Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Import Google Reader Feeds into Mail.app

while Apple is not the fan of OPML
folks still crave for doing everything on Mac
I am in love with Google and Apple at the same time
Here's how I live with them peacefully

1. Export an OPML file from Google Reader
2. Save it to desktop
3. Run the following command in Terminal( in Utilities): perl -lne 'print $1 if /"(http.*?)"/' Desktop/google-reader-subscriptions.xml | pbcopy
4. Open Mail
5. Go to File » Add RSS Feeds...
6. Choose the Specify a custom feed URL radio button
7. Click in the entry box and hit Command-V to paste the feed URLs
8. Click the Add button
9. ALL SET
IF YOUR HAD SUBSCRIBED HUNDREDS FEEDS, THAT MIGHT TAKE A WHILE TO IMPORT...
JUST BE PATIENT

reference: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2008040920544426