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

NetNewsWire for Mac

NetNewsWire 5.1.1

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  • Latest Version

    NetNewsWire 6.1.8

  • Operating System

    macOS 10.15 Catalina or later

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    Brent Simmons / External Link

  • Filename

    NetNewsWire5.1.1.zip

  • MD5 Checksum

    2c328371dd332168294860ec080b0ea4

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 5.1.1.


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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What's new in this version:

- Fixed a crash handling a specific type of weird URL
- Preferences: restored ability to set default RSS reader
- Fixed bug where o key wouldn’t mark older as read
- Fixed an Open System Preferences button in an alert that didn’t work
- Fixed a possible hang when adding a feed to Feedly (and the feed isn’t found)
- Fixed some UI issues to do with adding a Feedly account
- Fixed contrast in footnotes indicator
- Fixed bug where duplicate accounts (same username and service) could be made
- Fixed bug where open in Safari in background might not open in the background