MDZip Studio is now on Mac
MDZip Studio now runs on Mac. Version 1.7.0 adds one download for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, and it's on Homebrew too. Studio is a free, open-source Markdown editor that saves a document and its images in one MDZip (.mdz) file, so the pictures don't go missing when you email, upload or archive it. Until now it was only for Windows and Linux.
Install
Download MDZip-Studio-1.7.0-universal.dmg, open it and drag MDZip Studio to Applications. It needs macOS 12 or later. Or install it with Homebrew:
brew install --cask mdzip-project/mdzip/mdzip-studio
Studio isn't signed by Apple, because signing needs a paid Apple developer account. So the first time you open it, macOS says it couldn't verify the app. Click Done, then open System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway. You only do this once. The Studio page has the steps too.
What you get on Mac
.mdzfiles open from Finder. Double-click one and it opens in Studio, with its own document icon. For.mdfiles, Studio is listed under Open With but doesn't take over as the default.- Mac menus and shortcuts. An MDZip Studio menu with About, Check for Updates and Quit, a Window menu, Reveal in Finder, and
⌘shortcuts throughout. - The Dock. Drop files on Studio's Dock icon to open them. Its menu starts a new document and lists your recent ones.
- Everything else from Windows and Linux: source, preview and split view; pasted and dragged-in images stored inside the document; Mermaid diagrams, footnotes and task lists; print and save as PDF; copy as formatted text, images included, for Word or email.
- Updates. Check for Updates downloads the new version for you to drag to Applications. With Homebrew, run
brew upgrade --cask mdzip-studio.
Not on Mac yet: previewing an .mdz in Finder with Quick Look, the way Windows previews it in File Explorer.
Tell us how it goes
Studio has been tested on Apple Silicon. If you're on an Intel Mac, the 20-minute test script walks you through everything, and a short form takes your results. Anything else that doesn't work as you'd expect on a Mac: open an issue or reply here.
MDZip Studio · Release notes for 1.7.0 · Everything that works with MDZip
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