steev182 Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 So I like to use usenet (shhh). Beforehand I always used Unison, but there were a few things that I didn't like about it. Mainly the lack of Terminal interface and how it didn't automatically unrar nicely. I found a Python based usenet client called HellaNZB. It looks quite nice, but has a few prerequisites: -You need to install MacPorts -You need a good usenet account -It helps to have a Newzbin account So I went ahead and downloaded MacPorts. MacPorts seems to be a bit like Portage, or Aptitude, just it builds everything from source, so its more like Portage than Aptitude. to download and install HellaNZB, you just go: sudo port install hellanzb When its done its work (usually takes 15-20 minutes), you need to make some changes to its config file, just adding in your usenet server and altering the download and queue locations. Then just type hellanzb.py -D and hellanzb is ready for you to dump some .nzb files so it can get downloading for you Usenet is much faster than bittorrent and a lot more dependable on finding nearly anything you want. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/289529-hellanzb-better-than-unison/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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