![]() ![]() While certain sites (in conjunction with my K9 protection) have caused crashes, enabling AdBlock in Safari seems to have resolved all issues. This app is now my new go-to news source. “Each time anyone’s copy of Shrook finds a new item, it tells the central server, which tells all the other copies to look for the item, including yours.” Overall Shrook is an elegant, feature-rich RSS Reader for you Mac and can be accessed across almost all devices you own.I’ve made numerous attempts over the years to take advantage of RSS but never found anything elegant and stable enough to hold my attention for more than a few hours. Shrook uses a sophisticated “Distributed Checking mechanism” to keep your feed items up to date. Secure Access – You can access private feeds via HTTPS encryption and password protection passwords are stored in Keychain and are shared with safari.Real-time Search – The integrated search box gives you results (lists of feeds and individual items) in real-time.Blogging Integration – You can set up Shrook to open your external blog editor so that you can create new posts based on feed items.Scrapbooks – You can save individual items to read later they can then be found in your Scrapbook.Smart Groups – Shrook can automatically create feed groups for you based on the criteria you set such as a specific keyword, author, or date.This means that after 30 days you won’t be able to sync your feeds across systems and devices. You can “extend” your Shrook syncing privileges for $2.50/month or $19.95/year. While Shrook is free to use as an RSS feed reader, there is a 30-day trial period for the advanced syncing features. This allows you to send new tweets right from within the app. You’ll also need to authorize your account in the actual app. To see your Twitter account alongside your feeds on Shrook, you can authorize your Twitter account from within the website. It also automatically refreshes on its own and you can see what time it last refreshed. You can view all of your feeds items and send new tweets. The desktop version of Shrook works pretty much the same as the app. Media is displayed right within Shrook’s preview window and it also gives you the option to download or save these items to your computer. This makes it easy to find media for watching and listening to. One of the coolest things about Shrook is that it separates feed items that contain media such as video and audio and then puts them into an “Attachments” group. Best of all, the Feed Guide is “loaded from the Web, so it stays up to date”. You can click on a category to view blog feeds that match and then subscribe to the ones that interest you most. You can also use the Feed Guide to find new feeds to subscribe to. You’ll need to choose the appropriate one from the drop-down menu. ![]() Just click the plus button and select one of the following: subscribe to feed, a new group, new smart group, new learning group, or new scrapbook.įor RSS feeds you can enter the address of the actual feed or website that you want to subscribe to. When you enter the address, you’ll get a list of possible feed URLs that you can subscribe to. To add new feeds items to your account, you’ll need to use the app. Additionally, Shrook doubles as a simple Twitter app since it allows you to read tweets and post to Twitter from all apps (desktop, iPhone, iPad). While Shrook does work in the browser, it’s not required since Web pages can be viewed directly in the app itself. If you regularly use Spotlight to search your Mac, you’ll also find it convenient that relevant feed items will appear in your results as well. This way you’ll never miss a new feed item. If you’re a Growl user, you’ll be happy to know that Shrook also supports instant notifications via its built-in Growl support. Shrook offers a set of a unique features that you won’t find in many other feed readers. However, this advanced syncing feature comes at a small price (which is outlined below). It is a feature-rich RSS feed reader, without ads or spyware, that also lets you access your feeds on your iPhone, iPad as well as any other Mac or Web browser (via ).įeed items are automatically synced and updated every five minutes as long as you’re connected to the Internet. How do you read RSS feeds on your Mac? If you are in search of an advanced app, you will definitely enjoy Shrook. ![]()
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