The Apple News app in macOS Mojave gathers articles, images, and videos you might be interested in and displays them in a visually appealing fashion. Participating publishers include ESPN, The New York Times, Hearst, Time, Inc., CNN, Condé Nast, Bloomberg, and many more.
Before you subscribe, you can view the magazines included with Apple News+ from within the app. Be sure to update your iPad to the latest version of iPadOS, iPhone or iPod touch to the latest version of iOS, or Mac to the latest version of macOS. Then follow these steps to subscribe to Apple News+: Open the News app. The macOS Mojave News App New to macOS Mojave is the News app, a port of the iOS app that has been around for a few years. You can now access news articles from thousands of sources in an aggregated news feed, and read the articles in a distraction-free environment. You can also go directly to sources and topics, and search for specific articles.
What are your interests?
You can customize what appears in your News app by scrolling down in the sidebar and clicking the Discover Channels & Topics button at its bottom.
When the Follow Your Favorites overlay appears, scroll down and click the items you want to follow in the News app. A red heart appears on each item you click to indicate that you’re following this source.
Click the item again and the heart turns from red to gray to indicate that you’re not following this source.
When you’ve clicked all the sources you want to follow, click Done and they’ll appear in the Following section of your sidebar.
To remove items from the sidebar’s Following or Suggested sections, click the Edit button near the top right of the sidebar. Now, click the – (minus sign) in a red circle to the left of the item’s name, and then click the Remove button that appears to the right of the item’s name.
To add a suggested source or to remove a source from either section in the sidebar, hover your cursor over the item and click the heart or heart-with-a-slash icon that appears to the right of the item’s name (and shown in the margin).
How News works
News creates a customized real-time newsfeed based on the sources you’re following, highlighting stories it expects you to be interested in. The more you read, the better its suggestions become, or at least that’s what Apple says.
Click a story to read it; click the < (back button) above the sidebar to return to the main News screen. Or use the handy commands and shortcuts in the View menu, including the following:
- Next Story (Command + [)
- Previous Story (Command + ])
- Close Story (Command + U)
- Check for New Stories (Command + R)
- Make Text Bigger (Command + plus sign)
- Make Text Smaller (Command + minus sign)
Managing your news on macOS Mojave
In addition to the useful commands in the View menu, the News app’s File menu also offers myriad commands that help you manage your news.
For example, to help News find stories you’ll enjoy, choose File→ Love Story (Command + L) if you love the story you’re reading; choose File→Dislike Story (Command + D) if you don’t love it, or choose File →Save Story (Command + S) to save the story for future reading. You’ll find your saved stories in the Saved Stories section near the bottom of the sidebar.
A History section at the bottom of the sidebar can help you find that story you read the other day and now want to share.
Finally, check out the other commands in the File menu, which can help fine-tune what you see in News, including:
- Follow Channel
- Block Channel
- Subscribe
- Discover Channels & Topics
- Manage Notifications
- Manage Blocked Channels and Topics
And that’s about all you need to know to customize and enjoy news in the new News app.
The Apple News app is available in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Learn what's available in your country or region.
Explore the News app
To get the latest version of the Apple News app, update your iPhone or iPod touch to the latest version of iOS, iPad to the latest version of iPadOS, or Mac to the latest version of macOS.
To navigate the Apple News app:
- On your iPhone or iPod touch, use the tabs at the bottom of the screen.
- On your iPad or Mac, use the sidebar. Don't see the sidebar? Tap or click the sidebar button in the upper-left corner of the app.
Today
Today shows you a feed of top stories curated by editors and stories from the channels and topics that you follow. Today also shows you stories suggested by Siri, trending stories that are popular with other readers, and more. As you read, Apple News learns your interests, then suggests stories you might like in Today.
News+
Subscribe to Apple News+ to get access to hundreds of magazines, popular newspapers, and premium digital publishers in the News app.
Audio
Listen to Apple News Today daily news briefings (no subscription needed) or subscribe to Apple News+ to listen to audio stories.*
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*Available only on iPhone and iPod touch in the U.S.
Following and search
Following shows all the topics and channels that you follow, and suggestions from Siri based on what you read. Stories from the channels and topics that you follow appear in Today.
You can also search for channels, topics, or stories. On your iPhone or iPod touch, tap the Following tab, then tap the search field at the top of the screen. On your iPad, tap the search field at the top of the sidebar. On your Mac, click the search field in the upper-right corner of the screen.
Saved stories
Don't have time to read a story? Just save the story so you can read it later — online or offline. While reading a story, tap or click the Share button , then tap or click Save Story. To find your saved stories on your iPhone or iPod touch, tap Following, then tap Saved Stories. On your iPad or Mac, tap or click Saved Stories in the sidebar.
History
To see your reading history on iPhone or iPod touch, tap Following, then tap History. On your iPad or Mac, tap or click History in the sidebar. Tap or click Clear to see options to clear your reading history, clear information News uses to recommend stories, or clear both your reading history and recommendations.
Read a story
Browse Top Stories and Trending Stories and more in the Today feed. Then tap or click the story you want to read.
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Go back
Tap or click the arrow to return to the previous screen.
Adjust font
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, tap the font button to adjust the font size. On your Mac, click View in the menu bar, press and hold the Option key on your keyboard, and choose Make Text Bigger or Make Text Smaller.
Share
Tap or click the Share button to send the story to a friend, save it for later, or follow or block the channel.
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More ways to stay up to date with Apple News
- Use the Apple News app on your Apple Watch or the News widget on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to see the top headlines and save them for later to read on a different device.
- You can read the latest business headlines from Apple News in the Stocks app on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac in all countries and regions where Apple News is available.
- Get the Apple News email newsletter.
- You can listen to the news in your car.
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Apple Macos Support
- Sign up for News Publisher to distribute content in the Apple News app. Whether you're a blogger or part of a news organization, you can publish your content on Apple News.
- You can subscribe to Apple News+ to get access to hundreds of magazines, popular newspapers, and premium digital publishers in the News app.
- You can also subscribe to some publisher content on an individual basis. Learn more about individual channel subscriptions in Apple News.
- You can report a concern about a news story.