If MarsEdit works out, I’ll probably come up with a way to automate this step. Once I’m done with a post, I hit ⇧+⌘+C to copy the converted HTML to the clipboard, then head over to MarsEdit. Right now I’m using a service which pulls in the current tabs from Safari and turns them into Markdown reference links.
Marsedit mac os 11 mac#
MultiMarkdown Composer doesn’t offer the neat integration with a built-in browser that Writing Kit does (it can insert images and links from the current web page right into your text), but it doesn’t need to: the Mac has plenty of ways to do this, from System Services, to bookmarklets, to Applescripts and so on. Dark linen… What’s not to like about this? Check it out: MultiMarkdown Composer Full-screen. This keeps writing and editing separate, and also means that the actual writing screen looks wonderful. In practice, the wonderful MultiMarkdown Composer can also preview posts, but I’m used to writing and then previewing. To replicate this on the Mac I’m currently using three apps to replace the two I used on the iPad: MultiMarkdown Composer for writing Marked for previewing the result, and MarsEdit for posting. Most important was that I never had to visit the abortion that is WordPress’ web-editing suite. The key parts of this for me were that I had different apps which each did one thing well, and I could daisy-chain together.
On the iPad, I used Writing Kit to write posts in Markdown, and then I’d export them to blogging app Poster to add pictures and dress the post ready for publication. It also means relying heavily on iCloud and Dropbox. Specifically, that means using apps which work together. So part of my plan is to bring some aspects of the iPad-only “workflow” back to the Mac. The fact is, I have used the Mac for years, and I’m pretty sure the iPad does some things better. I’m about to contradict my earlier point about letting go and learning a new way to do things. Trying to Take the iPad Workflow Back to the Mac Pinbook is for bookmarking (web-based, again), and even Snapseed is connected to the cloud via Photo Stream. Reader is my RSS client, and it’s tricked out to send things to the Pinboard bookmarking service, or to Readability, or Omnifocus. Omnifocus itself syncs between platforms, but my favorite is the iPad app. Mailbox is a fancy way to use Gmail and to organise incoming messages and send the keepers to Omnifocus (I use IFTTT for this). The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed that most of these are just iOS clients for web services.
Marsedit mac os 11 portable#
Why not the 11-inch? Because if I still need a portable setup I’ll take the iPad and a keyboard – I figure once my shoulder has fixed itself I’ll be good for the occasional spurt of work with the iPad – and because the battery life on the 13 is so much better. I grabbed the 128GB 13-inch with 4GB RAM, as this will only be used as a writing machine. It gives great demo, but after a short period of time you start to fatigue, and after an extended period of time, your arm wants to fall off.
Touch surfaces don’t want to be vertical. We’ve done tons of user testing on this, and it turns out it doesn’t work. Steve Jobs had this to say about vertical touch screens when he introduced the iPad: She says I have a big hard knot in my arm, and we both agree I needed to do something. This might sound like whining, but my masseur and I discussed it this week. Try doing this day after day for over a year and the result is very painful, to the extent that I would sometimes rush through posts just to get them finished. And the stronger and more muscular you are, the harder it is.
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