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Blog.Mac is the easiest way to publish your own web page or blog on your .Mac account.

Quickly create your own page, include pictures from your iPhoto albums, share your favorite iTunes playlist, pick from one of the 15 included templates, and click a button to instantly publish your new blog on the Internet. Show your readers what you are listening to with live updates from iTunes and plug in your iSight camera for live webcam snapshots published right on your blog. Blog pages are automatically converted to RSS feeds for newsreaders.

Blog.Mac is easy enough for anyone to start their own web page but is flexible enough for experienced bloggers.

WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.3b4: Updated for MobileMe integration. Fixed a few more Leopard issues and are implementing a bunch of user-requested features. The template editor has been added to Blog.Mac.
REQUIREMENTS
  • Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
  • Internet connectivity and .Mac account for Blog Publishing
  • iSight or DV Camera for live WebCam uploads
  • iTunes for iTunes Now Playing info published to your blog
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    SCREENSHOT

    Developer:Largemouth Software, LLC
    Downloads:10,014
      - Version d/l:650
    Internet:Internet Utilities
    License:Shareware
    Date:23 Nov 2008
    Platform:PPC/Intel
    Price:$29.99
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      Blog.Mac User Reviews (13 posts)Write A Review
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      Oct 8 2005
      ***½.

      G  Still no categories...

      Promised for 1.1 but have not appeared.

      Good app could be better. It is certainlt getting there....  
      (Version 1.1)

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      Sep 27 2005
      ****½

      TAF  Great App! As a new blogger, I found this easy to use, fast, and has great support. I was able to save the file locally, and upload it to my school's site--saved me hours of work. Other blog apps might be free, but you get what you pay for with this app.  
      (Version 1.0.9)

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      Sep 20 2005
      **½..

      G  Ok, I purchased, on face value because I was impressed with the features.

      There are a few major problems that need to be addressed before I mofrate away from iBlog which I have used for 2 years.

      All posts within the blog go onto the frontpage, making the frontpage to long! Which means you have to archive all the time otherwise no one would read your blog, or they would develop RSI in the process.

      This software lacks categories! If you can categorise your entries, it would allow you to discuss and post on different related subjects which are not all posted to the frontpage.

      The iTunes integration is ver flaky, and I still can not get this software to post my iTunes list into my blog which is really annoying.

      It has great potential, I think I may come back in a year when it has matured into a more useable appliction.  
      (Version 1.0.8)

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      Sep 20 2005

      SAM  Hi G,

      We're working on categories for the Version 1.1 release...hope to have that ready in another 2 weeks.

      As for the problems with iTunes, can you please send us an e-mail (blog.mac.support at largemouthsoftware dot com)? We'd love to help figure out what is going on with your playlist. If you'd rather post on the support forum, please visit our homepage at http://www.largemouthsoftware.com/Invision

      Thanks!

      Sam

      Largemouth Software, LLC  
      (Version 1.0.8)

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      Sep 15 2005
      *****

      ANONYMOUS  Now we're getting somewhere! This keeps on getting better and better with every release.  
      (Version 1.0.8)

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      Aug 31 2005

      ANONYMOUS  Surely the easy way to publish a blog on your .Mac account is to use iBlog, which comes free with .Mac?

      Surely?  
      (Version 1.0.6)

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      Aug 31 2005

      D9  Actually iBlog does not come free w/ .Mac. A couple of years ago for a limited time, iBlog was offered free to .Mac users; but like just about all of those offers, they go away forever after about 60 days.

      In fact, .Mac has had little to none of these offers lately. I've tried iBlog several times and it works okay, but I had numerous stability issues not to mention the lack of real custom control. BlogwaveStudio was a great alternative but the developer took the money and ran about 3 months ago.

      I took the learning curve plunge and d/l wordpress and ecto to create my own custom blog. It's definitely a curve but once you get there, the real beauty and charm of a blog becomes apparent.  
      (Version 1.0.6)

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      Aug 25 2005

      BROOKS KNOLL  what's this all about: "HomePage found the following issues with the HTML page you chose. Please fix these issues and try again: HTML pages using framesets are not supported by the External HTML template in HomePage." ... I'm beginning to not like this software a lot.  
      (Version 1.0.3)

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      Aug 25 2005

      ANONYMOUS  Brooks,

      I sent you an e-mail from the support website; if you're running Mac OS X 10.3.x, there's an update for you. Please check it out at the following URL:

      http://www.largemouthsoftware.com/files/Blog.MacV1.0.4.dmg

      Please let us know if this solves your issue.

      Thanks!

      Sam

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      (Version 1.0.3)

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      Aug 25 2005

      ANONYMOUS  I was very excited about this product until I spent my afternoon following their simple "create you first blog" instructions. Everytime I push the "publish to .mac" absolutely nothing happens. Maybe you'll have better luck. I think it sucks.  
      (Version 1.0.3)

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      Aug 25 2005

      ANONYMOUS  Can you please tell us what version of Mac OS X you're using? We just posted a fix for Mac OS X 10.3.x users that sounds like the problem you're having.

      http://www.largemouthsoftware.com/files/Blog.MacV1.0.4.dmg

      Please visit our website for support information:

      http://www.largemouthsoftware.com/lmssupport.html

      Or here for some sample blogs published with Blog.Mac:

      http://www.largemouthsoftware.com/blogmac_sample_blogs.html

      Give us a chance to help you see that Blog.Mac DOESN'T suck. ;-)

      Thanks!

      Sam

      Largemouth Software, LLC  
      (Version 1.0.3)

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      Aug 25 2005
      *****

      ACE  Dude, this is TIGHT! This actually makes .Mac a good deal... iTunes links go directly to the music store. Very good tool for easy blogging. What could be simpler?  
      (Version 1.0.3)

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      Aug 25 2005

      KAISERHEARSAY  Blog.Mac is a Godsend. I've used Blogger and others, but offline updates are so tricky and haphazzard. With Blog.Mac I just use my .Mac account to generate my Blog for fellow students in my courses. I'm able to easily add posts offline while in class and upload them whem I get back to the network in the library or at home. No other software is as reliable... Blogger Word pluggins for PC (yes, I use PCs, too) often lose posts or omit headers... Blog.Mac does it right every time. I love the interface and the ease of use. And when I'm out of town, I use my iSight with Blog.Mac to keep an eye on my pets. If you're like me, you got a mac for reliability and ease of use... and that's exactly what you'll love about Blog.Mac. Apple's crazy if they don't adopt it in OS 10.5!!  
      (Version 1.0.3)

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      Aug 25 2005

      EZR  Try Journler with livejournal it is reliable. But I agree, Blog.Mac is pretty good for .mac, far better than iBlog. Anyway, it costs 30 bucks when Journler is free. I think Apple must add a blog function to .mac and not rely on sharewares...  
      (Version 1.0.3)

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      Aug 24 2005
      **½..

      ANONYMOUS  $30 is a joke for a blog editor.

      "using a different .Mac account from the one you used to register will not work unless you purchase another key" is too restrictive, especially for $30.

      You'd better use Phoenix or Journler with LiveJournal: it is free!!! Blogger is pretty good too and free!!!  
      (Version 1.0.3)

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