SABnzbd For Mac

SABnzbd is a cross-platform and lightweight, yet powerful binary newsreader that enables you to grab data from Usenet and, also helps you automate the downloading process with ease.

SABnzbd comes with a web-based user interface, an API for third-party applications and support for NZB files and RSS feeds. SABnzbd is designed to run in the background and you can use it to streamline your work with files from Usenet.

Usenet is a worldwide distributed Internet discussion system that enables its users to read and post messages to one or more categories, called newsgroups.

Moreover, Usenet might be considered as a hybrid between email and web forums, where discussions are threaded and posts are stored on the server sequentially.

SABnzbd works with NZB files, which are similar to .torrent files that can be acquired from a wide variety of usenet indexing services. SABnzbd’s advanced automation functions allow you to configure the app just the way you want it and you’ll only have to send it NZBs in order for the files to appear at the other end.

As an added advantage, SABnzbd also comes with support for various browser plugins such as nzbdStatus and SABConnect to effortlessly handle the transfers of NZBs from the web and to quickly checking your queue’s progress.

If you are new to Usenet and SABnzbd, you can get support and find handy addons on SABnzbd’s home page.

On top of all of the above, SABnzbd can also be installed on a server of your choice with a 24/7 connection to the Internet and make it work continuously for you. Consequently, you can schedule your downloads and access SABnzbd remotely just as easily as it can be accessed locally.

By accessing SABnzbd’s status bar icon you can check its status, view the queue and history list, limit the speed and pause your transfers. At the same time, from the web interface you can easily configure SABnzbd, add NZB files and check your queue list.

In a nutshell, SABnzbd is a powerful and open source Usenet downloader for a multitude of platforms, from OS X to Windows, easily extensible using addons and effortless to control remotely via the inbuilt web UI.

As a plus, SABnzbd has been designed from the get go to automatically go through all the stages needed to download content from Usenet, from picking up NZB files from a folder of your choice, starting the download, and verifying the downloaded files to sending an e-mail on download completion.