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    From Asahi Lovehart@noreply@example.com to comp.sys.mac.vintage on Fri Jan 30 22:47:54 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.vintage

    hai from my 1.5Ghz 15" powerbook g4, i'm using pineapple news on it on Mac OS
    X 10.4.11 :D
    this is my first time ever using usenet, too
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  • From super70s@super70s@super70s.invalid to comp.sys.mac.vintage on Fri Jan 30 20:55:43 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.vintage

    On 2026-01-30 22:47:54 +0000, Asahi Lovehart said:

    hai from my 1.5Ghz 15" powerbook g4, i'm using pineapple news on it on Mac OS X 10.4.11 :D
    this is my first time ever using usenet, too

    I don't believe I've ever heard of Pineapple News or if I have it
    didn't make much of an impression, you should d/l MT-NewsWatcher
    3.5.3b3 which should run fine on your 10.4 system.

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  • From Your Name@YourName@YourISP.com to comp.sys.mac.vintage on Sat Jan 31 19:00:00 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.vintage

    On 2026-01-31 02:55:43 +0000, super70s said:
    On 2026-01-30 22:47:54 +0000, Asahi Lovehart said:

    hai from my 1.5Ghz 15" powerbook g4, i'm using pineapple news on it on Mac OS
    X 10.4.11 :D
    this is my first time ever using usenet, too

    I don't believe I've ever heard of Pineapple News or if I have it
    didn't make much of an impression,

    Pineapple News
    Pineapple News is a lightweight news aggregator designed for
    Mac users, offering a user-friendly interface to access news
    articles offline. As of September 2007, Pineapple News is
    completely free. (Version 0.9.0).
    Mac OS X 10.3.9 or greater
    <http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/pineapple-news>

    I've never used it myself, but the screenshots look okay-ish. :-)



    you should d/l MT-NewsWatcher 3.5.3b3 which should run fine on your
    10.4 system.

    I don't know if either NewsWatcher-X or Thoth work in MacOS 10.4, but
    they are a bit newer then MT-NewsWatcher (although not as new as
    Pineapple News).
    <http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/newswatcher-x> <http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/thoth>

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  • From Asahi Lovehart@noreply@example.com to comp.sys.mac.vintage on Sat Jan 31 10:26:35 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.vintage

    In article <10lk5ov$2mch9$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

    On 2026-01-31 02:55:43 +0000, super70s said:
    On 2026-01-30 22:47:54 +0000, Asahi Lovehart said:

    hai from my 1.5Ghz 15" powerbook g4, i'm using pineapple news on it on Mac
    OS
    X 10.4.11 :D
    this is my first time ever using usenet, too

    I don't believe I've ever heard of Pineapple News or if I have it
    didn't make much of an impression,

    Pineapple News
    Pineapple News is a lightweight news aggregator designed for
    Mac users, offering a user-friendly interface to access news
    articles offline. As of September 2007, Pineapple News is
    completely free. (Version 0.9.0).
    Mac OS X 10.3.9 or greater
    <http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/pineapple-news>

    I've never used it myself, but the screenshots look okay-ish. :-)



    you should d/l MT-NewsWatcher 3.5.3b3 which should run fine on your
    10.4 system.

    I don't know if either NewsWatcher-X or Thoth work in MacOS 10.4, but
    they are a bit newer then MT-NewsWatcher (although not as new as
    Pineapple News).
    <http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/newswatcher-x> <http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/thoth>

    NewsWatcher-X and Thoth seemed a bit worse (or at least uglier :p) than MT-NewsWatcher so i just got that, it's nice but i'm not sure if i like
    it better than Pineapple News? idk i'll use both for a bit and see
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  • From vintageapplemac@vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) to comp.sys.mac.vintage on Sat Jan 31 12:26:42 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.vintage

    In article
    <PM000649A2C2414996@asahi-loveharts-powerbook-g4-15.unknown.dom>, Asahi Lovehart <noreply@example.com> wrote:

    hai from my 1.5Ghz 15" powerbook g4, i'm using pineapple news on it on Mac OS X 10.4.11 :D
    this is my first time ever using usenet, too

    Welcome!
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  • From vintageapplemac@vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) to comp.sys.mac.vintage on Sat Jan 31 12:31:10 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.vintage

    In article <noreply-F9B942.10263531012026@news.eternal-september.org>,
    Asahi Lovehart <noreply@example.com> wrote:

    In article <10lk5ov$2mch9$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

    I don't know if either NewsWatcher-X or Thoth work in MacOS 10.4, but
    they are a bit newer then MT-NewsWatcher (although not as new as
    Pineapple News).
    <http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/newswatcher-x> <http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/thoth>

    NewsWatcher-X and Thoth seemed a bit worse (or at least uglier :p) than MT-NewsWatcher so i just got that, it's nice but i'm not sure if i like
    it better than Pineapple News? idk i'll use both for a bit and see

    I use MT-NewsWatcher (and have used Thoth in the past) and, yeah... I get
    what you mean about their "aesthetic" - they are quite of their time. I
    only use them on OS9, so don't know if the OSX versions are much
    different, but they definitely take some getting used to - I suspect they
    look and feel more appropriate in the OS9 and earlier environment, more of
    a natural fit.

    They are worth persevering with - I gave up on Thoth as it did feel more
    fiddly than I liked, but MT-NW (and YA-NW, which is very similar) are good newsreaders. My only gripe is that there is no setting to retain read
    posts - when a post is read or marked read, next time you load the group
    it is gone. I'd like to keep an archive of the groups I read, mainly to
    have the ability to easily go back to old threads and reply if something relevant comes to my mind days, weeks, or months later, but there appears
    to be no such setting in these programs...
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  • From Asahi Lovehart@noreply@example.com to comp.sys.mac.vintage on Sun Feb 1 10:57:29 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.vintage

    In article <vintageapplemac-3101261231100001@pmg3>,
    vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:

    In article <noreply-F9B942.10263531012026@news.eternal-september.org>,
    Asahi Lovehart <noreply@example.com> wrote:

    In article <10lk5ov$2mch9$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

    I don't know if either NewsWatcher-X or Thoth work in MacOS 10.4, but they are a bit newer then MT-NewsWatcher (although not as new as Pineapple News).
    <http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/newswatcher-x> <http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/thoth>

    NewsWatcher-X and Thoth seemed a bit worse (or at least uglier :p) than MT-NewsWatcher so i just got that, it's nice but i'm not sure if i like
    it better than Pineapple News? idk i'll use both for a bit and see

    I use MT-NewsWatcher (and have used Thoth in the past) and, yeah... I get what you mean about their "aesthetic" - they are quite of their time. I
    only use them on OS9, so don't know if the OSX versions are much
    different, but they definitely take some getting used to - I suspect they look and feel more appropriate in the OS9 and earlier environment, more of
    a natural fit.

    They are worth persevering with - I gave up on Thoth as it did feel more fiddly than I liked, but MT-NW (and YA-NW, which is very similar) are good newsreaders. My only gripe is that there is no setting to retain read
    posts - when a post is read or marked read, next time you load the group
    it is gone. I'd like to keep an archive of the groups I read, mainly to
    have the ability to easily go back to old threads and reply if something relevant comes to my mind days, weeks, or months later, but there appears
    to be no such setting in these programs...

    oh i do like MT-NewsWatcher, definitely can tell that it's made for OS9
    but it looks alright, just not sure if i like it better than Pineapple
    News
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