• Fixed an issue with the sidebar in macOS 26 when closing full-window video player. • Fixed unavailable font options in the app settings when using macOS 26. • Fixed thumbnail extraction issue, sometimes resulting in a crash. • Added support for quote posts in Mastodon feeds. • Updated app icon with support for icon styles in macOS 26.

• YouTube playback fixes (hopefully YouTube stops changing their iframe handling every two weeks). • Podcast detection improvements.

• Improved iCloud synchronization of very large articles. • Improved handling of adding Google News feeds. • Fixed a playback problem that occurred with some YouTube feeds.

• Improved support for Google News feeds. • Share articles to Raindrop. • Create hashtag timeline feeds for Bluesky and Mastodon. • Fixed YouTube video rendering. • Fixed initial double-clicking in Timeline view.

• Follow Bluesky accounts directly in the app with automatic download of replies and context posts. • Shortcuts support, create powerful custom automations with News Explorer actions in the Shortcuts app. • Press and hold the Mark All as Read button to mark articles older than a selectable period as read. • Built-in support to share articles with highlights to Readwise. • Feed level poster setting. • Reddit feeds now support animated images.

• Support for YouTube channel icons and Reddit subreddit icons. • Prefilters can be copied and pasted via the sidebar context menu. • Pasting prefilters is supported on feed and folder level. • Hash based feed change detection. • Improved OPML import. • Improved implementation of shortcuts N (Next) and P (Previous) feed or folder. • Bug fixes and subtle tweaks.

• Bug fixes. • Articles in Timeline view can now be opened, automatically scrolled and closed by clicking on the spacebar. • Improved VoiceOver support in Feed settings dialog.

• Bug fixes and stability enhancements. • Improved accessibility support.

Version 2.0.1 fixes an issue for some users with the Quick Setup dialog, which appears when running version 2.0 for the first time. This fix contains all new features from version 2.0: Sidebar • Smart filters are fully customizable and extendable. • The sidebar is now used for both the List and Timeline view. • Use the filter field at the bottom of the sidebar to easily find a feed if you have a lot of them. • Feed problems are displayed in the sidebar with warning badges. Article viewer • Read comments of other readers on articles directly in the app. • Add notes to articles, which are synced via iCloud. Feed settings • The new Feed settings dialog let you adjust every aspect of a feed. • Use Feed prefilters to prevent downloading uninteresting news. • Inactive feeds can now be deactivated, to speed up syncing time. Inspector panel • The new Inspector panel let you inspect article metadata, tags, media, notes and comments. • Article categories are displayed in the inspector as tags and can be extended by your own custom tags. And more • Syncing with iCloud has now a Modus setting which can be set to Standard, Client or Server. • Instead or in addition to iCloud syncing, you can now also use a local storage account. • Themes are completely rewritten and include now a new Sepia theme. • The tint color used by each theme can be overruled in the app settings. • Mark as read while scrolling is now also available as option for the Timeline view. • Toolbars of all main windows are customizable and can be extended with quick access buttons. • Media including podcast audio can be downloaded in the Media tab of the inspector. • Last sync date is now always visible at the bottom of the article list. • Last but not least, a new app icon!

News Explorer 2.0 is a long awaited but spectacular update! Sidebar • Smart filters are fully customizable and extendable. • The sidebar is now used for both the List and Timeline view. • Use the filter field at the bottom of the sidebar to easily find a feed if you have a lot of them. • Feed problems are displayed in the sidebar with warning badges. Article viewer • Read comments of other readers on articles directly in the app. • Add notes to articles, which are synced via iCloud. Feed settings • The new Feed settings dialog let you adjust every aspect of a feed. • Use Feed prefilters to prevent downloading uninteresting news. • Inactive feeds can now be deactivated, to speed up syncing time. Inspector panel • The new Inspector panel let you inspect article metadata, tags, media, notes and comments. • Article categories are displayed in the inspector as tags and can be extended by your own custom tags. And more • Syncing with iCloud has now a Modus setting which can be set to Standard, Client or Server. • Instead or in addition to iCloud syncing, you can now also use a local storage account. • Themes are completely rewritten and include now a new Sepia theme. • The tint color used by each theme can be overruled in the app settings. • Mark as read while scrolling is now also available as option for the Timeline view. • Toolbars of all main windows are customizable and can be extended with quick access buttons. • Media including podcast audio can be downloaded in the Media tab of the inspector. • Last sync date is now always visible at the bottom of the article list. • Last but not least, a new app icon!

