates.

I’m going to plug away with this software for a little bit and test out the image and media handling. Do you use desktop blogging software? Let me know if you have any MacJornal tips and tricks or suggestions for other desktop blogging software.

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7 Responses to “Wordpress Desktop Client for Mac”

  1. +1 Vote -1 Vote +1Justin W on October 27th, 2009 7:37 pm

    I’ve actually been using w.bloggar and find it pretty handy. The initial setup is a bit tricky since their documentation isn’t the greatest but once you play around with it, it works like a charm. Reason we couldn’t get it working before I think was cause we didn’t configure the proxy settings. For a Mac user though, I’ve heard Ecto is pretty powerful and pretty popular.

  2. Vote -1 Vote +1Dan Nedelko on October 27th, 2009 8:05 pm

    I tried w.bloggar on my Windows laptop but find Zoundry Raven to be one of the best for a Windows platform. For my Mac (where I do 99.99% of my work there is nothing that comes close to MacJournal. In a word, It Rocks.

  3. Vote -1 Vote +1fishing organizations on November 27th, 2009 12:56 pm

    Mac Journal is the best of the Mac. Ive tried all others and have to say that Wordpress client is good compared to most, but there are better programs out there for mac users.

  4. Vote -1 Vote +1SEO Los Angeles on December 10th, 2009 3:52 pm

    Would you guys say that MacJournal is better than wordpress? I must check this out because you guys are giving good reviews for the MacJournal.

  5. Vote -1 Vote +1Dan Nedelko on December 10th, 2009 3:57 pm

    @SEO Los Angeles I wouldn’t say that MacJournal is *better* than Wordpress. That’s kind of like comparing apples to oranges since MacJournal let’s you compose your posts on the desktop then automatically upload them into your blog (whatever blog platform you are using, Wordpress or otherwise).

  6. Vote -1 Vote +1Start Your Internet Business on December 18th, 2009 9:12 am

    I need something like this for my laptop, I am so over logging into each of my WP blogs to updated or add new posts. Does Mac Journal cost much?

  7. Vote -1 Vote +1Jim Clark on January 20th, 2010 7:17 pm

    What a wonderfull post dude, thanks for sharing this. For sure i will check your another post later, i just bookmarking this site. Again happy posting

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