![]() ![]() I prefer Markdown syntax to coding HTML by hand-I find it more readable and less prone to errors-and at this point all of my published work is on the Web. Using a plain text format makes it easy to use pretty much any app, on Mac or iOS. I write in Markdown, and have for more than a decade. And of course, the frustrating thing is that different apps check different boxes, but none of them do it all! Craft hides hyperlinks, which is a dealbreaker for me. In trying out different writing tools on iOS, I’ve discovered that I actually have a checklist of features that I want. My quest for the perfect iPad text editor continues. On the iPad, though, I’m simply not satisfied. What I’m saying is, on my Mac I have a bunch of tried-and-true tools for writing- BBEdit for longer stories, MarsEdit for quick blog posts, Scrivener for longform projects. The same goes for Drafts, which gets a lot of things right but doesn’t quite fit into my workflow. ![]() I’ve been using 1Writer most of the time, but it’s also had a slow pace of development and has bugs and quirks that continue to frustrate me. Editorial, previously my writing tool of choice, is out because it’s basically been abandoned by its developer. It’s been a while since I described my writing process on iPad, and things have changed. And yet, somehow, the iPad provides more of a mental barrier for me, making it less likely I’ll peek over at Twitter or Slack while I’m in the middle of writing something. And, conversely, the iPad actually does make it easy to switch between apps. I know I can hide and quit apps on my Mac with a few keystrokes. I know I can run apps full-screen on my Mac-though a 27-inch iMac is spectacularly bad at that. I frequently write in my backyard and at my kitchen counter on an iPad.Īnd I feel more focused using iPadOS itself, for some reason. The mere act of getting up from my desk and switching away from my iMac can help me break out of a rut and be more productive. Searching for the perfect iOS Markdown writing tool ![]()
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