Questions tagged [news.app]

This tag is for questions relating to the News app on the Mac. For iOS/watchOS please use the [apple-news] tag.

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Customize tabs on News app?

Can I customize the tabs at the bottom of the Apple News app on my iPhone? Currently “Sports” appears as the third tab. I would like to replace that.
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How to access history on News app?

Is there a History feature in Apple’s News app? When bringing the app to the front on my iPhone, the app often closes the page I was reading to display its “front page” of suggested stories. How can I ...
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Do periodical subscriptions through Apple differ from direct subscriptions?

I have the iOS app from a major newspaper. When I am in the newspaper’s iOS app, if I click on subscriptions, I'm taken to the iOS subscriptions panel, part of system preferences. There I can get six ...
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Forced re-login to any Stack Exchange site on Safari after running Apple News

I'm on an old Mac Pro with Safari. Both are now out of date [macOS 10.14 & Safari 14], but this has been happening for years, since both were still current - I've just patiently put up with it. I ...
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How can I uninstall or disable the News app on macOS? [duplicate]

I never use it, and according to CleanMyMac it's using > 6GB for its cache
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Can I stop Apple News from prioritising Covid news in my newsfeed all the time?

Every single time I open Apple News, it shows Covid-related news at the top. Every single time I have to scroll past all of them to start reading topics I’m interested in. Doesn’t look like Apple News ...
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Is News.app a resource hog for anybody else?

I am on a 2017 MBP using macOS Catalina. I have noticed the News.app is taking up 8xx MB of memory whereas a similar app like Stocks.app takes up only a tenth (~80 MB) of memory. Any ideas on how to ...
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How to find magazines in News+?

For example, is there a way to search whether Businessweek 今周刊 is in News+? I was later able to find Businessweek, find have to scroll alphabetically among A to Z and it was under Bloomberg ...
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Why is News.app greyed out in the Finder?

I just noticed today that the icon and name for /Applications/News.app is greyed out in the Finder. The appearance is consistent no matter which view I use (icon/list/column), and it persists after ...
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Apple News+ channel not findable in the App

I'm in Canada. My Apple News channel (KNITmuch) is not findable in the App. I've already tried to change my Apple ID region from Canada to USA, nothing happened. If I go to my channel's Analytics in ...
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How do I disable “Apple News Spotlight” in Catalina?

How can I prevent the News app from randomly splash-screening "News Spotlight" on my desktop? I am, against my will, still being intermittently bombarded with Apple's idea of "news". It really breaks ...
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News+ Activities disappear

I rearranged the Sharing Activities in News on my iPad and when Done, the News-specific items stopped showing in the Activities. I reproduced in News on my iPhone. Steps: Open News, go to News+, on ...
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How do I disable "Apple News Spotlight" in Mojave?

This new "feature" showed up recently and won't stop pinging me with news I don't care about from an app I've never opened and can't uninstall: /Applications/News.app How do I at least disable the ...
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Does opening Apple News for the first time re-enable location-based ads?

After upgrading to Mojave, I checked around the settings for new features and saw that location-based apple ads (Security & Privacy -> Location Services -> System Services Details) was unticked (I'...
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No apple news app after the mojave upgrade

I followed the steps to get a pirated version of mojave beta upgrade and everything is working fine except I don't see the much talked about apple news app, although other apps like voice memos, ...
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Can't open News app after changing region/country

After changing region/country, News can't be opened. App Store shows installed, with "Open" button next to the App. Tapping on it does nothing. Asking Siri to open it, Siri says "can't right now". I'...
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Apple News: News channels not available

I changed Apple News channels to read the news, adding standard channels like New York Times, CNN, and The Economist. The Economist works, but NYT and CNN present an error: Channel Unavailable ...
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Spotlight search customizations

How do I customize the news sources in Spotlight suggestions? I don't want to disable as others have answered. I want to remove certain suggestions that require subscriptions to read the articles. ...
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How to get Apple News App in iPhone 5 (India)

I have iPhone 5 and iOS 9.2 installed right now in my phone but still i am not getting Apple News app in my phone. Can any one let me know how can I get that application on my iPhone 5 (India).
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New iPhone 6s doesn't have News app

I bought an iPhone 6s recently and my brother did so too, we just come pared them and it appears that my iPhone 6s doesn't have a default News app (the one that can't be deleted) but my brother does. ...
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Apple News on OSX [closed]

I enjoy using the Apple News application on my iPad and iPhone, does anyone know about any plans on bringing it to the web or OSX?
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In iOS9, where did Newsstand go?

I have several subscriptions to newspapers that were in the Newsstand app. But in iOS9 update, Newsstand is gone... and with it, all the magazines I had paid for, or was in the process of reading, ...
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What user details are shared with publishers through Apple News?

Apple says that “News seamlessly delivers the articles you want to read in a beautiful and uncluttered format, while respecting your privacy, because Apple doesn’t share your personal data,”. What ...
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