Pocket for mac review for free#

The Mac app follows in the footsteps of the iOS client when it comes to navigation and sharing options. It rises from the ashes of Read It Later (which both marketing-wise and functionality-wise was built around articles) to tackle the problem of a lack of time and single place to “save content for later” with a new focus: mainstream. Pocket wants to appeal to those people that don’t have time for articles, images, videos, or just about any webpage. The basic mechanics are the same, but the concept is much broader, and easily understandable by average users that may have been scared off by Instapaper’s sole focus on text. Pocket shifts the conversation from “read this article later” to “save stuff for later”. As a reminder as to the kind of content Pocket can save:

The article list (the sidebar) features clickable elements in the title bar, which will open iOS-inspired popover menus for switching between Articles/Favorites/Archive (the “Pocket” menu), and filtering All Items from Articles/Videos/Images. Pocket for Mac is a desktop adaptation of the iOS client. I personally find Instapaper’s parser to be slightly more precise than Pocket’s when it comes to long articles, but I also find Pocket way better at parsing content than Readability, especially for embedded videos and images. On the left, there’s a sidebar listing articles and videos with thumbnails for visual previews the actual article (or video) is displayed on the right in a clean, Pocket-formatted view that uses the same parser of the mobile app. Pocket for Mac is a new app, but it borrows heavily in terms of underlying concept and flow from Read Later. According to Pocket, the former Read Later app will continue to work for existing users, but it will no longer be supported. Michael Schneider, creator of Read Later (nèe Read Now), joined the Pocket team to create the new Mac app you may remember Read Later as a client for Instapaper/Pocket/Readability articles that we’ve been following here at MacStories since the first version. I’ve been able to test Pocket for Mac during the past week.

Pocket for mac review for free#

Pocket for OS X is available today for free on the Mac App Store. Pocket, the “save for later” service that relaunched as a major revamp of Read It Later back in April, is launching today its first official desktop application for OS X.