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RSS Button for Safari

Features & Usage

View and subscribe to RSS, Atom or JSON feeds in your preferred desktop or web based news reader from Safari.

To install simply open RSS Button for Safari, enable the extension from Safari Preferences under the extensions tab and then Customize Toolbar and add the RSS Button.

RSS Button for Safari requires either a desktop news reader supporting RSS, Atom or JSON feeds or an account with an online news reader such as Feedbin, Feedly, Inoreader, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, Minimal Reader or BazQuz Reader. If your preferred online news reader isn't one the above services feel free to contact us and we'd be happy to add support for it. You can also set it to copy the feed address to clipboard.

Desktop news readers verified working include:

• News Explorer
• NetNewsWire

News readers that are currently not supported:

• Mozilla Thunderbird

Contact & Support

Need help or have a question? Please feel free to send me an email and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

If you would like support added for a specific online news reader service please include the URL used to subscribe to feeds.

If you are encountering a desktop news reader that isn't detected as being available or will not automatically subscribe to feeds please include the name and version of the application.

Privacy Policy

RSS Button for Safari does not collect or retain any data from users.

Absolutely no requests to external or third party services are made from the application extension at any time.

How to Subscribe to RSS Feeds in Safari

RSS, also known as Really Simple Syndication, provides a great way to keep up with your favorite websites and skim through the headlines to find the articles. Safari makes it really simple to subscribe to a website's RSS feed in just a few clicks.

1. Open the website you want to subscribe to.

2. Click the RSS icon on the website. The look and placement of the RSS link will differ by site, but here's an example:

3. Click the Sidebar button. This will expand the bookmarks, reading, and shared links menus.

4. Click the @ symbol tab and then click Subscriptions at the bottom.

5. Click Add Feed.

6. Click Done.

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The 3 best RSS readers for Mac

Find the right mac rss reader for your workflow..

RSS feeds are the ultimate power user tool for keeping up with the news, and power users can't stand clumsy software.

If you have a Mac , that means the best choice is a native macOS RSS reader. Sure, you could use a web-based RSS app to keep up with your feeds, but they're going to be slow and clunky compared to an actual Mac app—which is probably why there are so many Mac RSS apps on the market. 

I tested every macOS RSS app I could get my hands on, and most of them were...not great. A few stood out, though, so here are the three best RSS readers for Mac.

The best RSS readers for Mac

Reeder for the best design

lire for the ultimate offline RSS reader

NetNewsWire for a free RSS reader for Mac

What makes a great RSS feed reader for Mac? 

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I live in my RSS reader. I'm a full-time journalist and blogger, meaning I need to keep up on what's happening—and RSS is how I do that. I've also reviewed software in general, and Mac software in particular, for over a decade.

For this review, I only considered traditional RSS readers—that is, apps that allow you to add any RSS feed you want. News apps that don't allow this, like Apple News, weren't considered. Neither were apps that don't offer a full reading experience, such as browser extensions or menu bar widgets.

With that in mind, the best Mac RSS readers: 

Offer offline reading . An RSS reader runs faster if articles are downloaded before you start reading, and it's also nice to be able to read without an internet connection. 

Can pull in the full text of an article . Many feeds don't offer up the entire article. The best RSS apps can pull in the text using a parsing tool like Mercury Reader. 

Offer custom keyboard shortcuts . The whole point of RSS readers is speed, and nothing slows you down more than having to use your mouse. You should be able to jump between articles, copy a link, and do most anything else using just the keyboard—and you should be able to set things up just the way you like. 

Offer syncing . That way, you can catch up with your feeds on another device. Syncing with a third-party service like Feedly is a plus for cross-platform users, but native syncing using iCloud also works. 

Offer a native macOS interface . A web app isn't good enough, and neither is a ported iPad app. I only considered native apps for this list. 

I update this article every year, searching the web for new Mac RSS apps to highlight and testing every one that meets my criteria. For 2023, I considered 25 apps and tested ten of them. The same apps came out on top as last year, which is to be expected: they're all so good that nothing else comes close. Here they are.

The best RSS readers for Mac at a glance

The best rss reader for mac for its design, reeder (macos, ios).

Reeder pros:

Beautiful macOS user interface

Extensive customizable keyboard shortcuts

Various syncing options, including with read-it later apps

Reeder cons : 

Spelling "Reader" with two E's is kind of annoying (I truly can't think of any cons)

Reeder is beautiful. That's self-evident in the screenshot above: the typography, the semi-transparent left panel, and the layout all draw the eye quickly. What I love, though, are the small touches that aren't obvious in a single screenshot. 

The app has three panels, like most RSS apps: feeds on the left, a list of articles in the middle, and the current article on the right. But unlike any other app I tested, Reeder will hide panels depending on how big the current window is. This means you can shrink the window to the side of your screen to only see the current article, which is ideal if you're taking notes in another window. It's a small thing, sure, and one that some users will never notice. There are so many little touches like this, which is what makes Reeder great. 

None of this would matter, of course, if the reading experience wasn't also great. It is. Articles are downloaded for offline reading, and you can even opt to keep weeks or months of read articles on your machine for future reference. There's support for pulling in the full text for any article using a keyboard shortcut or button. You can even configure Reeder to grab the full text of any feed by default.

And there are more customization options. Every single keyboard shortcut can change, for example, and you can also set keys to quickly share articles on apps like Twitter or Pocket. You can also set up touchpad gestures. 

Syncing is well-supported. There's a native iCloud syncing feature, which you can use to sync directly to Reeder on other Macs or any iOS device. Or, if you prefer, you can sync to every RSS service you've heard of and a few that you haven't: Feedbin, Feedly, Feed Wrangler, FeedHQ, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, Inoreader, BazQux Reader, FreshRSS, and Reader. There's also support for syncing from two of the best read it later apps, Pocket and Instapaper, meaning you can use Reeder for all of your reading if you want to.

I could go on much, much longer than this, but I'll leave it at this: Reeder is, far and away, the best RSS app I found for Mac. 

Reeder price : $9.99

The best offline RSS reader for Mac

Lire (macos, ios).

lire pros : 

Pulls in the full text of all articles by default

Can export articles to eBook files

Various syncing options

lire cons :

Can't customize keyboard shortcuts

Most RSS feeds offer a headline and a small snippet of the article—not the full text. The other applications on this list can pull in the full text of any article using third-party scripts, but only lire has a built-in engine for the job. Even better, full-text versions of all articles aren't just an option—they're the default. This makes lire the ultimate offline RSS app, because you can read the complete text of every article in your feed without any sort of internet connection. 

You can sync via iCloud to other devices running lire, or you can sync to web services, including BazQux Reader, Feed Wrangler, Feedbin, FeedHQ, Feedly, FreshRSS, Inoreader, Miniflux, NewsBlur, Nextcloud News, The Old Reader, and Tiny Tiny RSS. Lire also offers a few features I've never seen in an RSS reader, like the ability to browse articles by author (you can even pin your favorite authors) and the ability to export any article as an eBook file. 

