If you are Apple Mac OS X user and you are regularly update your blog with informative posts, it will be useful for you to use such handy applications as a blog clients. Blog clients allows you to write and send posts to your blog (or even to multiple blogs). Such apps are called desktop blogging clients or desktop blog editors (blog editors).

Not a long time ago I was faced with a problem of choice, I was looking for good blog client for my Apple Macbook Pro. I’ve found some of them and decided to write a list of available blog editors and blogging clients for Mac OS. In the second part of the post you will find some cross platform blogging clients (they are free). So … this is a list of “11 Blogging Clients for Mac OS”:

MacJournal

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MacJournal – Mac OS application for journaling, can be used as a blogging client. Allows you to record podcasts or video (via webcam) and attach them to the post. It is possible to display the rating, priority and status of the article. Supports all popular blogging platforms. Integrates with Picasa.

MacJournal price: $34.95.
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later, QuickTime 7.3.1 or later.

Blogo

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Blogo – blogging client for Mac OS, can work with blogs on TypePad, Blogger, WordPress, Twitter, Movable Type, Drupal and others. Blogo supports multiple accounts, have the opportunity to insert, drag and crop images, insert videos and widgets, supports micro-blogging on Ping.fm and Twitter, you can work in offline mode.

Blogo price: $25, you can use a demo version for 21 days.
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

MyBlogEdit

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MyBlogEdit – desktop blogging editor with support of offline editing, inserting and editing images before viewing, adjusting CSS, HTML highlighting …

Works with blogs on WordPress, Movable Type, TypePad, Expression Engine and many others.

MyBlogEdit price: $19.
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later.

Ecto

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Ecto – the main functions of this Mac OS blog-client: WYSIWYG editor, HTML editor, editing of recently published posts and saved drafts, editing images (including converting to another formats and resizing), supporting multiple blogs. Ecto integrates with RSS reader, so you can re-post things that you liked. Works with blogs on Blogger, Drupal, Movable Type, SquareSpace, WordPress, TypePad and others.

Mac OS X Ecto blog client price: $19,95.
Requirements: Mac OS X.

MarsEdit

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MarsEdit – blog editor for Mac OS, has an intuitive interface. Can insert images from your Flickr library, can upload images and files, can work in offline mode. There is support of AppleScripts to add new features. This blog client works with blogs on WordPress, MovableType, TypePad, Blogger, Tumblr, Drupal, LiveJournal, etc.

MarsEdit price: $39.95, there is a trial version for 30 days.
Requirements: MarsEdit 3 requires Mac OS X 10.6, MarsEdit 2.4.2 requires Mac OS X 10.5.

…and some more blogging clients for you…

Cross Platform Blogging Clients

Some of the blogging clients can work on different Operation Systems (OS) – Windows, Mac OS X … I want to add some cross platform blogging clients, which also can work on Mac OS X and all of them are FREE!

ScribeFire

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ScribeFire – free plug-in and blog client for Firefox and Google Chrome. Standard Options: save a draft, WYSIWYG editor … Supports the major blogging platforms, such as WordPress, LiveJournal, Tumblr, Xanga, Textpattern, Blogger, Drupal and MovableType . If you are Firefox user, then ScribeFire can greatly simplify your posting process.

ScribeFire price: free.
Requirements: Firefox browser or Google Chrome.

Qumana

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Qumana – main features of this free blog editor: WYSIWYG editor, support for inserting keyword ads, Technorati tags, offline work, image uploading and spell checking. You can work with multiple blogs (there is a cross-posting feature). Works with such blog platforms: Blogger, DiaryLand, Drupal, LiveJournal, WordPress, SquareSpace, TypePad, MovableType, MSN Spaces, etc.

Qumana price: free.
Requirements: Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard.

QTM

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QTM – open source blog client running on QT interface. It works with all major blogging platforms: WordPress, MovableType, Drupal and Textpattern. Features: WYSIWYG editor, support of categories and tags, support of multiple blogs. There is also an opportunity to create a template for the post, a big plus for those who do the same formatted posts.

Notes: Does not work with Blogger.
QTM price: free.
Requirements: Mac OS X.

Flock

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Flock – it is a free “social web browser”. It will allow you to post not only to a blog, but also to other social networks. Flock supports WordPress, Blogger, LiveJournal, Blogsome and TypePad + different social networks. This blog editor is really simple. It has a WYSIWYG editor, support images and video posting.

Flock price: free.
Requirements: Mac OS X.

Deepest Sender

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Deepest Sender – free blog client plug-in for Firefox, SeaMonkey and XULRunner. Key features: WYSIWYG editor, support for multiple accounts, spell checking and offline mode. This blog client has the function of crash recovery, so if your browser will “take off” during your work, you will not lose your content. Deepest Sender is embedded in the Firefox sidebar and allow you to send posts directly from there.

Support for WordPress, LiveJournal and Blogger.

Deepest Sender price: free.
Requirements: Mac OS X; Firefox, SeaMonkey or XULRunner.

Bleezer

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Bleezer – free blog-client for Mac OS X with a WYSIWYG editor, support groups, spell checker. Can upload pictures and can work off-line.

It supports all blogging platforms.

Bleezer price: free.
Requirements: Mac OS 10.3 or higher.

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That’s all for now What kind of blogging clients and editor are you using? Do you know any other apps for blogging? It would be nice to read your comments;) See ya!

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