Download NZBVortex 3.0.1

Version 3.0.1 of NZBVortex has been released. This program is one of the most widely used usenet clients for OS X. It has everything you want from a modern usenet client to expect, including support for various servers, connections and threads, notifications via Growl, the ability to use rss feeds and an nzb-watch folder, verification and repair of par files, and so on. NZBVortex is released as shareware. A license costs 16 euros and temporarily that is half. New in version 3.0 includes NZBVortex Cloud and support for OS X 10.10 Yosemite

NZBVortex Cloud

As we all know usenet gets a little harder now as downloads have weird names, are passworded and downloads are taken offline regularly. We think we have found a solution: we will make the NZBVortex clients work together and help each other! Some examples of what NZBVortex Cloud will offer:

• You can now rename downloads: will be shared to other users.
• Weird download names will automatically be renamed
• Weird filenames will be automatically renamed
• Junk and spam will be detected more efficient
• Allow you to rename download – these names are shared in the cloud
• If a download is passworded your client will inform other clients
• It will share well known archive password if available
• If a download is too damaged on your usenet server(s) other clients will be informed on the same server(s)
• Fully and I mean fully anonymous, we are out of NSA reach – servers store NO identifying information – we are serious about this!
• No monthly fees; all included in the one-time license purchase
• … more feature will be added in future updates

New and Yosemite optimized Interface

• A more modern and fresh looking interface which is more cleaner and focuses on the content.
• New and fresh Icon including a progress bar in the dock while downloading.
• It introduces OS X 10.10 Yosemite-like interface even back to OS X 10.7 – we care for you guys and adding more animation in 10.9 and newer.
• Added OS X 10.10 Yosemite specific UI design which makes NZBVortex really fit in well in OS X 10.10 Yosemite.

Improved download results

• On top of all the improvements resulting from NZBVortex Cloud the following has been added to improve your download results:
• Improved password detection
• Improved junk detection
• Automatically choose best final filename when obfuscated
• Improved filename detection in article subjects

Modern technologies

• Modernized all API’s and removed a lot of old code and replaced with modern code
• Replaced custom scrollviews and use new ones offered by Apple
• Updated to a custom build unrar 5.1 – around 5% more performance
• Optimized threading and thread handling
• Completely rewritten the HTTP(S) file downloader
• Updated Sparkle update framework to version 1.7.1
• Updated CocoaHTTPServer to reference 2.3 implemented
• Newest Par2SL version which fixes a small corner case issues
• All code has been inspected and rewritten at places, cleaned and modernised.

Generic improvements

• You are able to rename downloads.
• Improved RSS result parser for search results
• Make NZBClub search work again
• Improve rar-in-rar junk detection
• Fixed a few very rare crashes and hangs
• Lower CPU usage on lower specced Macs
• Improved Split Join functionality
• Support new failure report URL scheme for newznab sites
• Quicker quit time of the app