If you do most of your reading offline, check out lire first. It will work just the way you want out of the box. It's not quite as powerful (or pretty) as Reeder, granted, but it's the best app for reading RSS feeds offline. 

lire price: $9.99 

The best free RSS reader for Mac

Netnewswire (macos, ios).

NetNewsWire pros :

Completely free

Does all the basics (and a lot of non-basics) exactly right

NetNewsWire cons :

Considerably less customizable than Reeder

I don't think NetNewsWire measures up to Reeder or Lire, but that doesn't mean it's not great. It's a no-nonsense Mac RSS feed reader with almost every feature most users need, and it's completely free. It's hard to complain about that. 

You might have the impression that NetNewsWire stopped existing sometime in the early 2010s, and to be fair, it wasn't actively maintained for a few years. In the past couple years, though, the app has been totally overhauled and revived. It's by far the best free RSS reader for macOS.

It fits right in on the modern macOS desktop. The user interface is modern, there's support for offline reading, and you can pull in the full-text version of any article. And there are a few features not available in other apps: you can subscribe to Reddit and Twitter feeds in addition to RSS, for example. You can sync to Macs and iOS devices running NetNewsWire via iCloud, and there's also support for syncing to third-party services like BazQux, Feedbin, Feedly, Inoreader, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, and FreshRSS.  You can also customize the reading experience by downloading themes .

If you're not sure which app to use, start with NetNewsWire. There's a good chance you won't find any reason to switch. 

NetNewsWire price : Free 

A few other options

The above three apps cover just about every type of user who wants RSS for Mac, but here are a few more things to try if none of them are quite what you're looking for. 

This list only included native macOS apps, but you could use a web service in your browser, like a Safari RSS reader. Check out our list of the best free web-based RSS readers to learn more. 

RSS Bot is a free menu bar app for quickly keeping up with headlines. It's light on features, sure, but great if you just want to see headlines and click on a couple occasionally. 

Vienna is another free and open-source option that doesn't offer syncing and looks like something from 2009. Try it if NetNewsWire isn't right for you.

Want to get more out of your RSS feeds? Here's how to make your own RSS superfeed and how to automate your RSS feeds . 

This article was originally published in September 2021, and the most recent update was in August 2023.

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iOS: Turn Safari Into a Simple RSS Reader

Full-featured RSS readers are essential to some people, but overkill to many more. Apple’s Safari for iOS has a feature that should fill the void between “No feed reader necessary” and “All kinds of bells and whistles in a feed reader.” Safari for iOS gives us this in a simple, bare-bones feed reader by the moniker “ Shared Links .”

What and where are Shared Links, and how does that turn Safari into a feed reader?

Shared Links is a tab that’s been around since iOS 7, but it used to just support Twitter accounts. Since then, it’s been greatly expanded to support RSS feeds in addition to your Twitter timeline.

All I see there is Twitter. How do I add more Shared Links?

Troubleshooting Shared Links

If Add to Shared Links doesn’t appear, try going to an article on that site instead of the home page. The Shared Links option will often appear then. If not, an email to the site’s administrator might be in order. Or, you might have to use a more full-featured feed reader for that particular site. One of our favorites is Reeder .

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What Is RSS In Safari

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Introduction

RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, has revolutionized the way we consume online content. In a world where information overload is a common challenge, RSS offers a streamlined solution for staying updated on our favorite websites and blogs. Safari, the widely used web browser developed by Apple, seamlessly integrates RSS functionality, allowing users to efficiently manage and access their preferred content.

RSS simplifies the process of monitoring multiple websites by consolidating their updates into a single feed. This means that instead of visiting each site individually to check for new content, users can rely on RSS to gather and display the latest articles, news, and blog posts in one convenient location. This not only saves time but also ensures that users never miss out on important updates from their favorite online sources.

In the context of Safari, RSS functionality is seamlessly integrated into the browser , offering users a convenient way to stay informed about the latest developments from their preferred websites. By leveraging the power of RSS within Safari, users can streamline their online browsing experience and gain quick access to the latest content without the need to visit each site separately.

In this article, we will delve into the intricacies of RSS and explore how it is seamlessly incorporated into Safari. Furthermore, we will provide a comprehensive guide on how to effectively utilize RSS in Safari, enabling users to harness the full potential of this powerful feature. Additionally, we will highlight the numerous benefits of using RSS in Safari, shedding light on how it can enhance the overall browsing experience and keep users informed and engaged with their preferred online content.

As we embark on this exploration of RSS in Safari, it's important to recognize the immense value that this integration brings to the browsing experience. By embracing the efficiency and convenience of RSS within Safari, users can take control of their online content consumption and stay connected with the latest updates from their favorite websites and blogs. Let's dive into the world of RSS in Safari and unlock its potential for seamless content aggregation and consumption.

Understanding RSS

RSS, which stands for Really Simple Syndication, is a web feed that allows users to access updates from their favorite websites in a standardized format. It serves as a convenient tool for aggregating and organizing content from various sources, enabling users to stay informed without the need to visit each website individually. At its core, RSS functions as a dynamic delivery system, providing users with a centralized platform to access the latest articles, blog posts, news, and other forms of online content.

The fundamental concept behind RSS revolves around the idea of content syndication. Website publishers create an RSS feed that contains a summary of their latest content, including headlines, publication dates, and brief descriptions. This feed is then made available to users who can subscribe to it using an RSS reader or aggregator. By subscribing to these feeds, users can receive automatic updates whenever new content is published on the websites they follow, eliminating the need to manually check for updates.

RSS feeds are structured in XML format, which allows for easy parsing and interpretation by RSS readers. This standardized format ensures compatibility across various platforms and devices, making it accessible to a wide range of users. Additionally, RSS feeds can be categorized and organized based on different topics or sources, providing users with a customizable and personalized content consumption experience.

One of the key advantages of RSS is its ability to streamline content consumption. Instead of visiting multiple websites to check for updates, users can rely on RSS to aggregate all the latest content into a single, easily accessible feed. This not only saves time but also reduces the clutter and complexity associated with navigating through multiple websites.

Furthermore, RSS empowers users to take control of their content consumption by providing a centralized platform for managing their preferred sources. Whether it's staying updated on industry news, following niche blogs, or tracking the latest developments from favorite websites, RSS offers a tailored approach to content aggregation and delivery.

In essence, RSS serves as a bridge between content publishers and consumers, facilitating seamless access to timely and relevant information. By understanding the underlying principles of RSS and its role in content syndication, users can harness its potential to stay informed, engaged, and connected with the ever-evolving landscape of online content.

This understanding of RSS lays the foundation for exploring its integration within Safari, where users can leverage its capabilities to enhance their browsing experience and stay updated on the latest content from their preferred websites and blogs.

