Safari has been missing the default RSS subscription option in the latest release of OS X. Here’s how you could enable this feature back using an extension!
With the launch of Mountain Lion, Apple missed or removed a couple of features that many have enjoyed. One was the removal of Web Share feature, which is now available only in the Mac OS X server. And the other is that the company has removed the RSS feature our of Safari!
I literally can’t live without RSS feeds, and I primarily use Reeder for fetching RSS news on my iPhone, iPad and Mac. But then, there are some websites I follow, which I have subscribed via the default Safari’s RSS. Now that Apple has removed, here’s a quick workaround for getting the RSS feed reader back on your Safari for Mac.
How to enable RSS feeds on Safari for Mountain Lion?
There are some complex methods to do this, but we’ll stay with a simple method. You’ll just install this extension in your Safari, and you’ll be done in seconds:
- Download the extension from this link. It is the Safari RSS extension that works perfectly like a native Safari RSS reader.
- Accept the Gatekeeper warnin
- Now, Safari would prompt you to install the extension.
- And, that’s it. You’re done! You’ll now see this icon next to the Add Bookmarks bar:
