![]() ![]() Read Later can download up to 500 articles per folder for Instapaper accounts, and up to 1000 articles for Read It Later. (Note that to use Read Later-or any other third-party app-with your Instapaper account, you need a, which costs a reasonable $1 per month.) Once you’ve logged in to an account, Read Later downloads the full text of the articles you’ve saved to that service, as well as any folders (for Instapaper) or tags (for Read It later). To use an Instapaper account, click the Login sic With Instapaper link. When you first launch Read Later, it prompts you to sign in to an existing Read It Later account you can also create an account right from this window. is one of the first, and it works with both Instapaper and Read It Later. (You can get more information about and.) Which means it was only a matter of time before we’d see Mac apps that aim to make the desktop reading experience more similar to that of the aforementioned iOS apps. ![]() ![]() Fortunately, both services offer an application-programming interface (API) that lets other developers create apps that work with the services. In addition, neither site offers as many features as its app, with the biggest omissions being the capability to download articles for offline viewing and to search the text of saved articles. Though each site lets you browse and view the reformatted versions of your saved articles, the experience just isn't as nice as with native app. When sitting at your Mac, you’ve been limited to reading saved articles via the or website in your browser. Both are also useful for archiving interesting articles for later browsing or sharing.īut for both services, the best experience for reading your saved articles has been found in iOS apps-specifically, when using the official or app on an iPad. It’s great when you don’t have time to read a longer article immediately, or when you want to save an article you found on your iPhone so you can later read it on your Mac or iPad’s larger screen. I’m a huge fan of the for saving Web articles for later reading, sans ads and messy formatting and layout. If your favorite service comes out with its own dedicated desktop app, it could very well replace the functionality of ReadNow, but until they do, this is the next best thing. If you’re a heavy user of Instapaper or Read It Later, ReadNow is a nice, lightweight companion app that will allow you to browse and share the articles that you’ve saved quickly. There is also an option to simply Tweet an article right out from ReadNow of course. Then just paste it into a document or Tweet. If you want to grab a short URL, you can use the option+b shortcut to grab one for easy sharing. The shortcuts are customizable and you can record any keystroke for each of these actions. ReadNow also supports keyboard shortcuts that allow you to open the app, add an article from a copied URL or send an article to ReadNow. The app can also be configured to open your article in your preferred service, instead of the original URL. You can right-click on them to view them in Instapaper or double-click to read them in their original format. Once the app is up and running you can just click on the small tag icon in your menu bar to get a clean list of the articles that you have saved. If you want to access Instapaper, you must become a if you’re not already. Once you install the app, you’re presented with a small preference window.įrom here, you can choose to access your Read It Later archives or your Instapaper documents. Whether you use Instapaper or Read It Later, ReadNow has you covered. ![]()
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