MarsEdit 5.3 is now available on the MarsEdit site and on the Mac App Store.

This update improves the performance of the Preview window, tidies up the user interface for the Settings window and blog icons, and fixes a few bugs.

Complete list of changes for this release:

• 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

If you enjoy MarsEdit, please consider writing a review or rating the app on the Mac App Store, spreading the word on Facebook, other social networks, or of course, by writing about the app on your own blog! Thanks for your support.

Black Ink 2.2.4 for iPhone, iPad, and visionOS is now available on the App Store.

This update includes fixes and adjustments to the appearance of the app when running in light or dark modes, and a bug fix to the unlock screen:

• Fixed an issue that could cause Special Answer entry to be unreadable in Dark Mode
• Fixed an issue that prevented changing the Color Scheme default back to Automatic
• Lightened the selected square highlight in light mode to differentiate better from black squares
• Fixed a bug that caused the wrong purchases to be shown on the unlock screen

If you enjoy Black Ink, please consider writing a review or rating the app on the Mac App Store, and spreading the word on Facebook or Twitter! Thanks for your support.

Black Ink 2.2.4 for iPhone, iPad, and visionOS is now available on the App Store.

This update includes fixes and adjustments to the appearance of the app when running in light or dark modes, and a bug fix to the unlock screen:

• Fixed an issue that could cause Special Answer entry to be unreadable in Dark Mode
• Fixed an issue that prevented changing the Color Scheme default back to Automatic
• Lightened the selected square highlight in light mode to differentiate better from black squares
• Fixed a bug that caused the wrong purchases to be shown on the unlock screen

If you enjoy Black Ink, please consider writing a review or rating the app on the Mac App Store, and spreading the word on Facebook or Twitter! Thanks for your support.

FastScripts 3.3.4 is now available on the FastScripts home page, or by selecting “Check for Update” from the FastScripts menu.

This update addresses a couple nagging usability issues with the FastScripts menu, and improves the functionality of the “invoke” scripting command, useful when you want to spawn a FastScripts script task from another script.

Complete list of changes for this release:

• Fix a bug that caused the Recent Scripts menu item to be erroneously highlighted after invoking a script by search
• Fix a bug that caused the down arrow to skip a search result from the Script Menu
• The “invoke” scripting command now returns results from Automator and Shell Script invocations
• Automator workflows can now be provided with variables, in addition to parameters, when run with the “invoke” scripting command

If you enjoy FastScripts, please consider spreading the word on Facebook or Twitter! Thanks for your support.