RSS in Safari

RSS integration in Safari offers users a seamless and efficient way to stay updated on their favorite websites and blogs. Safari, the default web browser for Apple devices, incorporates RSS functionality directly into its interface, allowing users to access and manage RSS feeds without the need for third-party extensions or applications.

Upon navigating to a website that offers an RSS feed, Safari displays a subtle RSS icon in the address bar, indicating the availability of a feed. This intuitive feature enables users to quickly identify websites that support RSS, making it easy to subscribe to their feeds and receive updates directly within Safari.

By clicking on the RSS icon, users can preview the available RSS feeds for the current website. Safari presents a list of available feeds, allowing users to select the specific feed they wish to subscribe to. Once subscribed, Safari automatically adds the chosen feed to the built-in RSS reader, providing a centralized location for accessing and managing subscribed feeds.

The integrated RSS reader in Safari offers a user-friendly interface for organizing and viewing subscribed feeds. Users can conveniently access their feeds from the Bookmarks menu, where a dedicated "Subscriptions" folder houses all the subscribed RSS feeds. This streamlined approach ensures that users can effortlessly stay informed about the latest content from their preferred websites without the need to navigate away from the browser.

Furthermore, Safari's RSS integration extends to the ability to receive real-time updates from subscribed feeds. As new content is published on the subscribed websites, Safari automatically fetches and displays the updates within the RSS reader, keeping users informed about the latest articles, blog posts, and news without manual intervention.

The seamless integration of RSS within Safari aligns with Apple's commitment to user experience and accessibility. By incorporating RSS functionality directly into the browser, Safari eliminates the need for users to rely on external RSS readers or extensions, offering a cohesive and integrated solution for managing and accessing online content.

In essence, RSS in Safari empowers users to take control of their content consumption by providing a convenient and centralized platform for staying updated on their preferred websites and blogs. This integration reflects Safari's dedication to enhancing the browsing experience and ensuring that users can effortlessly engage with the latest content while leveraging the power of RSS within the familiar interface of the Safari browser .

How to Use RSS in Safari

Using RSS in Safari is a straightforward process that empowers users to efficiently manage and access their preferred online content. Here's a comprehensive guide on how to effectively utilize RSS within Safari:

Identifying RSS Feeds : When browsing websites in Safari, keep an eye out for the RSS icon in the address bar. This icon signifies the availability of an RSS feed for the current website. Clicking on the RSS icon reveals a list of available feeds, allowing users to select the specific feed they wish to subscribe to.

Subscribing to Feeds : Once the desired RSS feed is identified, Safari enables users to subscribe to it with a simple click. Upon subscription, the chosen feed is automatically added to Safari's built-in RSS reader, providing a centralized location for accessing and managing subscribed feeds.

Accessing Subscribed Feeds : Safari streamlines the process of accessing subscribed feeds by housing them within the Bookmarks menu. A dedicated "Subscriptions" folder within the Bookmarks menu serves as a convenient hub for users to access and manage their subscribed RSS feeds.

Real-Time Updates : Safari's integrated RSS reader ensures that users receive real-time updates from their subscribed feeds. As new content is published on the subscribed websites, Safari automatically fetches and displays the updates within the RSS reader, keeping users informed about the latest articles, blog posts, and news without manual intervention.

Organizing Feeds : Safari offers users the flexibility to organize their subscribed feeds based on personal preferences. By leveraging the intuitive interface of the built-in RSS reader, users can categorize and manage their feeds, creating a tailored content consumption experience within the browser.

By following these simple steps, users can harness the power of RSS within Safari to streamline their content consumption and stay informed about the latest updates from their favorite websites and blogs. This seamless integration of RSS functionality within Safari reflects Apple's commitment to enhancing the browsing experience and providing users with a cohesive platform for managing their online content.

In essence, leveraging RSS in Safari empowers users to take control of their content consumption, offering a convenient and centralized solution for staying updated on their preferred online sources.

Benefits of Using RSS in Safari

The integration of RSS within Safari brings forth a myriad of benefits that significantly enhance the browsing experience for users. By leveraging the power of RSS directly within Safari, users can unlock a range of advantages that streamline content consumption and keep them informed about the latest updates from their preferred websites and blogs.

1. Streamlined Content Aggregation

RSS in Safari offers a streamlined approach to content aggregation, allowing users to consolidate updates from multiple websites into a single, easily accessible feed. This eliminates the need to visit each website individually, saving time and simplifying the process of staying updated on diverse sources of online content.

2. Time Efficiency

By centralizing content updates from subscribed websites, Safari's integrated RSS functionality saves users valuable time. Instead of manually checking for updates across various websites, users can rely on Safari to automatically fetch and display the latest content within the RSS reader, ensuring that they stay informed without the need for repetitive browsing.

3. Customized Content Consumption

Safari's RSS integration empowers users to customize their content consumption experience. With the ability to subscribe to specific feeds based on personal interests and preferences, users can curate a tailored selection of content from their favorite websites, blogs, and news sources, creating a personalized browsing experience within the browser.

4. Real-Time Updates

The built-in RSS reader in Safari ensures that users receive real-time updates from their subscribed feeds. As new content is published on the subscribed websites, Safari automatically fetches and displays the updates within the RSS reader, keeping users informed about the latest articles, blog posts, and news without manual intervention.

5. Accessibility and Integration

The seamless integration of RSS within Safari reflects Apple's commitment to accessibility and user experience. By incorporating RSS functionality directly into the browser, Safari eliminates the need for users to rely on external RSS readers or extensions, offering a cohesive and integrated solution for managing and accessing online content.

6. Enhanced User Control

RSS in Safari empowers users to take control of their content consumption, providing a convenient and centralized platform for staying updated on their preferred websites and blogs. The intuitive interface of Safari's built-in RSS reader allows users to organize, categorize, and manage their subscribed feeds, creating a tailored and efficient browsing experience.

In essence, the benefits of using RSS in Safari extend beyond mere convenience, offering users a powerful tool for managing and accessing online content. By embracing the efficiency and customization offered by RSS within Safari, users can elevate their browsing experience and stay connected with the latest updates from their preferred online sources.

In conclusion, the integration of RSS within Safari represents a significant enhancement to the browsing experience, offering users a seamless and efficient solution for staying updated on their preferred online content. By embracing the principles of Really Simple Syndication (RSS) and incorporating it directly into the Safari browser, Apple has empowered users to take control of their content consumption in a streamlined and personalized manner.

The utilization of RSS in Safari provides a range of benefits, including streamlined content aggregation, time efficiency, customized content consumption, real-time updates, accessibility, and enhanced user control. These advantages collectively contribute to a browsing experience that is tailored to the individual preferences and interests of users, ensuring that they can stay informed about the latest developments from their favorite websites and blogs without the need for manual intervention.

