Pentad Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Hello all, As a recent switcher (proud MBP Pro owner!) I'm loving life as Mac User. Everything is going great except my Usenet access. I was using Agent 3.x and beta 4.0 under Windows which was pretty slick. Sadly, no Usenet client I've found on the Mac side seems to be as mature as Agent under Windows. I tried Darwine but can't get the latest Agent 3.x to work under it. Has anybody else gotten Agent to run or found a client as good as Agent under OS X? Thanks, -P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevermind1331 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 hellanzb is the best around. you search for nzbs via a site like newzleech.com hellanzb automatically downloads the files, pars them and exracts them. all you have to do is save the nzb in a folder it monitors. all-in-one, better than my newsleecher on windows can be tricky to make run but ill help you if you need it, let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedragon1971 Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Hello all, As a recent switcher (proud MBP Pro owner!) I'm loving life as Mac User. Everything is going great except my Usenet access. I was using Agent 3.x and beta 4.0 under Windows which was pretty slick. Sadly, no Usenet client I've found on the Mac side seems to be as mature as Agent under Windows. I tried Darwine but can't get the latest Agent 3.x to work under it. Has anybody else gotten Agent to run or found a client as good as Agent under OS X? Thanks, -P I currently have NewsLeecher running under OS X with the leaked version of CrossOver Mac. I'm sure Agent would probably work too, as Agent has always been pretty good with WINE under Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphex Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Have you tried Unison? (Note: It handles NZB's just fine too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKapinos Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 How does Hellanzb measure up to iGrabNews...I'm used to GrabIt on XP, which was far better than newzleecher (wierd decoding issues) IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevermind1331 Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 How does Hellanzb measure up to iGrabNews...I'm used to GrabIt on XP, which was far better than newzleecher (wierd decoding issues) IMO. Hellanzb is quite a bit different and harder to set up, but it works amazing once you do. Its a python program that runs in terminal. Basically it monitors a folder for nzbs (download them from binsearch.com or newzleech.com). Stick the nzb in the folder and it automatically downloads all the files, the exact amount of pars it needs, verifies the pars, and then extracts, all on its own. 100% automated binaries downloading. Plus, unlike newsleecher, its free. PM me if you need help setting up. Some files need to be slightly modified (not difficult). BTW Grabit is simply a waste, so slow to decode. Though the most recent release is much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKapinos Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Sounds pretty cool, I'll check it out. I take it Hellanzb extracts rars and concatinates files that are split (noticing a lotta OS X stuff is split rather than rar'd) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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