Two other screencasting tools that I’ve got on my list to check out are iShowU and SnapzProX. It’s no Camtasia (not that they have a Mac version) but It’s a good quick option if you want to grab snippets of video. I’ve been using it a bit more lately – particularly in a few of my recent video posts. If you want to capture videos of what you’re doing on your screen then CaptureMe is a tool worth considering. Other screen shot applications that I’ve played with include QuickSnap, Paparazzi and SnapNDrag. It sits nicely up in your top menu bar – ready for instantaneous use. While OSX’s screen capture shortcuts are useful – an application like InstantShot has a few more useful features. The other FTP client that I’ve tried a few times is Transmit it’s great too and I’d probably be using it if I were not already used to CyberDuck. It’s so simple to use even a complete tech dunce like me can use it. The first FTP browser that I ever downloaded and the only one that I’ve ever needed to use. It syncs well with iPhoto and gets your shots up loaded in a flash. Flickr Uploaderįlickr is not something that I use a lot these days for hosting images – but when I used to do more of it this was a tool that I used every day. Alternatively you might like to use a tool like Tweetbar (a Firefox sidebar Add-on). I find that this makes me much more active as a Twitterer. Twhirl is a client that allows you to Twitter from your desktop which means you never have to actually visit Twitter itself to use it. I use it to connect with readers, promote my latest posts (some of my readers use it now instead of RSS to follow my blogs), share links to posts that I’ve been reading that I like (I’m doing most of my ‘speedlinking’ in Twitter now etc. I’ve been getting more and more into Twitter of late. It also allows you to host your images on and share them with your friends. Start with an image and draw on it, at words, arrows etc – or use it for screen capturing or even snapping a quick shot of your self with iSight. It allows you to edit and even create images that can be used for illustrative or attention grabbing purposes on your blog. Still in an invite only beta (although I only had to wait one day to get the invite) Skitch is a tool that I see having the potential to replace ImageWell. Sure you can do this in Photoshop – but ImageWell is much lighter weight, quick to use and is easy to use. It’s fantastic taking an image, doing quick crops, adding words, putting shadows around images, taking them and making them have curved corners etc. I use it to create most of the images that you see here on ProBlogger. My blogging changed the day I installed ImageWell. It has a very similar feature list to ecto and I’d probably use it if I wasn’t already hooked on the workflow that I’ve established. MarsEdit – is another Mac based desktop blogging tool that you might want to consider. ecto is currently at version 2.4.2 with a beta test of ecto 3 currently in progress (I’ve only just downloaded it but it looks great). It works with most blog platforms and allows you to blog offline, drag and drop images into posts plus lots more. It is a desktop blogging tool that allows you to get posts up on multiple blogs without having to log in to the back end of your blog. Of course some of these 14 applications (not listed in any particular order) are not exclusive to Mac users – but hopefully it’ll give a little insight into the type of tools that I’m using.Įcto is one of those tools that just clicked for me when I started using it. I thought that I’d share it here on the blog also as I know many of you are Mac users. Lately I’ve been saving my recommendations and have compiled them into a single email. A number of blogging friends have recently made the switch from using PCs to using Macs as their primary blogging machines.Įach time that one of them makes the move I tend to get an email or call a day or two later asking for advice on different applications to help with their blogging.
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