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Unison for Mac

Usenet newsreader handles messages, files, & media.

Free
In English
3.3
Based on 73 user rates

Unison overview

Unison is a carefully-crafted, genuinely revolutionary Mac OS X Usenet newsreader. It offers all the expected newsreader functionality: easy-to-navigate threaded discussions, the ability to ignore annoying posters, multiple signature management, and easy, Mail-like posting with spell checking and all the trimmings.

But it also goes much, much further than any other Usenet client on earth, starting with a unique four-view interface that lets you view and work with Usenet group content in four distinct styles: messages, files, images, or music. It lets you preview MP3 files directly off a Usenet server, view images in an elegant iPhoto-like thumbnail view, prioritize transfers with a flexible downloads manager, find favorites quickly with a categorized column-view interface, smartly group files into meta-groups (like songs into albums), show download status beautifully in the dock, and much more.

What’s new in version 2.2

Version 2.2:
  • End of development, last update for Unison
  • Now free, unlocked for all users
  • Adds multi-connection downloads for much faster transfers
  • Adds a lot more Retina assets for more beautiful browsing on newer machines
  • Fixes many little bugs and quirks
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Unison for Mac

Free
In English
Version 2.2
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3.3

(184 Reviews of Unison)

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Simon2007
Simon2007
Mar 16 2019
2.2
0.0
Mar 16 2019
0.0
Version: 2.2
Really love Unison, but it crashes a lot with the newer Mac OS operating systems. I'm using OS 10.14.3 Mojave and have found that if you add it to System Preferences/Security & Privacy/Accessibility, it works great. Hasn't crashed once since I've done this. Of course, there's a privacy issue that may be a concern for some, but not me.
Noraa
Noraa
Aug 29 2015
2.2
2.5
Aug 29 2015
2.5
Version: 2.2
Anyone know how to get the 2.1.10 version? I'm ready to just downgrade at this point.
Noraa
Noraa
Jan 6 2015
2.2
2.5
Jan 6 2015
2.5
Version: 2.2
I like some of the changes made to how items are downloaded, and of course it's now free, but it's buggy as hell. I know Panic has said 2.2 was EoD, but maybe they could at least release a bug fix to make 2.2 useable. As it is, I can use it for a short amount of time before it crashes, usually at the end of a download. Quite annoying.
Phatkrome
Phatkrome
Dec 31 2014
2.2
0.0
Dec 31 2014
0.0
Version: 2.2
Anyone else having issues with 2.2 simply not loading groups? Using 1.8.1 loads everything nicely. Using 2.2 with the exact same server settings doesn't do anything! Very perplexed...
MacDefender
MacDefender
Dec 29 2014
2.2
0.5
Dec 29 2014
0.5
Version: 2.2
Version 2.2 is crashing a lot and thus more or less unusable. Version 2.1x was ok but can't be registered anymore on a new system as they shut down(?) their service to check the serial number. I will consider this if I ever again have to pay money for a Panic product. Thanks Panic for a product (Unison 2.1) that I bought but can't use as the serial number can't be checked. I hate cloud/server based DRM and understand even more why some people tend to copy/steal all the software.
Noraa
Noraa
Jan 6 2015
2.5
Jan 6 2015
2.5
Version: null
MacDefender
MacDefender
Dec 29 2014
0.5
Dec 29 2014
0.5
Version: null
Saintfu
Saintfu
Dec 18 2014
2.0
Dec 18 2014
2.0
Version: null
Mammut
Mammut
Dec 7 2014
4.0
Dec 7 2014
4.0
Version: null
Frenkieboy
Frenkieboy
Nov 30 2014
5.0
Nov 30 2014
5.0
Version: null
Kavod
Kavod
Nov 12 2014
0.5
Nov 12 2014
0.5
Version: null
RustyIron
RustyIron
Nov 9 2014
0.5
Nov 9 2014
0.5
Version: null
69number69
69number69
Nov 7 2014
5.0
Nov 7 2014
5.0
Version: null
kingjj
kingjj
May 22 2014
4.0
May 22 2014
4.0
Version: null
PaulR7399
PaulR7399
Feb 12 2014
2.0
Feb 12 2014
2.0
Version: null
Balanchine
Balanchine
Jan 14 2013
3.5
Jan 14 2013
3.5
Version: null
Sebehk
Sebehk
Dec 1 2012
4.5
Dec 1 2012
4.5
Version: null
Jazzyguy
Jazzyguy
Dec 1 2012
5.0
Dec 1 2012
5.0
Version: null
Kris-K-
Kris-K-
Oct 28 2012
2.5
Oct 28 2012
2.5
Version: null
Eff
Eff
Oct 14 2012
1.0
Oct 14 2012
1.0
Version: null
vukodlak75
vukodlak75
Sep 8 2012
3.5
Sep 8 2012
3.5
Version: null
Vkone
Vkone
Aug 12 2012
3.5
Aug 12 2012
3.5
Version: null
Mauritz-Nordlund
Mauritz-Nordlund
Aug 4 2012
4.0
Aug 4 2012
4.0
Version: null
davedgd
davedgd
Jul 30 2012
5.0
Jul 30 2012
5.0
Version: null
Petty-Evil
Petty-Evil
Jul 19 2012
4.5
Jul 19 2012
4.5
Version: null
Zuulito
Zuulito
Mar 23 2012
1.0
Mar 23 2012
1.0
Version: null
Hdo
Hdo
Feb 9 2012
5.0
Feb 9 2012
5.0
Version: null
Quiiick
Quiiick
Jan 1 2012
5.0
Jan 1 2012
5.0
Version: null
JoeBlowinski
JoeBlowinski
Sep 7 2011
4.5
Sep 7 2011
4.5
Version: null
Wayne1974
Wayne1974
Sep 7 2011
5.0
Sep 7 2011
5.0
Version: null
Robert-Thomson
Robert-Thomson
Aug 25 2011
5.0
Aug 25 2011
5.0
Version: null
Yannick-P-
Yannick-P-
Jul 18 2011
5.0
Jul 18 2011
5.0
Version: null
Flavum
Flavum
Jun 11 2011
2.0
Jun 11 2011
2.0
Version: null
jwc1957
jwc1957
Apr 11 2011
4.0
Apr 11 2011
4.0
Version: null
Pmdf
Pmdf
Mar 23 2011
4.0
Mar 23 2011
4.0
Version: null
anillo1968
anillo1968
Mar 17 2011
4.5
Mar 17 2011
4.5
Version: null
Julsa1
Julsa1
Mar 7 2011
0.5
Mar 7 2011
0.5
Version: null
Appleerwin
Appleerwin
Feb 17 2011
4.0
Feb 17 2011
4.0
Version: null
Neal
Neal
Feb 17 2011
0.5
Feb 17 2011
0.5
Version: null
Monzterdk
Monzterdk
Feb 3 2011
0.5
Feb 3 2011
0.5
Version: null
Divematerza
Divematerza
Dec 24 2010
2.5
Dec 24 2010
2.5
Version: null
Mirsky
Mirsky
Aug 29 2010
4.0
Aug 29 2010
4.0
Version: null
Trashie
Trashie
Aug 23 2010
4.0
Aug 23 2010
4.0
Version: null
Nmerriam
Nmerriam
May 20 2010
2.0
May 20 2010
2.0
Version: null
Zafoe
Zafoe
Apr 21 2010
1.0
Apr 21 2010
1.0
Version: null