NewsFire is an
RSS
RSS ( RDF Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) is a web feed that allows users and applications to access updates to websites in a standardized, computer-readable format. Subscribing to RSS feeds can allow a user to keep track of many di ...
newsreader developed by David Watanabe for
Mac OS X
macOS (; previously OS X and originally Mac OS X) is a Unix operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001. It is the primary operating system for Apple's Mac (computer), Mac computers. Within the market of ...
. It supports
Atom
Every atom is composed of a nucleus and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus. The nucleus is made of one or more protons and a number of neutrons. Only the most common variety of hydrogen has no neutrons.
Every solid, liquid, gas, and ...
, RSS, and
Podcast
A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing ...
ing. NewsFire features groups, labels, smart groups, search, and integration with
iTunes
iTunes () is a software program that acts as a media player, media library, mobile device management utility, and the client app for the iTunes Store. Developed by Apple Inc., it is used to purchase, play, download, and organize digital mul ...
,
Spotlight, and
weblog editors. NewsFire can also import and export a
blogroll
This is a list of blogging terms.
Blogging, like any hobby, has developed something of a specialized vocabulary. The following is an attempt to explain a few of the more common phrases and words, including etymologies when not obvious.
Blog- ...
from and to
OPML; however, it cannot import Google Reader OPML at this time due to a known bug.
On March 1, 2008, NewsFire became
freeware
Freeware is software, most often proprietary, that is distributed at no monetary cost to the end user. There is no agreed-upon set of rights, license, or EULA that defines ''freeware'' unambiguously; every publisher defines its own rules for the f ...
, but since the release of NewsFire 2.0 to the Mac AppStore on February 3, 2011, NewsFire is not freeware anymore.
NewsFire 1.3 requires
Mac OS X v10.4. NewsFire 1.1 was the final version supporting
Mac OS X v10.3
Mac OS X Panther (version 10.3) is the fourth major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system. It followed Mac OS X Jaguar and preceded Mac OS X Tiger. It was released on October 24, 2003.
System requirements
Panther's sy ...
.
See also
*
Comparison of feed aggregators
References
External links
*
Developer's blogMacWorld reviewA Feb. 2008 blog post where Watanabe discusses the Google Reader bug in the comments* with last freeware version 1.6 v84
MacOS-only software
Atom (Web standard)
News aggregators
Shareware
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