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NetNewsWire for Mac

NetNewsWire 5.1

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  • Latest Version

    NetNewsWire 6.1.8

  • Operating System

    macOS 10.14 Mojave or later

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    Brent Simmons / External Link

  • Filename

    NetNewsWire5.1.zip

  • MD5 Checksum

    b78c8ffc487270c0638050981ffd2f7c

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 5.1.


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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    NetNewsWire 5.1 Screenshot 1
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What's new in this version:

- Feedly syncing
- Reader view
- Notifications (configure per feed in the Info window)
- Multiple windows - File > New Window
- View > Hide Read Feeds
- View > Hide Read Articles (also a filter button above timeline for this)
- Clean Up command (to immediately hide read articles when hide-read-articles is on)
- Feeds view: remember expansion state between runs
- Timeline: more compact rows (source and date on same line)
- Timeline: sort menu on top
- Timeline: swipe actions
- Article view: shift-space scrolls backwards
- Articles with non-ASCII URLs can now open in browser
- Adding feeds with non-ASCII URLs now works
- AppleScript: article now has a feed property
- Hold down shift to temporarily toggle open-in-browser in background preference
- Article > Mark Above as Read, Mark Below as Read
- Preferences: Choose preferred browser (for viewing web pages)
- Inspector: window title now matches name of thing being inspected