Furthermore, the intuitive interface of Safari's built-in RSS reader simplifies the process of managing and accessing subscribed feeds, offering a centralized platform within the browser for users to organize, categorize, and engage with their preferred online sources. This cohesive approach aligns with Apple's commitment to user experience and accessibility, providing a seamless solution for content aggregation and delivery.

As the digital landscape continues to evolve, the integration of RSS within Safari remains a valuable tool for users seeking efficient and convenient ways to stay connected with online content. Whether it's staying updated on industry news, following niche blogs, or tracking the latest developments from favorite websites, RSS in Safari offers a tailored approach to content aggregation and delivery.

In essence, the integration of RSS within Safari reflects Apple's dedication to enhancing the browsing experience and ensuring that users can effortlessly engage with the latest content while leveraging the power of RSS within the familiar interface of the Safari browser. By embracing the efficiency and convenience of RSS within Safari, users can take control of their online content consumption and stay connected with the latest updates from their preferred websites and blogs.

Ultimately, the integration of RSS within Safari serves as a testament to the ongoing evolution of web browsing, where technology seamlessly aligns with user needs to deliver a cohesive and personalized experience. As users continue to navigate the vast landscape of online content, the integration of RSS within Safari stands as a testament to the commitment to innovation and user-centric design, ensuring that users can stay informed, engaged, and connected with the ever-evolving digital world.

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How do I subscribe to RSS feeds with Safari?

I’ve been running Mac OS X Tiger for a while now, and when I encounter Web sites that have RSS feeds available, I’ve noticed that a blue “RSS” graphic appears in the address bar, but I haven’t figured out how to actually subscribe to RSS feeds and use Safari as an RSS / syndication reader.

While Safari’s detection of RSS is cool, I have to agree with you that it’s definitely non-intuitive as an RSS reader. I’ve spent some time figuring it out, however, so let me show you the step-by-step process involved. First off, let’s go to a page that is on a site that has RSS. How about… um… my own Ask Dave Taylor site? Perfect! When viewing a page on this site, Safari (on Tiger, not Panther or previous versions of the OS) adds the following to the address bar:

14 comments on “ How do I subscribe to RSS feeds with Safari? ”

It seems that this way to subscribe to RSS feeds does not work any longer in Lion 10.7.2. It seems that the only option available is to subscribe in mail, despite telling in preferences to subscribe in safari.

Wow! I just didn’t know how to subscribe(also unsubscribe) to RSS feeds using safari. Your “how to” it’s really helpful. Thanks you.

I stumbled on this answer and it worked for me on the windows version of safari

Marta, check this out: https://www.askdavetaylor.com/unsubscribe_from_rss_feeds_mac_safari.html

How do I unsubscribe to RSS feeds with Safari? Thanks for your help!

Thanks for the article

Thank you, very useful site you’ve made here dave will be buying you a coffee at some point in time not too distant, (soon as I get some funds in my pp) best

You did a great job here! Really helpful and informative article. Glad I stumbled across your site—I’ll be back. Thanks for all your effort and keep up the good work!

Don, There is a Website called xfruits.com that lets you do that. Simply go to xfruits.com & click RSS on My Blog.

I’ve been looking everywhere I can think of and I can’t find a way to turn off a feed… And there’s one feed that I can’t find anywhere on my Mac that keeps bugging me for a password.

Thanks for the info. Really helpful.

You’ve been really helpful, so I thank you. Here’s a follow-up Q: When accessing the RSS, it looks like you simply visit the page that has a listing of the articles. Is it possible on Safari to create a drop down menu from the bookmark bar, which lists articles (instead of reading it off the page) in the same way Firefox does with its automatic drop-down menu for the BBC news? THanks

I see how to get RSS feeds thanks to your description but what I want is to put an RSS on my blog. How do I do that?

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Discover and subscribe to RSS, Atom or JSON feeds in your preferred desktop or web based news reader from Safari. RSS Button for Safari requires either a desktop news reader supporting RSS, Atom or JSON feeds or an account with an online news reader such as Feedbin, Feedly, FeedHQ, Feed Wrangler, Inoreader, NewsBlur, The Old Reader or BazQuz Reader. Alternatively you can choose to copy the feed address to your clipboard or use any self-hosted news reader. To install this extension after purchasing on the App Store: 1) Open RSS Button for Safari from Applications; 2) Choose your preferred news reader 3) Enable the extension from Safari Preferences under the extensions tab 4) If the toolbar button does not appear automatically in Safari go to View > Customize Toolbar and drag the RSS Button to your toolbar. Compatible news reader applications include: - Cappuccino - Feedy (not to be confused with Feedly) - Leaf - Newsflow - News Explorer - News Menu - NetNewsWire - ReadKit - Reeder 4 or 5 - Stripes News reader applications that are not compatible or have known issues opening feed URLs automatically: - Feedly - Pulp - Mozilla Thunderbird - NewsBar - Reeder 3 or older - RSS Reader - An Otter RSS Reader Privacy Policy: RSS Button for Safari does not collect or retain any data from users. Absolutely no requests to external or third party services are made from the application or extension at any time.

Version 1.7.3

- Improved reliability parsing feed URLs. - The Custom URL option now supports launching application URI schemes in addition to http(s) URLs.

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希望能像 RSSHub Radar 一樣，能識別 rss xml

Does not pick up on relative blog urls

This plug-in works great as long as the URL in the link tag has the full URL of the feed. If it only uses the relative URL (i.e. without the http and domain), it will not pick up on it. Also, seems to have trouble with feeds that use URL parameters &. Fix those 2 issues and the plugin will be good.

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Version 1.5.3 should be available in 24-48hr and fixes an issue that is likely the cause of the problem you are encountering with root relative URLs specifically on sites specifying a base URL with the base HTML element. If you are still seeing the same issues once updated to 1.5.3 please send an example of both issues with the website URLs and what RSS application or web service you are using to [email protected]

This extension is great, it does exactly what it says and it's super easy to use!

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How to Follow RSS Feeds in Chrome, Safari and Firefox

Did you know Safari has an RSS reader? Neither did I. It’s one of the neat little features hidden inside Apple’s browser. It’s a nice touch, and very helpful for people interested in using RSS within the browser.

At least on desktop, using RSS within a web browser seems logical. With the demise of Google Reader, though, it’s worth looking at other alternatives. You could always a web service like Feedly , but why not make RSS a part of your browser?

How to Use Safari’s Hidden RSS Reader

Apple hides this feature in Safari with no explanation or pointer explaining that it’s there, so you’d be excused for not knowing about it.

Open up a Safari window and click on the sidebar button at the top.

Click on the “@” icon at the top of the page. This is your “Shared Links” page, which is a fancy term for a way to keep up with your RSS feeds.

