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cloverdew ([personal profile] cloverdew) wrote in [community profile] getting_started2009-04-18 09:34 am
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Question: Compatible Clients for Mac/Apple

I checked up on compatible clients for dreamwidth here and noted that there are a few that will work for Macs. I have typically used xJournal for livejournal updates and for archiving all my entries on my hard drive.

I would like to use a client that will allow for 'downloading history' like xJournal does and that would make crossposting to livejournal easy, as well. I wondered if any of you has tried iJournal, MarsEdit, Phoenix, or xJournal with dreamwidth and, if so, which did you like best? Were you able to archive your entries on your computer? Crosspost?

[personal profile] boosette 2009-04-18 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Pheonix works well with most aspects - crossposting (no download history) is a pain in the butt, though.
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Cross-platform

[personal profile] zvi 2009-04-18 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
If you're comfortable with command line interfaces, I just wanted to point out that Macs can use the Perl, Python, and Javascript clients also, and several of those do backup gracefully.
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[personal profile] holyschist 2009-04-18 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I've been using iJournal--it works fairly well, but I haven't checked if it archives entries. MarsEdit is not very compatible.
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[personal profile] dreamingpixels 2009-04-20 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I've been using iJournal and it works really well.