Setting a Default News Reader Application

Jeff Gamet

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| iOS

To change your default RSS reader application from Safari, do this:

  • Install the RSS reader you want to use on your Mac. I use NetNewsWire, but there are plenty of others to choose from.
  • Launch Safari.
  • Choose Safari > Preferences
  • Click the RSS tab.
  • Choose the reader application you want to use from the Default RSS reader pop-up menu.

Set your default news reader app in Safari’s RSS preference tab.

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I follow over 100 news and blog RSS feeds every day, so I wanted an application that gave me more control over how I organize and view articles than Safari offered. Thanks to Mac OS X’s preference for setting a default news reader, I can do just that — even if the preference setting is in Safari instead of System Preferences.

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