FastScripts 2.6 is now available, featuring 64-bit compatibility so it can “run with the big dogs” on modern Macs. I also fixed a few pesky bugs, and this marks the debut of FastScripts in the Mac App Store.

• 64-bit compatibility for optimal performance on modern Macs
• Add support for FKeys F17-F19, available on many modern Mac keyboards.
• Fix a bug where deleted folders remain visible in menu
• Fix an issue with case-change-only name changes causing duplicate menu items

Enjoy the update, and “keep on scriptin’!”

As Apple prepares to release Mac OS X 10.7 (“Lion”), some of you are probably wondering how Red Sweater’s software will fare on the new system.

I’ve been testing pre-release versions of Lion for months, and I’m happy to report that all shipping versions of my apps are 100% compatible with Lion. Even better, MarsEdit’s new full-screen mode is already adapted to work well with Lion’s built-in full-screen feature, and I have plans to improve the full-screen experience both in Lion and on 10.6.

After Apple releases 10.7, let me know if there are other ways I can change the software to work better with Lion’s features.

MarsEdit 3.3.1 is now available as a free update for registered MarsEdit 3 customers. New customers may purchase via the Mac App Store or directly from the Red Sweater Store.

This is mostly a bug-fixes-and-tweaks kind of release, of course the fixes might not feel so minor if they’ve been nagging at you!

• Media Manager now remembers and restores last-selected folder across launches
• Fix a bug that prevented custom text and background color preferences from working in rich text mode
• Add protections to avoid crashing on some malformed server responses
• Fix a bug where only the first paragraph was styled with e.g. multi-paragraph blockquote
• Fix a bug introduced in 3.3.1 that caused image uploads to Movable Type to produce invalid URLs
• Fix handling of Tumblr downtime to be more reliable and convey message to user
• Various bug-fixes to rich mode undo behavior

Enjoy!

MarsEdit 3.3 is now available as a free update for all registered MarsEdit 3 customers. New customers may purchase via the Mac App Store or directly from the Red Sweater Store.

This release features a brand-new option to switch post editor documents into “Full-Screen” mode for more focused writing. In full-screen mode, the window is expanded to take up the entire space of the screen, and the menu bar is hidden from view.

Other changes include an option to speak the text of the active document, using Mac OS X’s increasingly awesome built-in speech synthesis, a preference for controlling font size in the main window, and a number of other enhancements and bug fixes.

• New full-screen mode option for post editor windows
• Now supports speaking the text in post editor
• Supports Mac OS X text transformation in post editor
• Added server-side text filter selection for Squarespace
• Add Search/Replace functionality to preview template editor
• Preferences changes
  • Add preference to adjust font size of main window UI
  • Change name of “Attribution” section to “Quick Posts”
  • Support preview of Quick Post HTML defaults
• Bug Fixes
  • Restore functionality of printing from rich text mode
  • Fix rare crash when authenticating Blogger blogs
  • Fix MetaWeblog image uploads to avoid putting / character before file name
  • In rich mode, avoid styling the following paragraph when entire target paragraph is selected
  • In rich mode, improve undo to avoid undoing typing done immediately before a paste
  • Disable “smart” copy & paste in HTML code editor

Enjoy the release and have a great weekend!