<s>
MarsEdit	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
editor	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
made	O
by	O
Red	O
Sweater	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
write	O
,	O
edit	O
,	O
and	O
publish	O
blog	O
posts	O
,	O
and	O
supports	O
many	O
popular	O
blogging	O
services	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
WordPress	B-Protocol
,	O
Tumblr	B-Application
,	O
Blogger	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
MarsEdit	B-Protocol
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Brent	B-Application
Simmons	I-Application
as	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
,	O
a	O
popular	O
news	O
aggregator	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	O
,	O
which	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
1.0	O
series	O
,	O
included	O
a	O
simple	O
weblog	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
2.0	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
decided	O
to	O
move	O
the	O
blog	O
editor	O
functionality	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
by	O
NewsGator	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
MarsEdit	B-Protocol
was	O
uncertain	O
for	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
4	O
of	O
2005	O
,	O
he	O
revealed	O
that	O
MarsEdit	B-Protocol
development	O
would	O
be	O
continued	O
by	O
Gus	O
Mueller	O
of	O
Flying	O
Meat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2007	O
,	O
MarsEdit	B-Protocol
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Red	O
Sweater	O
Software	O
,	O
and	O
development	O
was	O
taken	O
over	O
by	O
Red	O
Sweater	O
's	O
owner	O
,	O
Daniel	O
Jalkut	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
the	O
popular	O
Tumblr	B-Application
blog	O
service	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
MarsEdit	B-Protocol
2.3	O
after	O
Jalkut	O
worked	O
with	O
Tumblr	B-Application
developer	O
Marco	O
Arment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
was	O
planned	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
not	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
MarsEdit	B-Protocol
creator	O
Daniel	O
Jalkut	O
co-formed	O
a	O
group	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
Developer	O
Union	O
"	O
protesting	O
Apple	O
's	O
developer	O
policies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
had	O
previously	O
complained	O
about	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
taking	O
away	O
developers	O
 '	O
control	O
over	O
their	O
app	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MarsEdit	B-Protocol
joined	O
the	O
Setapp	B-Operating_System
subscription	O
package	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviews	O
of	O
initial	O
versions	O
of	O
MarsEdit	B-Protocol
were	O
positive	O
,	O
but	O
pointed	O
out	O
bugs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2	O
received	O
a	O
4	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
star	O
review	O
by	O
Macworld	O
magazine	O
,	O
while	O
Ars	O
Technica	O
's	O
David	O
Chartier	O
said	O
it	O
lacked	O
ecto	B-Protocol
's	O
support	O
for	O
Amazon	O
affiliate	O
links	O
and	O
the	O
built-in	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	O
Media	O
Browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
Engadget	B-Application
's	O
Scott	O
McNulty	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
fantastic	O
"	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
Blogger	B-Application
's	O
web	O
interface	O
,	O
and	O
Ars	O
Technica	O
's	O
Jacqui	O
Cheng	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
popular	O
blogging	O
tool	O
among	O
Mac	B-Device
users	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Weighing	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
MarsEdit	B-Protocol
compared	O
to	O
using	O
Tumblr	B-Application
's	O
web	O
interface	O
,	O
Christina	O
Warren	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
lower	O
risk	O
of	O
data	O
loss	O
(	O
through	O
saved	O
drafts	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
ease	O
of	O
writing	O
long	O
posts	O
made	O
the	O
app	O
"	O
superior	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macworld	O
praised	O
the	O
new	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
features	O
version	O
3.1	O
,	O
but	O
noted	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
missing	O
documentation	O
for	O
self-hosted	O
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
blogs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2022	O
,	O
Apple	O
blogger	B-Application
John	O
Gruber	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
essential	O
for	O
 [ his ] 	O
work	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