To add new feeds, you have to visit the website you’d like to follow. Go to the sidebar under the “@” tab and click on “Subscriptions” at the bottom. Now click “Add Feed.” This will open up a box of possible selections, including the current page if it has an RSS feed.

Click “Add Feed” and “Done” at the bottom of the sidebar and voila! Your browser is now populated with RSS feeds.

How to Use Chrome’s RSS Reader Extension

While Chrome doesn’t have the same built-in functionality as Safari, it does have a rich library of extensions that can do almost anything you need.

RSS Feed Reader is an awesome extension I would highly recommend for Chrome users. It puts a minimalist RSS reader right there next to the omnibar.

The icon shows you how many stories are unread, with options for marking as read or mass-making as read. Clicking stories opens them in a new tab, which is better than Safari’s current-tab approach.

Best of all, all the stuff I just listed can be changed. I greatly prefer stories to open in a new tab when clicking through RSS links, but you may prefer to use the current window. It’s nice to have the option.

How to Use RSS in Firefox

For Firefox, there are plenty of good extensions as well. I liked Brief , a minimalist RSS reader that hooks into your browser. Click on its menu bar icon and it opens up a new tab with RSS feeds.

The experience is more akin to a traditional RSS app that simply operates within a web browser than something redesigned like RSS Feed Reader for Chrome.

Adding feeds is confusing as hell, though. Doesn’t help that the in-extension tutorial doesn’t work. To subscribe to a feed in Brief, here’s what you do:

Visit the feed page you want to add in the browser. Firefox should recognize the page as a live feed. Add it as a live bookmark by pressing “Subscribe Now.”

Now open up Brief by clicking on the menu bar icon. Click “Organize” on the left. Now to to Bookmarks Toolbar on the left navigation. Find the site you saved, right-click it, and select copy.

Go back to “Subscribed Feeds” and paste it into the right-hand side. Close the window. Now you have an RSS feed. Simple, right?

If Brief wasn’t such a decent RSS reader, this confusing setup process would be inexcusable. However, it’s quite nice once you get it going.

Out of all of these, RSS Feed Reader for Chrome impressed the most. It is robust, fast, simple and customizable. It checks every box and isn’t a total pain to set up like Brief.

You could always try to bypass all this RSS extension stuff by using something like Feedly. Feedly syncs your feeds across all platforms and offers browser extensions for all the major browsers.

However, it’s also serving you ads or charging money for a “pro” account. It’s a business in a way different from a homegrown RSS extension.

Whichever option you use, all are good for RSS.

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Troubleshooting, subscribe to rss feeds in safari for mac in os x el capitan & yosemite.

You’ll need the latest version of Safari on OS X El Capitan or OS X Yosemite to find the RSS subscription option and manager. The feature itself is a piece of cake to use, but it’s a little buried and therefore fairly easy to overlook.

How to Add an RSS Feed Subscription to Safari on Mac

• Open Safari and visit a webpage that has an RSS feed available that you wish to subscribe to (for example, the lovely osxdaily.com )
• Click on the sidebar button to expand the bookmarks and subscription bar
• Select the @ at symbol tab to visit the social section, then click on “Subscriptions” at the bottom

• Choose “Add Feed”

• At the “Subscribe to” popup, select “Add Feed”

That’s all there is to adding RSS feeds to follow in Safari. You can repeat the same process on any website that offers RSS, you’ll find that most blog and news websites offer the subscription service.

Reading RSS Feeds in Safari

To access and read your favorite RSS subscriptions, just open the Safari sidebar again, and then go back to the @ tab. The RSS feeds will automatically populate into the sidebar. Clicking on any of the feed items open the feed item into the accompanying browser window (and yes, it expands to the full article if the RSS feed is excerpt only).

You can also use the Reader function to simplify the appearance of a rendered RSS feed item.

While the Safari RSS feed reader works fine for following a handful of websites, if you’re subscribing to and managing a lot of RSS feeds you’ll likely still want to use a third party app. Two of the best RSS readers in OS X are Vienna and NetNewsWire , try out both and take your pick.

This is a really great feature that at the moment is unique to Safari in OS X, let’s hope it comes to iOS soon too. In the meantime for iPhone and iPad users, you can use the Social Shared Links feature in Safari for iOS to serve a similar function.

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Good analysis . I was fascinated by the information , Does someone know if I could find a sample a form document to edit ?

OMG. That’s where my RSS feeds went after I upgraded! Now I have several months of updates to catch up with!

Thanks for pointing this out!

Everything said was actually very reasonable. But, what about this? suppose you composed a catchier post title? I ain’t suggesting your information isn’t solid., however suppose you added a headline that makes people desire more? I mean Subscribe to RSS Feeds in Safari for Mac in OS X El Capitan & Yosemite is kinda boring. You might look at Yahoo’s front page and watch how they create post headlines to grab viewers to open the links. You might add a video or a related pic or two to grab people excited about what you’ve got to say. Just my opinion, it might bring your posts a little livelier.

Hello, is there a way to sort subscriptions (Feeds) by date in Safari 9?

Now they seem to be sorted alphabetically by each subscribed Feed.

Hi I there a way to delete individual RSS post as you read them. I don’t see a delete button

RSS feeds are maintained on the website server you are pulling the RSS feed from, you can not modify a website or servers RSS feed, but when you read one locally it marks it as read in Safari.

Try doing it from within a post rather than the homepage.

The blog that I want to follow is in my favorites, but is not listed on the drop down of Favorite Feeds. What am I doing wrong? Thank you.

I tried adding your OS X Daily RSS to my Shared Links, but after clicking on Add Feed the Subscribe To field does not auto-fill. How do I add a feed when that field is empty?

I have the same question as Janelle. Is there a way to receive RSS feeds in Yosemite’s Apple Mail? Thank you.

Some websites let you subscribe to Mail RSS, like OSXDaily

http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=osxdaily&loc=en_US

Look for a “Subscribe to Newsletter” type of link on websites to see if you can do this, but Safari does not allow it by itself.

Thanks, Sometimes. The more I research, the more I realize I’m out of luck with the latest software. RSS feed subscriptions are back in Safari with Yosemite. Seems we have to look in Shared Links, period, as there’s never a mention of viewing through Mail.

This (more than) frustrated me as well. I had RSS feeds set up in Mail and they’re all just gone with my new laptop running Yosemite.

Is there a way to get an RSS feed to show up in Mail? You could add an RSS feed to Mail using OS X Lion, but now that I’ve upgraded to OS X Yosemite, that feature seems to have disappeared?

I use Vienna in OS X. I’m typing this comment in Vienna.

I think ReadKit is the best reader for OS X. It was certainly the first and only (for along time) to support synching after Google Reader shut down.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/readkit/id588726889?mt=12

i prefer reeder on Mac OS X and iOS

Ok. They’re from my Twitter accounts. Any links in a tweet is appearing in the side column.

