Easy-to-use RSS/Atom news reader for Mac

NetNewsWire for Mac

NetNewsWire 5.0.4

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  • Latest Version

    NetNewsWire 6.1.4

  • Operating System

    macOS 10.14 Mojave or later

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    Brent Simmons / External Link

  • Filename

    NetNewsWire5.0.4.zip

  • MD5 Checksum

    1cec08d4a860fdb3f3ee1a34371147e5

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of NetNewsWire 5.0.4.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of NetNewsWire for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

- Performance enhancement: fetching articles is faster and uses less memory
- Changed the retention policy to match iOS
- Feeds view: fixed bug where multiple sequential deletes could mess up the current selection index
- Article view: dealt with Twitter change that caused Twitter embeds to get cut off
- Article view: properly size emojis that are actually graphics (from Wordpress, for instance)
- Article view: stop playing any audio if the window is closed
- Article view: don’t let line lengths get too long
- Article view: fixed display of BandCamp widgets
- OPML export: use an accessory view instead of an intermediate sheet
- Add Folder: disable Add Folder button when text field is empty
- Feed icons: get more icons from Feedbin; get favicons from some tricky cases
- Add Feed: now allows IPv6 literal URLs
- Feed discovery: give less weight to feeds with the word “podcast” in them, because they’re probably not what we want
- Refreshing: fixed bug where automatic refreshing might not happening after the computer wakes from sleep
- Preferences > Accounts: Renamed “Create” account button to “Add Account”
- Fixed bug where a Feedbin article could stay unread right after you select it
- Fixed bug where folder names with double quotes would have the quotes replaced with the HTML entity for quote
- When importing from NNW 3, the app now ignores script feeds (since we don’t have that feature yet)
- Fixed bug where, right after initial launch, the spacebar might not work to go to next unread article
- Pressing return now opens the selected article in your browser