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IA Writer, my favorite text editor for all Apple platforms (which I still use as the central piece of my Markdown collaboration workflow via GitHub), has been updated today to version 5.5 both on Mac and iOS/iPadOS. John’s 2020 Mix playlist on Apple Music.

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Federico and John continue to refine their research strategies for this year’s review season, John shares a PDF tip with Federico, and then they compare notes on baking pizza and bread during the lockdown.A story about a News+ audio rumor by Ryan.Interview with Zac Cohan, developer of Soulver.Loads of Shortcuts requests answered by Federico.A tip from John on an easy way to create good-looking, text-searchable PDFs of webpages on iPadOS and iOS.Book Track Adds Reading Status, Statistics, Quote Entries, and More.
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However, the Markdown text editor market is changing rapidly, with tools for creating interlinked notes and documents in a variety of ways that have quickly become table stakes for text editors and note-taking apps alike. That’s as true of iA Writer 6 today as it was with previous versions. They’re easy to access, but they aren’t a distraction. Best of all, the app’s features stay out of your way while you’re writing. The app’s design is top-notch, and it offers a feature set that makes it among the best options for writing in Markdown. That’s iA Writer for me.IA Writer has long been one of the premier text editors on Apple’s platforms. Occasionally, though, the mood calls for an elegant champagne flute. BBEdit and MarsEdit are like pint glasses or coffee mugs. The best way I can put it is that iA Writer is a classy app. But they pull it off - all three of iA Writer’s typefaces are very good (I’m a Duo man myself). iA Writer is even so presumptuous as to only use its own custom typefaces: Mono, Duo, and Quattro. To me it’s the gold standard for Markdown syntax styling - great colors, real italic and bold styling for *italic* and **bold** spans, and, my very favorite touch, outdented #’s for headings. So while I’d never consider using a Mac writing app that wasn’t richly scriptable and customizable, it’s not an issue for me on iPad. I don’t use any of iA Writer’s actual “focus mode” stuff, I just find iPadOS naturally better for focusing on a single task. The right words for each sentence, sentences that snap together into paragraphs, paragraphs ordered properly into sections, sections that together form a complete piece. The truth is I don’t do much of my writing on my iPad (and almost none on my iPhone) but when I am writing on my iPad, it’s generally something long, and I’m trying to focus.

Jason Snell has it on his aforelinked shortlist, but dings it for its lack of extensibility. Me, my favorite iOS app for writing in Markdown, without question, is iA Writer.