Safari is always slow, too. I wonder if these feeds are clogging things up …?

I read this article, thought to give it a try. I opened up the @ tab and found perhaps fifty different websites listed. I don’t know how they got there. And I don’t know how to get rid of them, either. Control-click brings up nothing useful.

Life is full of surprises. :)

Nothing easier! You’ll see a little grey circle with an”x” to the left of each individual feed in your “Subscribed Feeds” list. Just press it to remove the feeds you do not want.

I get my Twitter meesages on the RSS feed in Safari. Also on iOS this feature works.

how i file send to Skype and Facebook my complete album in iphoto ?

This is an article about subscribing to RSS feeds in Safari. As far as I know, Skype and Facebook do not support RSS and they can not be subscribed to that way. Additionally, iPhoto offers access to Photo Streams of an album, but not RSS either.

That is correct, neither Skype nor Facebook support RSS.

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How to combine rss feeds and social media into one stream in safari.

Safari allows you to subscribe to RSS feeds and add your social media accounts so you can view them right in the browser, in one universal feed, without the need of any add-on applications or extensions.

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How to add rss feeds to safari on os x and ios, adding social media accounts to safari on os x.

That way, instead of manually browsing to all your favorite sites and social media pages, you can view every article, tweet, and status update in your Safari sidebar.

Related: What Is RSS, and How Can I Benefit From Using It?

RSS feeds are a great way to keep up with your favorite blogs and news sites, but social media streams have replaced RSS feeds for a lot of people. There are still many RSS feeds available for many major websites, however, and one of the nice things about Safari is the ability to subscribe to these feeds and view them in the browser's sidebar.

To open the sidebar, click the "Show Sidebar" button, or alternatively you can go right to your shared links by using the keyboard combination Command+Ctrl+3. In the following screenshot, we've already opened the browser to the New York Times' RSS feed page.

Once the Sidebar is open, click the "Subscriptions" button at the bottom.

The easiest way to add feeds to the Shared Links sidebar is to simply click on the RSS feed you want.

When you do so, a confirmation dialog will pop up and ask you if you want to add it. To do so you should click "Add".

As you can see, the Times' Home Page has been added to our Shared Links. You can keep on adding as many RSS feeds as you want.

Another way to subscribe to feeds is to click the "Add Feed" button, which isn't often reliably consistent. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. When it does work, you will see the feed appear in the "Subscribe to" dialog, and you can then click "Add Feed".

In cases where the resulting dialog simply says "Item" and doesn't give you any further options, it's best to use the method described earlier to add RSS feeds.

To do this on your iPhone of iPad, you will first need to browse to the feed you want to add, then click the open book icon at the bottom of the browser.

Next, click "Subscriptions" button.

All you have to do now is click "Add Current Site" and it will be added to your subscriptions.

Note, your subscriptions will be synced to iCloud so everything matches up from Safari session to Safari session. If you don't want this to happen, you can turn off syncing though you will lose some valuable functionality if you do.

If you want to add your social media accounts , instead of clicking "Add Feed", click "Add Account".

The Internet Accounts system preferences page will then appear allowing you to add your social media accounts.

For example, if we want to add our Twitter feed, we'd click on "Twitter" and then enter our username and password.

(If you use two-factor authentication on your social media account, you'll need to log into its settings and create an application-specific password and use that here.)

Now you see we've successfully added our Twitter account to our Safari sidebar.

When we click "Done" at the bottom of the sidebar, you can see that our shared links now also have Twitter updates included.

You can continue to add more RSS feeds and social media accounts to your heart's content. Instead of browsing from site to site, you can instead leave the sidebar open and receive the latest alerts, posts, and updates from all your favorite sites and friends.

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This may not make you more productive, but it will sure cut down on the time you spend surfing around. Even better however, is the simple fact that you don't need to use an extension or any other application. That alone is worth trying it out.

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Take control of safari's rss subscription behavior with this extension..

Safari in Mac OSX 10.10 Yosemite is a great browser. I’ve switched from Google Chrome and now use Safari as my browser of choice for every day web usage. That said, Safari is terrible when it comes to handling RSS feeds. There simply is no way to change Safari’s RSS preferences without adding a 3rd party extension.

I remain an RSS loyalist and read (or at least parse) hundreds of feeds on a daily basis. My RSS service of choice is the amazing (and constantly improving) feedbin.com . Feedbin is a web service and not a native Mac application. To add a link to an RSS feed you need to copy it from your browser. Not an easy task with Yosemite’s Safari.

I tested many extensions for Safari before finding the one that solved the problem: RSS Button for Safari . What does it do?

• Adds a button to the Safari toolbar listing feeds on the page you are viewing.
• Automatically select the URL of the feed for easy copy/pasting.
• Allows you to preview the feed before subscribing.

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How to curate your own news service with the best RSS apps

RSS is the internet feature that keeps not dying, and it's the one where even if you know what the letters stand for, you don't care. It's most often said to stand for Really Simple Syndication, but no one will ever test you on that.

What practically everyone will do is tell you that RSS is over. News feeds like Apple News+, or perhaps Twitter lists, they have killed RSS.

Yet if you use this internet feature, you use it a lot. You use it extensively because it means instead of visiting 50 websites you like, all 50 come to you whenever they have something new.

Or call it all 47 sites do. There are sites that do not have support, but in the great majority of cases, websites publish an RSS list.

It's just a plain text file somewhere on the site that includes the start to every every article on the site, plus a link. Your RSS newsreader goes around each site you choose, looking at the list, and if there's something new, it tells you.

Some apps, though, use their own service for looking up these lists and others require you to find a third-party feed that they can use. You can always get a free third-party feed, though, and if an app requires one, they prompt you through it.

This is a type of app that you need to try in order to appreciate it. Three of the most ardent RSS fans on AppleInsider all agree you need a newsreader — they just don't agree on which one.

William Gallagher recommends Reeder 5

This is the only paid RSS newsreader app in this feature, but just buy it. Reeder is always an instant buy, the moment it's ever updated.

The reason for that, though, is a little nebulous. There are features that set it apart, but the main ones shouldn't.

Just like all RSS newsreaders, it presents a list of headlines, and then a slightly fuller portion of an article, if wanted. Depending on how the original news website is set up, Reeder can then either display the whole text within the app, or show you the web page.

It's the way it does all of this that counts. Reeder is fast, it's a pleasure to read on any size screen, and that has been enough to make a front-screen iPhone app for me for years.

Those other features, though, are good. Reeder has its own read-it-later service, so you can quickly save an article for later, plus it will integrate with other services such as Instagram.

Possibly the most unique feature is that Reeder has an option called Bionic Reading. By highlighting specific parts of an article, it genuinely makes it faster for our eyes to read a piece.

I never use that, I enjoy reading the articles normally too much.

Reeder 5 costs $9.99 on the Mac App Store, and separately App Store ">$4.99 on the App Store for a joint iPhone/iPad edition.

