Mac Geek Gab vs NetNewsWire

The official app for the Mac Geek Gab podcast — your weekly source for Apple, Mac, iPhone, and tech tips, tricks, and cool stuff that Dave Hamilton, Adam Christianson, and Pilot Pete have been sharing since 2008. Listen and watch every episode • Stream or download episodes for offline listening • NEW: Watch the video version of recent episodes with adaptive HLS streaming, or download for offline viewing • Tune in live each week with a countdown to the next show • Join the live chat on Discord during recording Get through episodes faster — without missing a word • Squeeze Silence automatically trims the gaps between sentences, saving minutes per episode without distorting voices • Speed control at 1x, 1.2x, and 1.5x • Skip by chapter or 15 seconds with native iOS controls Find exactly what you're looking for • Search across episode titles, chapters, and show notes • Live captions with speaker names, plus a tappable transcript that auto-scrolls • Bookmark any moment and add notes • Chapter list with artwork and links — tap to jump anywhere in the show Stay in flow • NEW: Home Screen widgets for "Continue Listening" (with tap-friendly skip-back, play/pause, and next-chapter buttons) and "Latest Episode" • NEW: Ask Siri to play the latest episode, resume where you left off, or start the live stream • NEW: iOS 18 Control Center tile, Action Button, and Lock Screen control to resume playback in one tap • NEW: A new Manage Downloads screen shows what's on your device and makes cleanup easy • iCloud sync keeps your episodes, bookmarks, and listen progress consistent across iPhone and iPad • Lock screen controls and AirPlay support About the podcast Mac Geek Gab has been answering your tech questions and helping you get more out of your gear every week since 2008. Three hosts. Years of real-world experience. Tips, tricks, and "Cool Stuff Found" you won't hear anywhere else.

It’s like podcasts, but for reading. NetNewsWire is a free and open source RSS reader. It shows you articles from your favorite blogs and news sites and keeps track of what you’ve read. It’s fast, stable, and accessible. If you’ve been going from site to site in your browser looking for new articles to read — or counting on the unreliable algorithms of corporate social media — let NetNewsWire bring you the news you want. It’s easy and fun. And it puts you, not billionaires, in control of your news. Features: * Direct feed downloading * Syncing via iCloud, Feedbin, Feedly, BazQux, Inoreader, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, and FreshRSS * Multiple accounts * Custom article themes * Reader view * Share sheet * Starred articles * All Unread and Today smart feeds * Folders * Importing and exporting OPML feed lists * Background refreshing * Searching * Hiding read articles * Timeline customization * Keyboard shortcuts * Context menus * Home screen widgets for today, unread, and starred articles * Share extension