Unison
unison 2 makes it easy to read, look, listen, and download
Find Groups
- Use the "Directory" to search for relevant groups
- Or, use "All Groups" to find your favorites
- Add groups to your sidebar for quick access
- Set group options like auto-loading and offline reading
Read Messages
- Use the Thread View to read all messages at once
- Thread lines make it easier to see who replied to what
- View and post messages in HTML or Plain Text
Work with Files
- Files are magically grouped together for downloading
- See images, music, files, and messages in one view
- "Smart Downloading" skips unneeded recovery sets
Much More
- Use the Search Browser to find files and NZBs
- Built-in UnPAR/UnRAR/Join, no external tools needed
- Set up Rules to manage your messages
- Upload binary files in one automated click
- Preview music by streaming it directly off the server
Required OS: not specified
Tags:
usenet
, download
, newsgroups
13 Opinions
If you have problems with strange errors or failed downloads, give NZBdrop a try. Seems pretty stable, has more options and is a tad cheaper.
SABnzbd+ is better at processing nzbs, as it:
- downloads par2 files only if required
- repairs, extracts, and deletes automatically (most of the time),
- can use an extra server as fill server
The interface is web-based, but it can also be controlled with SABnzbdX, an app that sits in the menu (req. leopard).
The best binary newsreader for the mac. Unfortunately that's not saying much. Browsing binaries is a nightmare and it doesn't reach a tenth of the feature set of pc apps like newsleecher. However - if you get your .nzbs from binsearch.com or similar, it's a life safer and does the job. Recommended, but only to download binaries from nzb.
great app, but it needs intelligent par downloading & decoding.
To me, this is the only real Macintosh newsreader. All others tend to be ugly or overly technical. These qualities don't bother most Usenet junkies since Usenet is the dark underbelly of the Internet and users still like to maintain its often archaic nature. Nevertheless, I appreciate a friendly interface and easily accessible features.
Panic is a great company.
This is simply one of the best little applications I currently own, Panic! could have charged $50 for Unison and it would have still been good value for money. That said if anyone bothers to still read binary newsgroup postings you'll find a swade of opposition to Unison users in regards to how the application uploads to binary groups.
Simply the best newsgroup app there is on any platform. Makes newsgroups a wonderful experience again. Well worth $25.00
The only application that made me even care about newsgroups since the '90s. Highly recommended.
Works decently on a Mini Core Solo (2gbram), however sometimes it can take a few minutes to update large newsgroups (several million articles) and bring those windows to the front. Not surprising given my lower end mac ;)
I really like being able to preview files. For images, gives a page of thumbnails and for audio theres a play button.
It is an excellent news browser and works great for downloading binaries. Is also compatible with .nzb files.
still amazingly buggy, but it's the only newsreader for OS X that handles yenc, etc. that I've found.
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