Wesley Hilliard recommends NetNewsWire

NetNewsWire is a universal Mac , iPhone, and iPad app that has a modern, yet simple design. It is free , open source, and lightning fast.

Add RSS feeds using a Safari extension and organize them in-app with folders. Set up article themes and reader view for a custom experience.

Sign in to Twitter and Reddit to view a feed from your favorite subreddits or Twitter accounts. Also, sign in to many popular RSS services like Feedly, Feedbin, and Inoreader.

We love NetNewsWire for its simple layout and design. See articles and posts as they come in, saved automatically for offline reading, and sorted for easy discovery.

Star articles you'd like to reference later, and share them via Mail, MarsEdit, Notes, Messages and more.

This app is indispensable for keeping track of what is happening around Apple and tech, all within a single window.

Andrew Orr recommends Feedly

As well as being a third-party feed that many other RSS apps can use, Feedly is available as its own app. It's been around for a long time, and besides RSS, it can organize research journals, trade publications, and even YouTube channels.

For paid users, Feedly has an AI research assistant called Leo. Leo can read and analyze information to declutter feeds, and offers more advanced skills for enterprise users such as market and threat intelligence.

Feedly is free to download and use, with three paid tiers that offer more features. Those start at $6 per month, and include extra abilities such as following Twitter feeds in the app.

RSS is not going away

It's been disparaged, it's been ignored, and there have been times when RSS appears to have been on life support. Yet today, for all that we have instant access to every news source imaginable, RSS is a potent, handy, excellent tool.

These three rival apps show just how there is a demand for the service. But perhaps more importantly, they also show how very differently developers can enact the same basic idea.

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Restore The RSS Button To Safari With This Simple Extension

By Buster Hein • 8:20 am, July 26, 2012

With the Safari 6.0 update, Apple decided we don’t need no stinkin’ RSS button in our web browser, so they took it out. Whether you agree with Cupertino or not is beside the point, the RSS button is gone and it’s probably not coming back.

Thankfully, one developer spotted the change months ago and already has a quick solution to bring back the RSS button to Safari.

Subscribe to Feed is a Safari extension that adds a small RSS type button to the left of the toolbar in Safari. Anytime a page offers RSS or Atom feeds, users can click the button to open the feed in an external RSS Reader app. So you’ll still need to use a third-party app to read all your RSS feeds, but the extension makes it easy to add new websites to your list.

The developer behind the Subscribe to Feed extension, Daniel Jalkut, says the extension is “beta-quality” at the moment, but so far it seems pretty solid.

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With the iTunes Store RSS Feed Generator you can create custom RSS feeds to fit your specific needs. Specify feed length, genres, types, and more.

Best RSS Reader Apps for iPhone and iPad in 2024

RSS feed readers make it a lot straightforward to access and browse through articles you like reading. Everything you find exciting or love to glance through is beautifully presented in one place. If you have decided to enrich your reading experience, look at the best RSS reader apps for iPhone and iPad.

• Free RSS Reader
• Heartfeed RSS Reader
• Fiery Feeds

1. Flipboard

Flipboard is one of the most loved news apps that also functions admirably as a handy RSS reader. It’s home to everything you want to read from politics to photography; technology to health and fitness, fashion to food.

You can create up to 10 smart magazines to have instant access to the sort of articles you like reading. Based on what catches your eyeballs, it also suggests articles so that you can have easy access to everything you are passionate about.

Even better, it also lets you read top tweets from reputable sources so that you remain in the loop. Additionally, Flipboard is available in 25 local editions, including versions for Australia, Brazil, Turkey, India, and China.

Price: Free Download

Feedly is one of the best RSS reader apps for iPhone and iPad and a must-have for learners as well as passionate readers. The app lets you organize your blogs, publications, and even YouTube channels so that you can quickly access everything you want to read.

It presents your articles in an easy-to-read format. Hence, you enjoy reading with complete peace of mind. As Feedly is connected with more than 40 million feeds, you will get to read anything and everything you like reading. Moreover, it is integrated with several services like Twitter, Facebook to let you share your favorite articles with your friends and followers.

Newsify does a lot more besides just providing an RSS feed option on your iOS device. To me, the USP of this app is the newspaper-like layout which makes it great for reading websites and blogs.

There is a night mode to let you comfortably read articles at night. It has three cool themes like light sepia and grey which can hugely enhance your reading experience.

Make your own library and sync it with iCloud to read the articles on all your devices. You can also add custom feed URLs and share your favorite articles via multiple services like Facebook, Twitter, etc. Since it also works offline, your reading time won’t be hampered by the poor Internet connection. That’s not all; you can unlock more features by upgrading to the premium version of the app through in-app purchase.

Check out this RSS reader that boasts beautiful typography and breezy gesture-based navigation. It makes reading a joy and provides one of the best experiences thanks to the formatting of text and content that’s easy on the eyes.

I love how it has a minimalist interface and focuses on the content rather than the organization of multiple feeds. You can switch between feed text and webpage text, and the app can even analyze your feeds to default to webpage text for content that contains only article summaries.

Use widgets to display your most recent articles or article counts, and conveniently save articles to read later. It also syncs with other apps like Feed Wrangler, Feedbin, Feedly, Fever, Inoreader, and NewsBlur.

With a ton of functionality and customization, it sure stands out as one of the best RSS reader apps. My favorite is the variety of different color themes. You can select one theme for light mode and another for dark mode.

Price: Free (Full access for $19.99 a year) Download

5. Inoreader

It would really have been a big mistake to miss out on such a fine RSS feed reader like Inoreader. If you want to keep a tab on the latest news with ease, it would be a great pick. The best thing about this app is that it allows you to track news based on specific keyboards.

While browsing the web if you find anything worth reading, you can save it to read later. The RSS reader keeps a tab on what you have read. As a result, it shows only the unread items. Furthermore, you can update to the premium version of the app to unlock features like offline reading, active search, and more.

6. feeder.co

feeder.co is pretty simple and makes browsing your news feeds a hassle-free task. As the app supports most RSS and Atom feeds, you will be able to access articles from top sources. You can star posts and also mark them as unread in order to easily find them later to read.

Feeder allows you to view all of your unread articles in one consolidated list. It also sends you the push notification whenever any new post appears. You can choose how often your feed should get updated and even edit feeds and folders to suit your needs better.

7. Free RSS Reader

Are you always excited to know what’s going on around you? Want to get the latest news of technology and gadgets on your fingertips? Then, try Free RSS Reader app on your iOS device.

The websites or blogs supporting RSS feed can be used in this app. Once you follow them via RSS feed, you are sure to get the best news and blogs at your fingertips. You can easily open the links through the inbuilt app browser. Share the content with your friends via Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn just with a touch!

