SABnzbd is a free news client with many abilities, such as dDownload files from your newshost. Access the news client from any internet connection. Connect from work, school, wherever and tell SABnzbd to download. Your downloads are ready when you get home. No more repairing or unpacking. SABnzbd handles the dirty work for you. You tell it what to download and when it is done, SABnzbd will repair the download, unpack it, and clean up the mess. Leaving you with nothing but the files you wanted. Full nzb support. This is the OS X build - everything packed in one convenient universal application.
Had trouble setting up access to user groups. Had trouble getting list of postings.
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Maybe it is me, but I found the interface is not intuitive. In fact, this app is the only app in 20 years as a Mac user, which I never got going in a reasonable time.
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Good app.
Flawless Once Set Up
MightyYar
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Let me start by saying that this is NOT a simple, typical Mac application. It is a server that runs in the background - to use it you must point your web browser at it. The documentation is somewhat sketchy, so if you don't know what I just said then maybe this app isn't for you :)
Once you have it set up, it is like a rock. It never crashes, it always downloads the whole nzb, and it is as fast as my internet connection - able to open as many connections as you ask it to. It even can be set up to primarily download from your (free) ISP news server and then use the paid server for fills.
My favorite feature is the "black hole" folder. You can designate a folder - any folder - as the nzb "black hole". Any nzb dropped into this folder will be automatically downloaded. It's fantastic - you can just drop in a bunch of nzbs and then check the download folder a few hours later.
I'd give it 5 stars, but it is so un-Mac-like that I had to knock one off.