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Best RSS Reader Software for the Mac
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markw10
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Aug 28, 2010, 12:41 PM
 
I read a lot of blogs for my business for research such as marketing tips, product releases new, etc. I've always tried to figure out the best way to keep up with the multiple sites and either just browse the sites or use services such as Twitter or Email Newsletters
I've talked to PC users and many of them suggested using RSS Feeds and I recently got Pulse for both my iPad and iPhone and it's been wonderful. I like the design and how it works but the only problem is a limit of 20 feeds. This covers many of the feeds but not quite all that I want to subscribe to.
What is a good option for using on the Mac? For web browsing I use Firefox, Safari, and Chrome and for email Thunderbird. If I'm correct these offer options for RSS feeds. How do these compare to other feed readers for the Mac. Are web based/cloud versions better? I"ve heard of options such as Google Reader.
     
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Aug 28, 2010, 01:58 PM
 
I left this out of my original post but I like to share stories I read via RSS on Twitter and Facebook so integration for sharing with Twitter is important, same for Facebook.
     
abbaZaba
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Aug 28, 2010, 07:58 PM
 
NetNewsWire is a good option. it syncs with Google Reader as well.

here is a script to post to twitter from netnewswire: TwitNews – Post to Twitter from NetNewsWire | making things work

If NetNewsWire doesn't appeal to you (I use it so that it syncs with Google Reader- I like being able to read my feeds even if I'm away from the computer), here is a list of other RSS software you can look at: 8 Unique RSS Readers for Mac | Mac.AppStorm
     
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Aug 29, 2010, 08:18 AM
 
I've tried quite a few RSS Readers and settled on NetNewsWire.
     
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Aug 29, 2010, 08:58 AM
 
Same.
     
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Aug 29, 2010, 10:56 AM
 
Tried a number of different ones over the years. NNW still beats them all, even the last free version that I've never updated beyond (3.1.7).
     
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Aug 29, 2010, 07:33 PM
 
I tried NetNewsWire for a while and went back to using Google Reader.
     
   
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