Recent updates to Unread added: • Syncing with Inkwell • Reliability improvements around webpage text • Faster opening of link articles This update incorporates these improvements: • This update adds improvements to the on-device webpage text generator. • This update fixes a bug that prevented article list thumbnails from appearing for YouTube videos under some circumstances.

Unread recently added: • Syncing with Inkwell • Reliability improvements around webpage text • Faster opening of link articles This update adds improvements to the on-device webpage text generator.

Unread 4.8 adds these improvements and more: • Syncing with Inkwell, a new feed service • Reliability improvements around webpage text • Faster opening of link articles Syncing With Inkwell: Inkwell is a new web-based RSS reader and syncing service. This update adds the ability to sync with Inkwell. Add an Inkwell account just like you would any other feed service account. I updated the privacy policy, adding a link to the Inkwell privacy policy. Reliability Improvements Around Webpage Text: Webpage text for an article can either be generated via Unread’s webpage text cloud service or on device. The webpage text cloud service is faster, requires less battery power, and uses less data. The cloud service also makes it possible for me to deploy an update to the webpage parsing logic without releasing an update to the app through the App Store. I added an on-device webpage text generator to Unread when I added the website accounts feature for paywalled articles. When retrieving webpage text via a website account, Unread does not use the cloud service. This ensures that Unread’s servers never see credentials or authorization tokens pertaining to a website account. When the webpage text cloud service is unable to generate webpage text for an article, Unread now falls back to using its on-device webpage text generator. One trend I have seen is an increasing number of websites refusing requests from clients in data centers and cloud platforms. I believe the rise of artificial intelligence has motivated websites to block anything that looks like an automated agent from retrieving webpages. A request coming from a data center or from a cloud platform looks like such a request, but a request coming from your device does not. This change makes webpage text much more reliable. The webpage text cloud service keeps track of websites for which it is unable to generate webpage text. Unread keeps a synced copy of that list of websites. When Unread needs webpage text for an article from such a website, it does not ask the webpage text cloud service. Instead it goes straight to the on-device webpage text generator. This ensures that loading webpage text is not slowed down by a request to the webpage text cloud service when that will likely fail. Faster Opening of Link Articles: When showing both feed and webpage text for an article and that article’s webpage text has not yet been retrieved, Unread now shows the feed text immediately when it is opened. It then retrieves the webpage text and appends it to the article. This makes it possible to start reading the feed text immediately. It makes the app feel much faster. Additional Improvements: • Unread now treats most kottke.org articles as link articles. If you set the link article display mode to Feed & Webpage Text for the kottke.org feed, you will see both the kottke.org article and the article to which it links. This change will apply to new articles downloaded after installing this update. • This update adds a variety of improvements to the in-app webpage text generator.

This update incorporates these improvements: • This update adds webpage text improvements for some websites when using website accounts. • The Premium pane of the Settings window no longer contains the “UNREAD PREMIUM” header. It is now shorter and fits better on the screen of a 13-inch MacBook Air.

This update incorporates these improvements: • This update adds webpage text improvements for some websites when using website accounts. • This update addresses a bug that could cause the app to crash.

This is a modest update that incorporates these improvements: • Unread’s premium feature offering is now called Unread Premium. The toolbar item for Unread Premium now has a new icon. • This update fixes a rare crash.

This update adds some webpage text improvements for some websites when using website accounts.

This update adds some webpage text improvements for some websites when using website accounts.

This update adds some webpage text improvements for some websites when using website accounts.

This update incorporates these improvements: • This update fixes a bug around handling HTTP/HTTPS 303 responses when searching for a feed at a specific URL. • This update adds some webpage text improvements for some websites when using website accounts.

This update incorporates a bug fix that makes YouTube videos work more reliably.

This update adds some webpage text improvements for some websites when using website accounts.

This update incorporates these improvements: • This update fixes a bug that prevented automatic account refreshes from working as expected when using the battery for power. • This update makes charts in articles from sherwood.news look better with some themes. • This update adds some webpage text improvements for some websites when using website accounts.

This update incorporates these improvements: • This update addresses a bug that caused unescaped HTML in der-postillon.com article titles under some circumstances. This fix will apply to new articles downloaded after installing this update. • This update adds some webpage text improvements for some websites when using website accounts.

This update incorporates these improvements: • This update fixes a bug that prevented the text field of a New Subscription window from immediately getting keyboard focus when that window is opened under some circumstances. • This update adds some webpage text improvements for some websites when using website accounts.

Unread 4.6 adds these improvements: • Unread adds liquid glass to standard controls on Mac when run on Tahoe (macOS 26). Liquid glass appears in toolbars, in sheets, in the Settings window, and in other standard controls throughout the interface. • Unread’s standard icon now has a dark mode variant and a clear variant on Tahoe. It can also be tinted on Tahoe. • The Add Subscription toolbar item is now in the toolbar by default. • You can now search for an article quickly by typing Command-F (⌘F) or choosing Find from the Edit menu. • This update incorporates changes that make articles from semianalysis.com look better. These changes will apply to new articles downloaded after installing this update. • This update adds some bug fixes around syncing accounts. If you enjoy using Unread, please consider subscribing to its premium features.

We recently added a website accounts feature to Unread. This feature allows you to view webpage text for paywalled articles when you have a paid account on that website. • This update adds webpage text improvements for some websites. These improvements apply when using website accounts. • This update improves display of articles from danq.me.

This update incorporates these improvements: • When downloading Bluesky posts from some feed services, Unread now generates better summaries and removes all titles. • This update adds some webpage text improvements for some websites when using website accounts.

