Tutorial: Downloading with iGrabNews (Apple Mac OS)

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Remark: iGrabnews does not seem to be under active development anymore. A good alternative newsreader is Unison (not for free) or SABnzbd (free).

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Welcome to this howto about iGrabNews. iGrabNews is a newsreader for the Apple Mac OS X platform. This program is characterized by its simple interface combined with quite a number of features you need as a Usenet user. Before we start this tutorial, first a list of the most important advantages and disadvantages of the program.

Advantages:

The program is freeware.
Very simple interface.
Multiple server support.
The program is a Universal Binary so it's suited for PPC as well as Intel-based systems.

Disadvantages:

No built-in supersearch.
No option to limit the maximum download speed.

The topics that I will discuss in this tutorial:

Installation and configuration.
Downloading with NZB files.
Downloading by updating headers.

To the first chapter: Installation and configuration

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