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NetNewsWire for Mac

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  • Latest Version

    NetNewsWire 6.2 LATEST

  • Review by

    Juan Garcia

  • Operating System

    macOS 13.0 Ventura or later

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    Brent Simmons / External Link

  • Filename

    NetNewsWire6.2.zip

  • MD5 Checksum

    4b6dd568e52441bfe904e5146574fcfa

NetNewsWire for Mac is the best way to keep up with the sites and authors you read most regularly. Let NetNewsWire pull down the latest articles, and read them in a distraction-free and Mac-like way.

NetNewsWire for macOS is an easy-to-use RSS and Atom news reader for Mac OS X. Its familiar three-paned interface -- similar to Apple Mail and Outlook Express -- can fetch and display news from thousands of different websites and weblogs, making it quick and easy to keep up with the latest news.

Features and Highlights

Native Interface
The tool looks right at home in macOS Mavericks.

Find Later
Bookmark individual articles, mark sites as your favorites and search everything.

Sharing
Send articles to Instapaper, Twitter, Facebook or App.net

Popular Feeds
If you're just getting started, the app can suggest some great reading material.

Distraction-free
Reading articles in a web browser means putting up with ads and sidebars. Net News Wire focuses on content.

Tabs
For the true reading lover, NetNews Wire easily keeps track of multiple articles open at the same time.

How to Use
  • Launch the app and choose default RSS sources or add your own
  • Click the "+" icon to add a new feed manually
  • Organize feeds into folders for easier navigation
  • Use the sidebar to browse unread or starred articles
  • Click an article title to read it in the main view
  • Use keyboard shortcuts to mark articles read/unread
  • Sync feeds using iCloud or Feedbin for cross-device access
  • Adjust appearance and preferences in the settings panel
  • Export or import OPML files to manage feed subscriptions
System Requirements

macOS 11.0 Big Sur or later

Intel or Apple Silicon Mac

Minimum 4 GB RAM recommended

100 MB of available disk space

Internet connection for syncing and updating feeds

PROS
  • Fast and lightweight RSS reader
  • No ads or user tracking
  • Open-source and regularly updated
  • Clean and distraction-free interface
  • Supports iCloud and Feedbin sync
CONS
  • Lacks built-in search across all feeds
  • No offline article archiving
  • Limited customization options
  • No integration with social platforms
  • Only supports RSS and Atom feeds
Note: 13 days trial version. Requires 64-bit processor. No cloud sync feature.

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What's new in this version:

Added:
- Added support for Markdown in RSS via the source:markdown element. When present, the Markdown is rendered as HTML
- Added a dotted underline to links in the Sepia theme, to make links more visible
- Added new setting: you can now enable/disable JavaScript (in the Settings screen)
- Added some special cases where we can and should avoid doing some specific work (such as downloading the home page to find a feed icon)

Fixed:
- Fixed bug where a feed could be read twice on being added
- Fixed bug where the initial download for a new feed didn’t store conditional GET info
- Worked around a server bug where a server would always respond with a 304 when any conditional GET info is sent (the app drops conditional GET info every 8 days)
- Fixed a possible cause of feeds not updating by caching (non-429) 4xx responses for some hours rather than for the duration of the app run
- Fixed a couple Atom parser bugs (one with relative URLs, one with root level author elements)
- Fixed bug where contextual menu in timeline could be slow to appear
- Fixed a possible cause of app icon unread count badge to be out of date
- Fixed bug where timeline text could be truncated early when showing max number of lines in timeline and small text
- Fixed a bug where images that are links could get underlined in the default theme
- Fixed a bug finding a feed in a page that has no body tag
- Fixed bug with some favicons rendering weird, with dark vertical lines. Note: due to caching, the fix may take a few days to take effect
- Improved iCloud error dialog
- Fixed some cosmetic UI glitches
- Removed support for multiple windows
- Made several performance enhancements, most notably in scrolling the timeline
- Improved http/https caching, reducing bandwidth and battery use

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