Unread 4.5 adds Website Accounts, a new capability that lets you view webpage text for articles that require signing in. Signing In: You can sign in to a website when viewing webpage text for such an article by choosing Sign In from the View menu or using the ^⌥L (Control-Option-L) keyboard shortcut. Once you have set up a website account in Unread, Unread will generate webpage text for articles from that website using your account. You can manage your set of website accounts from the Settings window. Caching: From the Settings window, you can enable an Eligible for Caching setting for each website account. This is off by default because some websites that require signing in will block you for aggressively retrieving webpages. Privacy: Generating webpage text using a website account is done entirely on your Mac. Unread’s servers are not involved. Unread’s servers do not see any information pertaining to your website accounts. I updated the Unread Privacy Policy to reflect the addition of this capability with additional details. Additional Improvements: • This update adds the ability to reload webpage text for an article by choosing Reload Webpage Text from the View menu or using the ^R (Control-R) keyboard shortcut. • This update adds a URL scheme making it easy to create a URL that opens Unread and offers to subscribe to a specific feed, or to find feeds associated with a website. Create the URL by appending the percent-encoded website URL or feed URL to: unread://feeds?url= • This update removes both the Omnivore article action and the Pocket article action. Both services have shut down. The Unread privacy policy no longer links to the Omnivore privacy policy or the Pocket privacy policy. • This update fixes a bug that prevented star characters from appearing in article list summaries. • Unread now draws light borders around YouTube channel icons when searching for a YouTube channel feed.

This update adds the ability to import articles from a Pocket export file into an Unread Cloud account. To import articles from a Pocket export file, choose Import Articles From Pocket… from the File menu. The Import Articles From Pocket… menu item will only be present if you have an Unread Cloud account. Articles imported from Pocket will have a title, link, and date based on the Pocket export file. Article content will be generated using Unread’s webpage text engine. The imported articles will be marked saved and unread. The process of uploading information from the Pocket export file to Unread Cloud should take well under a minute. It may take up to an hour for all of the articles to be added to your account. That work will take place on Unread Cloud servers. Unread will later download those articles when it refreshes your account. Unread will ignore any article that duplicates another article imported from Pocket or created via Save to Unread.

This update incorporates these improvements: • Mark All Read is now faster under some circumstances. • This update adds the ability to find the feed for an Etsy shop from Etsy webpages related to it. • When zooming in on an image and a larger version of that image is available, Unread will verify that the larger version of the image has the same aspect ratio as the original image before showing it in place of the smaller version. • This update fixes a bug that prevented showing the context menu via control-click from working under some circumstances. • This update fixes a bug that prevented images from sspai.com from loading. • Inoreader does not support marking an article unread if it is more than 30 days old. This update fixes a bug that allowed marking an article unread in an Inoreader account when it was older than that under some circumstances. • This update fixes some bugs around handling responsive images.

Unread 4.4.2 incorporates these improvements: • This update adds improvements to Unread’s ability to find feeds for Substack-hosted websites. • This update incorporates improvements to the set of suggested feeds for new Unread Cloud and Local accounts. • This update fixes a bug that caused Feedbin newsletters to appear as link articles. This fix will apply to new newsletter articles downloaded after installing this update. If you enjoy using Unread, please consider subscribing to its premium features.

Unread 4.4.1 adds these improvements: • For customers using Feedly, this update adds the ability to connect a Feedly account to a Reddit account. This makes checking a subreddit for new articles much more reliable from a Feedly account. To connect your Feedly account to a Reddit account: open the Settings window, select the Accounts tab, select your Feedly account, and click the “Connect…” button next to the “Reddit” label. • This update adds modest improvements around Unread’s ability to find an RSS feed for a website. • This update adds bug fixes around footnote handling for Substack-hosted RSS feeds. • On Mac, this update fixes drawing bugs around the prompt that offers to apply a feed text/webpage text display mode change to all articles from a feed. If you enjoy using Unread, please consider purchasing a subscription to its premium features.

Unread 4.4 makes it easier to subscribe to feeds offered by Bluesky, Mastodon, Reddit, and YouTube. Unread now lets you search for a feed as follows: • Search for any feed by entering a website URL or feed URL. • Search for the Bluesky feed of a user by entering their Bluesky handle. • Search for the Mastodon feed of a user by entering their Mastodon handle. • Search for the feed of a subreddit by entering its name – such as “r/macapps”, or even just “macapps”. • Search for the feed of a YouTube channel by searching for it by name. These changes make it even easier to follow Bluesky users, Mastodon users, subreddits, and YouTube channels with Unread. Additional Improvements: • This update fixes a bug that affected the layout of some MacRumors articles. • When deleting old articles, Unread will no longer delete an article that is currently open — even if it otherwise meets criteria for being deleted. • This update improves article list summaries of articles from Bluesky feeds. • This update fixes an animation bug around switching panes in the Settings window.

The most recent feature update added: • Article actions for Anybox, Flyleaf, Matter, and wallabag. • The ability to customize the keyboard shortcut assigned to each premium article action on a device with a hardware keyboard. • The ability to run shortcuts on articles and on links inside articles. Each shortcut can be assigned a custom keyboard shortcut on a device with a hardware keyboard. This update incorporates these improvements: • This update fixes a bug that prevented the “Don’t ask again” checkbox in Mark All Read confirmation alerts from working in Fever accounts. • This update fixes bugs around handling expired Inoreader authentication tokens. • This update fixes bugs around feed discovery for some websites. • This update fixes bugs around updating the widgets.