8. Heartfeed RSS Reader

Heartfeed RSS Reader may not be as popular as some of its highly celebrated rivals but as far as functionality is concerned it’s second to none. The app uses a compact grid to present your article in an easy to navigate format. Hence, you are able to browse through posts and find out the ones you like without spending much time.

With the use of the built-in browser, you can search for articles and news on the web. It also supports bookmarks and allows you to access them on your Mac. Once you have read articles, they are marked in the grid so that you can see the ones you have already read.

9. Fiery Feeds

Check out this highly customizable and feature-rich feed reader and read-it-later client that syncs with almost any service you can think of. Hotlinks help you find the most referenced websites in your article folders can be organized according to which sites post more or less frequently.

It also supports sharing to other apps and websites. Further, a Safari extension lets you subscribe to new feeds and save links to read later. There are lots more features such as a Today Widget that displays the newest articles across all services.

10. Feeddler

Feeddler is one of the RSS reader apps for iPhone and iPad ever built. It’s got features that would take us ages to find them all; they’re quite powerful too.

Highly user-friendly features like offline reading, Gesture-based controls, full-screen browsing, UI customization like night-mode, make it a great for reading. With the support of Evernote, it lets you save RSS articles, web pages, images, and PDF to let you catch up with them later.

Almost everything you’d want from an RSS reader that usually comes with a price tag; is absolutely free in Feeddler.

That’s all!

So, have you chosen your favorite RSS reader apps for iPhone? Do let us know its name and the features you have admired in it.

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What happened to RSS subscriptions on Safari on iPhone?

It used to be that you could subscribe to RSS feeds directly within Safari, both on Mac and on iOS, in the form of "saved links" or "subscriptions." Safari for Mac eliminated this capability a few years ago, and now Safari on iPhone and iPad has followed suit with iOS , removing RSS subscriptions from mobile Safari.

While some are probably sad to see RSS subscriptions go, it's likely that Apple is looking to bring parity between all versions of Safari. Given that the browsers on macOS and iOS sync so much, from bookmarks and reading lists to the actual tabs that you have open, it's not surprising that Apple would remove this feature from iOS when it had already done so on the Mac in Safari 11.

Of course, there are still plenty of RSS reader apps available for iPhone and iPad that can help you get your fill of the news. Here are a few of the top ones:

• Feedly - Free - Download Now
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• Newsify - Free - Download Now
• Reeder - $4.99 - Download Now

Update August 2018: RSS is still out of Safari in iOS 12.

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Full jury seated at Trump trial on third day of selection process

By Graham Kates , Katrina Kaufman , Stefan Becket

Updated on: April 18, 2024 / 8:01 PM EDT / CBS News

Twelve New Yorkers have been selected to serve as jurors in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan, filling out the panel on the third day of proceedings.

The 12 jurors include seven men and five women, chosen from a pool of dozens of potential jurors who submitted to questioning about their personal lives and political views. The selection process will continue Friday, since six alternate jurors are needed before the trial can move to opening arguments. One alternate had been selected as of Thursday afternoon.

"We have our jury," Judge Juan Merchan said after the new jurors swore an oath to decide the case in a "fair and impartial manner." Trump, seated at the defense table, stared at the newly sworn-in members as they exited the courtroom.

Merchan said the court is on track to begin opening statements as soon as Monday. Prosecutors will present their case first.

Before court ended for the day, Trump's attorney Todd Blanche asked if the defense could find out the names of the first three witnesses prosecutors plan to call to the stand. Joshua Steinglass, a prosecutor in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office, replied that doing so is a courtesy they normally extend, but refused in this case. 

"Mr. Trump has been tweeting about the witnesses. We're not telling them who the witnesses are," Steinglass said. 

Merchan said he "can't blame them." Blanche seemed mystified, and asked if the defense is not going to find out who the witnesses are until they walk in the door. He offered to "commit to the court and the [prosecution] that President Trump will not [post] about any witness" on Truth Social, Trump's social media platform.

"I don't think you can make that representation," Merchan said.

Blanche offered another solution: giving the witness names only to the lawyers, who wouldn't share them with Trump.

"I'm not going to order them to do it, no," said Merchan. "I'll see you tomorrow morning."

Day 3 of jury selection

Setbacks earlier in the day briefly threatened to derail Merchan's plans to quickly finalize the jury and move on to opening statements. Two jurors who had been selected earlier in the week were excused, including one woman who expressed concerns about being identified publicly and her ability to remain impartial.

The woman said her friends and family asked her if she was a juror based on information in media reports. She said she "definitely has concerns now." 

"Aspects of my identity have already been out there in public. Yesterday alone, I had friends and family push things to me," she told the court on Thursday. "I don't think at this point that I can be fair and unbiased."

Merchan immediately reprimanded the press for reporting what he said was too much information about the jurors. He ordered that questions about potential jurors' employers would be redacted from the court record moving forward, and directed reporters not to mention jurors' physical appearance.

Prosecutors also raised concerns about Juror #4, saying they discovered information about someone sharing the person's name who was arrested and potentially involved in a corruption investigation in the 1990s. The man arrived late to court and was briefly questioned by attorneys in front of the judge, out of earshot from the court's microphones. Merchan ultimately decided to dismiss the man.

Both of the excused jurors were replaced later in the afternoon as a new cohort of 96 Manhattan residents filled the courtroom. Half of the new group — 48 — said they could not be impartial and were immediately excused. Nine others were dismissed for other reasons, which were not disclosed. Those who remained underwent a 42-question assessment to glean their feelings about Trump and their ability to fairly decide the outcome of the first criminal trial of a former president in U.S. history.

Some were confronted by Trump's attorneys with social media posts dating back years before they were excused. One woman was shown posts she wrote years earlier, including one in which she called Trump a "racist, sexist narcissist." The woman was embarrassed and apologized, saying she did not remember writing the posts and that her views had softened in recent years. She was ultimately dismissed.

Trump pleaded not guilty when he was indicted more than a year ago on 34 felony counts of falsification of business records. He denies all allegations in the case, which revolves around reimbursements to former attorney Michael Cohen for a "hush money" payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Prosecutors say Trump covered up the reimbursements in order to distance himself from the payment, which days before the 2016 presidential election temporarily bought Daniels' silence about an alleged affair. He has also denied having the affair.

Trump has raged against the case, accusing prosecutors of charging him for political reasons. He has also frequently lashed out at the judge on social media, accusing Merchan of bias.

"I'm supposed to be in New Hampshire. I'm supposed to be in Georgia. I'm supposed to be in North Carolina. South Carolina," the presumptive Republican nominee for president said in the hallway outside the courtroom. "I'm supposed to be a lot of different places, campaigning. But I've been here all day on a trial that really is a very unfair trial."

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Graham Kates is an investigative reporter covering criminal justice, privacy issues and information security for CBS News Digital. Contact Graham at [email protected] or [email protected]

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