• Fixed a compatibility issue with macOS 14, when using the ‘Add to News Explorer’ share extension in Safari. • Fixed a parsing issue with feeds without ‘lastPubDate’ and with articles dated in the future. • Fixed an issue with feed articles containing HTML without any closing tags with forward slashes. • Fixed an issue with HTML images with referrer policy sub tags.

• Added native support for Mastodon feeds, including beautifully rendered ‘Toots’. • Replies, parent posts and cards of Mastodon posts are automatically downloaded. • Mastodon feeds can be added via the Search New Feeds or Add New Feed dialogs. • Unfortunately, Twitter integration has been removed due to recent Twitter API limitations. • Already downloaded Tweets remain available in the app and iCloud. • Improved reliability of initial sync with iCloud.

- Fixed some compatibility issues with macOS 13.0 Ventura. - Added support for full-screen video playback when using macOS 12.3 or newer.

• Full text search now includes the title, summary, original content and reader view text. • The Reddit parser now supports search feeds. • Improved detection of videos with the Reddit parser. • Opening the website of a subreddit opens now the correct page. • Improved handling of offline feed deletions.

Data snapshots dramatically speeds up synchronisation with iCloud when syncing on a new device or a device that hasn’t be used for a while. Snapshots are automatically saved to iCloud on a daily basis, as part of the standard sync procedure. In addition to this, we also improved traditional initial syncing performance. Other new features: • New Slideshow context menu item in the Feeds list. • Reddit feeds are now parsed by a dedicated parser. • Articles marked as Favorite are now stored forever. • Option to show the app icon in the menu bar as status item.

• Improved data refresh after date change • Solved potential focus issue in Add New Folder dialog • Improved display unread badge of selected sidebar items

This maintenance update includes the following improvements and fixes: • Improved adoption of macOS 11 Big Sur user interface style. • Support for Twitter Search, List, Home and Mentions feeds. • Improved image processing in articles. • Date headers are now being refreshed on day change. • Fixes a bug that could result in reappearing read articles and notifications.

• Fixed compatibility with JSON Feed version 1.1 • Improved handling of feeds with improperly updated Last-Modified response headers • Improved parsing of non-standard Twitter Cards metadata

• App icon has been updated for Big Sur • Fixed display of intermediate alerts in Big Sur • Improved sidebar performance • OPML import now retains original feed sorting • Google fonts has been replaced by Betamagic hosted fonts • Restored Apple Silicon support

• Restored favorites counter badge in the sidebar • Dock icon in Big Sur style when using macOS 11, this can be changed in the Preferences • Improved unread counters update logic • Improved handling of opening articles from Notification Center widgets

∙ You can now group articles on feed, instead of date. ∙ Tweets with Twitter Cards are now properly displayed. ∙ You can now select custom fonts in the Reading settings. ∙ Option to automatically delete notifications of read items.

Fixes a crash with iCloud sync

∙ You can now set a default primary view for all feeds. ∙ The database of the app can now be backed up and restored. ∙ Twitter feed options are now synced across all your devices. ∙ Added support for importing iTunes podcast feed links. ∙ Restored iCloud sync when using more than 1000 feeds.

This update contains the following new features: • Video podcasts are now properly recognised and displayed. • While syncing, a status bar with progress information is displayed. • Added 'Import OPML File' action to the sidebar plus button menu. The Share menu has been extended with the following menu items: • ’Open in Safari’ and other popular web browsers. • ‘Copy Link’, copies the current article link to the clipboard.

• Added support for Auto Dark Mode in macOS Catalina. • You can now subscribe to YouTube playlist feeds. • Implemented a warning for insufficient iCloud storage space. • Added confirmation dialog when importing more than 20 feeds. • Added support for application logging.