News Notifications

Adding a site

Click the News Notifications icon in the menu bar and choose Feeds. Click the + button and type the site’s address, like theverge.com. The app finds the site’s feed for you. You can also paste the address of a feed itself.

Moving from another RSS app

Export your subscriptions from your old app as an OPML file. Then, in Feeds, click the ••• button and choose Import Feeds. Export Feeds there makes an OPML file of your own list.

Updating from News Notifications 1.x

Your feeds and settings come along automatically. The first check after the update doesn’t notify, so you won’t get a flood of old stories.

I don’t get any notifications

• Open System Settings, then Notifications, then News Notifications, and make sure Allow Notifications is on.
• Check that notifications aren’t paused in the app’s menu, and that a Focus isn’t hiding them.
• The app can only check for stories while it’s running. Turn on Open at Login in its menu or in Settings.

I get notifications for some stories but not others

A feed may be muted, or have keywords set. To check, double-click the feed in Feeds. Stories that don’t notify still appear in History.

The app can’t find a feed for a site

Some sites don’t publish a feed at all. If the site has one, paste the feed’s own address instead of the site’s. If that doesn’t work either, let us know which site it is.

How often does the app check?

As often as you choose in Settings, from every few minutes to once an hour.

Do my feeds sync between Macs?

Yes. Your list of feeds syncs through iCloud on every Mac signed in to the same Apple Account. History stays on each Mac.