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MarsEdit’s media management capabilities have gotten a big boost with streamlined Flickr, iPhoto, Aperture, Lightroom, etc. image browsing and insertion. Plus there’re user interface tweaks and bug fixes.

Do you blog? Then you owe it to yourself to give MarsEdit a try — there are serious disadvantages to using web-based editing and management features of WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr, Squarespace, TypePad, Movable Type, etc. not least of which is the lack of local copies and back up.

And, you might as well get the latest version. MarsEdit 3.4 (release notes) comes to market with the following features and fixes baked right in:

• Media management improvements
— New zoom control for browser thumbnail size
— iPhoto Faces browsing support
— Lightroom photo collection set support
— Upload Utility window now resizable
• Flickr browser improvements
— Now supports “Medium 640″ size
— Only shows image sizes that are available for the selected image
• External Editing improvements
— Now supports Byword in default editor list
— Now displays a warning panel if the selected app is not installed
• Bug Fixes
— Bookmarklet handler now heeds sourceHomeURL, sourceFeedURL, sourceName
— Prevent a crash when selecting SVG format images
— Disable width/height fields for non-image files in Upload Utility
— Fix a bug where post IDs were sometimes not saved for posts and pages

You can get a Download MarsEdit 3.430-day demo of MarsEdit. If you’re ready to buy, get it on the Mac App Store ($39.99).

MarsEdit is recommended by Daring Fireball and Macworld.

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