Desktop Blogging Software

To give some extra functionality to Blogging you must use some desktop blogging tool. There are numerous tools available for Windows that is why I decided to write on my favorite 5 Desktop Blogging Software for MAC. Some are free and some are paid but I am sure you will like all the tools. Lets start:

MarsEdit

One of the best desktop blog editing for the Mac. The best way to write, preview, and publish your blog. Below are some quick features of this tool:

• Rich And HTML Text Editing
• Media At Your Fingertips
• Wildly Compatible
• Easy File Uploads
• Perfect Previews
• Offline Freedom

It is a paid software and you can buy it from here.

Thingamablog

Thingamablog is a cross-platform, standalone blogging application that makes authoring and publishing your weblogs almost effortless. Unlike most blogging solutions, Thingamablog does NOT require a third-party blogging host, a cgi/php enabled web host, or a MySQL database. In fact, all you need to setup, and manage, a blog with Thingamablog is FTP, SFTP, or network access to a web server. It allows you to:

• Set up a blog in minutes via an intuitive wizard
• Maintain multiple blogs
• Effortlessly manage thousands of entries
• Dynamically update blog content
• Write entries offline (Dialup users)
• Publish your blog with a single click
• Publish remotely to your blog via email
• Read news with an integrated feed reader
• Make posts from your favorite feeds
• Create a unique layout with customizable templates
• Import entries from RSS/Atom feeds
• and many more…

Click here to download.

Ecto

Ecto is a feature-rich desktop blogging editor for MacOSX. With ecto, you can easily publish to a wide range of weblog systems, such as Blogger, Blojsom, Drupal, MovableType, Nucleus, SquareSpace, TypePad, WordPress, and more.

Click here to download.

Qumana

Qumana is an easy-to-use desktop blog editor, enabling you to write, edit and post to one or more blogs. You can use Qumana even when you are offline. Save your blog posts to your hard drive and upload whenever you like. Great for bloggers on the move.

Click here to download.

Bleezer

A powerful blogging client with which you can:

• Blog from anywhere. Work on Windows, OS X, and Linux.
• Work with any blogging service. As many as you want, even Blogger.
• WYSIWYG editing. Edit your posts as they will actually appear.
• Image upload. Images will automatically be uploaded to your server.
• Category support. Support for multiple categories.
• Add tags for any tag service. Technorati, del.icio.us, or anything else.
• Create custom markup. Define your own key combinations for custom HTML markup.
• Spell check. Ensure everything is speeled spelled ok.
• Advertise. Ping Technorati, weblogs.com, ping-o-matic, Pingoat, or any other service.
• Work online or offline. Compose posts offline and post them when you want to.
• It is totally free

Click here to download.
From Harsh Agrawal: For those who switched from Windows to mac must be missing Windows live writer. One way to run Windows live writer in your Mac system is by installing parallels and install Xp on it and windows live writer. It works like charm and that’s what I’m using for with my Macbook Pro.