Today I’m venturing into something I know very little about: Usenet, also referred to as newsgroups. In my search for more information about how Usenet works I also had to find proper software to make use of it. This makes for another fine list: the Top 5 Usenet Clients (or Newsgroup Readers) for Mac.
1 Unison 2
Price: $29
This sexy application doesn’t only look very good, it also has everything you need to properly gain access to Usenet servers. If you don’t have access to one yet, Panic Inc also offers what they call unlimited Unison Access, with 300 days of binaries for $9 per month.
2 SABnzbd
Price: FREE
SABnzbd(+) is an open source, browser-based Usenet client/NZB downloader for Mac.
3 Mimo Usenet Browser
Price: Free for Diamond Giganews accounts
Mimo is a brand new Usenet Browser developed by Golden Frog specifically for the Giganews Usenet service. Mimo is optimized for faster browsing, searching and downloads and features integrated image thumbnail viewing as well as filtering capabilities on text, binaries and images.
4 NZBVortex Usenet Downloader
Price: $14.99
NZBVortex is very feature complete and extremely tuned for optimal download speeds and minimal system usage.
A real set-and-forget download application: add a NZB and NZBVortex will take care of the rest.
5 Asar NZB Drop
Price: $29
Download files, nothing else
No more climbing through mountains of headers. Bypass usenet clutter and get directly to the content you want.File collections
No more monkeying around with long lists of rar segments or split files, view and manage related files as single collections.Post processing
Full support for automatic par2 check and repair, unrar, unzip, and split-file assembly.Integrated search
Search for files with binsearch.info or any other usenet search engine.
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UNISON 2 looks great! I think its a bit pricey though but sometimes you have to pay if you want quality. However, I am going check out that free alternative and see how it performs. Thanks for the great post. Looking forward to your next one
Hi Jared!
Thanks for your comment. Unison isn’t cheap, but any app by Panic is worth it. The design and overall functionality is awesome!
Let us know what you think of the free alternative
I find Thunderbird does a good job for nothing.
Try NNTPGrab, it’s free and works on multi platform. I’ve been using it for more than 2 years and it has been working flawlessly.
I am using newsleecher v4 final with wine. It’s fast, does parcheck and combines files automatically.
I can use search and i can browse groups.
For me it’s the best solution.
NZBdrop is easy to use and advanced. get NZBdrop
“something i know very little about”
then why give out your opinion?
Because I wanted to learn more about it and make a list of the possibilities while I’m at it.
I started on Windows and Agent was one of the few programs that Mac news readers couldn’t touch. I miss it, so I may have to wake up my windows machine.
Ey nice top 5! Here also a nice top 5 best usenet clients: http://www.usenet-mac.com/
I now use SnelNL, it’s totally free and works very well on my Mac: http://www.snelnl.com/download
No need to buy any clients as this works even better then Unison or NZBVortex etc.