rick90660 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Hi there, i've recently downloaded NZB Drop as a replacement to my good old GrabIt client that I used to frequently use on Windows. My question is are there any cool easy to use apps out there for a more stream lined approach? GrabIt did i all for you in a nice GUI, but NZB Drop will only download the RAR files for you and make you decompress them yourself, as well as manually delete them. There was another Windows program called "NZB Player" which allowed a user of USENET to download an NZB file and stream it's video contents directly from the USENET servers without the need to wait for it to finish completely downloading. Where can I find something good like that but for the Mac? I'm a Google addict and looked all over but haven't found anything that similar to these two programs. Help a fellow out! x R i c k THANKS GUYS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiNeR Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 I've also been looking for a good newsgroup application for OS X, with no luck. I've been using Grabit for years, i did mail Grabit's author a while back at shemes, he himself said he's recently switched to the mac but doesn't have time to port Grabit over. He told me he uses parallels purely for Grabit. :censored2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick90660 Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 I've also been looking for a good newsgroup application for OS X, with no luck. I've been using Grabit for years, i did mail Grabit's author a while back at shemes, he himself said he's recently switched to the mac but doesn't have time to port Grabit over. He told me he uses parallels purely for Grabit. :censored2: =/ Darn. That's what I was thinking too, I have Parallels, but it seems sooo sucky to have to use windows just because of one program that I can't find for the Mac, too bad then. At least I know i'm not alone on this. x R i c k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiNeR Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 try Cross-Over, install grabit into a windows 2000 bottle, seems to work ok for me and is a little less of a memory hog than vmware or paralells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razlor Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 http://www.panic.com/unison/ [shareware] http://www.sabnzbd.org/ [Freeware] Cheers, Razlor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick90660 Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 I did download and run GrabIt on CrossOver and I must say i'm very impressed, it's not a little resource whore like Parallels is which is essential when you're still saving up to get another stick of RAM. Razlor I tried UNISON, but it's not a very intuitive piece of software, it won't even give you an estimated time arrival...which is sort of essential when downloading anything off the internet. that other one, i'm not techy enough to even attempt to get started with. I'm glad that I have my GrabIt and it runs almost 90% seamlessly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkster Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 I just use NZB drop along with MacPar delux for repairing/unraring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaaseyRacer Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 NZB Drop is {censored}. I use Unison from Panic Software. It is shareware, but well worth the price. Also this is the best RAR software which will even fix corrupt data is: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gp/MacPAR_deLuxe/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genezkool323 Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 NZB Drop is {censored}. I use Unison from Panic Software. It is shareware, but well worth the price. Also this is the best RAR software which will even fix corrupt data is:http://www.xs4all.nl/~gp/MacPAR_deLuxe/ Everything all you guys just mentioned is {censored}. Although there is no good OS X alternative to NZBPlayer, the best solution is... SABnzbd+ It is for the more advanced users, but it is an absolutely amazing NZB downloader. It automatically downloads, corrects, unrars, deletes... ta-da. Directory sorting, newsfeed watching, keyword checking beauty. Good luck. http://www.sabnzbd.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thay Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Unision for Mac is {censored}! Lots of errors in filesize, so you cant unrar and stuff like that. The best solution for MacOs ist Hellanzb! Trust me I tryed them all! Hellanzb ist written in Python an run in Terminal so you need to install xcode tools and Macport to install Hellanzb. You can setup Hellanzb via config. Then you only drop the nzb file in certain folder to download.The files being automaticly unrared after download. http://www.hellanzb.com/ have fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttang Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Unision for Mac is {censored}! Lots of errors in filesize, so you cant unrar and stuff like that. The best solution for MacOs ist Hellanzb! Trust me I tryed them all! Hellanzb ist written in Python an run in Terminal so you need to install xcode tools and Macport to install Hellanzb. You can setup Hellanzb via config. Then you only drop the nzb file in certain folder to download.The files being automaticly unrared after download. http://www.hellanzb.com/ have fun I'm sure you are probably right about Unison but using Hellanzb is painful. I'm on the mac because I LIKE GUI interfaces. But I just did a stint using Unison and I'm not satisfied. I'll probably try SABnzbd+ if I get to the point to play around with the terminal. I would totally use a parallels and such for a windows app but my download machine is PPC. It's like when I started using bitorrents for transfer. Nothing for the Mac that was suitable and desirable until Azureus and Transmission pushed through. Still I search... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 A vote here for SABNZBD+ - totally awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenhead90 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 only thing i missed was grabit, now using sabnzb+ with sabnzbX (system bar gui) along with growl notifications... tried everything else mentioned and this is THE best imo including all the windows apps i have tried. although nzbplayer sounds pretty interesting... not tried that yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenn0X Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 unison works fine here. no problems what so ever with corrupted files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarris Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 I haven't used Usenet for years. What's the best deal out there at the moment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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