[3][4] The ascent of Rhapsody is the subject of the movie E11 (2006) directed by Paul Diffley and produced by Hot Aches Productions.

[9] On 28 August 2010, MacLeod and Tim Emmett established the route The Usual Suspects on Sron Uladail on Harris, provisionally graded E9 7a, in an ascent broadcast live on BBC Two Scotland.

In 2005, he established the hardest traditional mixed climbing route in the world at the time, The Hurting in Coire an t-Sneachda, Cairngorms.

In November 2024, Macleod's book Moving the Needle: How an Average Climber Can Do the Hardest Route in the World was published.

MacLeod has written widely on nutrition, and eats beef and eggs daily in the belief that animal products are essential for good mental health.