Apple is releasing a major update today: macOS 11 Big Sur.
As usual, we have tested our apps extensively with the new OS, and made fixes to the apps along the way to ensure compatibility. As far as we are aware all of our apps are completely compatible with the new update.
Stay tuned for news about updated versions of our apps to support Apple’s new Apple Silicon based Macs, which we intend to release shortly.
Enjoy macOS 11!
MarsEdit 4.4.6 is now available on the MarsEdit site and on the Mac App Store.
This update is hot on the heels of 4.4.5, hopefully wrapping up the busy week for MarsEdit updates! Just a quick fix to address a problem that caused MarsEdit to crash while opening the post editor on macOS 10.12 and 10.13 based Macs.
If you enjoy MarsEdit, please consider writing a review or rating the app on the Mac App Store, spreading the word on Facebook or Twitter, and of course, writing about the app on your own blog! Thanks for your support.
MarsEdit 4.4.5 is now available on the MarsEdit site and the Mac App Store.
This update comes hot on the heels of 4.4.4 to address a little glitch with changes I made to the Main Window’s post preview area. Depending on the blog preview template, text might appear in that view with the wrong color in Dark Mode. As it happened I had a couple other bug reports come in over the past couple days, so I was able to squeeze in fixes for those, too.
Complete list of changes for this release:
If you enjoy MarsEdit, please consider writing a review or rating the app on the Mac App Store, spreading the word on Facebook or Twitter, and of course, writing about the app on your own blog! Thanks for your support.
Earlier this year, before the pandemic changed everything, my friend Joe Cabrera proposed that I get more involved in the American crossword solving enthusiasts’ scene, by sponsoring a crossword puzzle to be printed and distributed at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. I thought it was a great idea, and agreed to find a skilled crossword maker to do the job.
The very first person I contacted was Brendan Emmett Quigley, an accomplished Boston-area puzzler whose work has appeared in a huge variety of publications including The New York Times, AV Club, LA Times, and many, many others. To my delight, he agreed to construct a puzzle, and to do it in time for the tournament, to be held in March, in Stamford, CT.
Although Brendan followed through and created a fabulous puzzle, the Covid-19 pandemic soon put an end to our dreams of printing and distributing the puzzles at the tournament. At first, the event was postponed to September, so I thought I’d hold on to the puzzle in the vain hope I’d be able to share it then. But of course the postponed dates didn’t end up working out either.
At this point the tournament will not occur until next April, at the earliest, and I’m tired of sitting on this puzzle! I’m delighted to share it with you all in Across Light format, which can be solved with a variety of apps on many platforms. Of course, if you’re using a Mac, I’d tend to think you should use Black Ink, which is free to use indefinitely, and comes with a 14 day trial for all its premium features.
Download “Splotched” by Brendan Emmett Quigley (.puz file)
Thanks so much to Joe for the idea of doing this, and to Brendan for helping me out with the puzzle! I hope you all enjoy solving it.
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