NZB Drop 2.3

NZB Drop 2.3 is now available, a free update for all registered users.

Changes include:

- New command to download files by filetype
- New command to sort files by filetype
- View option to display entire subject line instead of filename
- Fixed crash and improved behavior when out of disk space
- Fixed the Search page not honoring home page chosen in Preferences
- More bug fixes and Lion-related UI tweaks

NZB Drop 2.2

NZB Drop 2.2 is now available. This is a free upgrade for all registered users of version 2.

Changes include:

- Bookmarks for your favorite nzb sites, newsgroups, posters, and searches
- Bandwidth controller for on-the-fly bandwidth adjustments
- Option to put computer to sleep after all downloads have completed
- Ability to sort the list of NZBs
- Several minor bug fixes and UI tweaks

NZB Drop 2.1

NZB Drop icon

NZB Drop 2.1 is now available, sporting a spiffy new icon designed by Emanuel Sá.

This version adds download scheduling, manual post processing, and a host of other improvements and fixes, see release notes for details.

NZB Drop 2.07

NZB Drop 2.07 is now available.

More bug fixes and performance improvements, see release notes for details.

Next up should be more substantial improvements in version 2.1.

NZB Drop 2.06

I am pleased to announce the immediate availability of NZB Drop 2.06. This is a free upgrade for all registered users of version 2.

This version offers several bug fixes and performance improvements.

Changes include:

- Significantly reduced cpu usage in certain cases
- Improved subject analysis for more accurate file collections
- Improved RAR support
- Par2 check will now use recovery file if index file is missing
- New preference to prevent computer from sleeping while downloading

Learn more here.

NZB Drop 2.0

I am pleased to announce the immediate availability of NZB Drop 2.0.

This release has been in the works for a very long time, and constitutes a dramatic improvement over version 1. NZB Drop is now a complete solution for locating, downloading, and processing content on Usenet newsgroups. From searching for files with any available Usenet search engine, all the way through par2 check and repair, and the unpacking of rar archives, NZB Drop handles it all. And with up to 100 simultaneous connections per server, a faster solution simply does not exist.

Significant changes include:

- New unified user interface with browser window
- Grouping of related files into collections
- Par2 check and repair, with automatic retrieval of recovery blocks
- Unrar, unzip, and split-file assembly
- Inline search using binsearch.info or other usenet search engine
- Support for up to 100 simultaneous connections per server
- Option to skip specified filetypes, e.g. nfo, log, txt, md5, cue, sample
- Option to clean up par2, rar, zip, and split files after successful processing

Learn more here.

NZB Drop 1.3

I am pleased to announce the immediate availability of NZB Drop 1.3. This release offers significant performance improvements, bug fixes, and several highly requested new features.

This is a free upgrade. All registered users running Leopard are encouraged to upgrade to this new version.

Significant changes include:

- Reduced cpu usage and disk activity
- Watch folder for auto-loading nzb files
- Bandwidth limit scheduling
- Separate pref to auto-queue par checksum files
- New command to sort file list
- New “manual only” server setting
- Many other minor changes and bug fixes
- Requires X.5 Leopard

NZB Drop 1.2

I am pleased to announce the immediate availability of NZB Drop 1.2. This is a free upgrade for all registered users. This release offers several new features, along with performance improvements and numerous bug fixes. All customers are strongly encouraged to upgrade to this new version.

Significant changes include:

- Bandwidth limiting
- Time remaining indicator
- Separate directory for storing parts
- Optional suppression of Errors window
- Error details for corrupt nzb files
- Files remaining indicator in dock icon
- Fixed problem decoding binhex files
- Numerous bug fixes

Usenet search engines with nzb support

There are many Usenet search engines w/ nzb support to choose from. To help find the content you want and generate NZB files, start here:

binsearch.info
NzbNation
Mega NZB
NZB Matrix
MerlinsPortal.net
NZB MovieSeeker
NZB TVSeeker

NZB Drop 1.1

I am pleased to announce the immediate availability of NZB Drop 1.1. This release adds several new features, addresses some performance issues, and fixes several bugs that cropped up in the initial release.

Significant changes include:

- Growl notification support
- Option to queue all open nzb files for download
- Added Action pulldown menu to toolbar
- Allow greater customization of the toolbar
- Close menu command now works for all windows
- Fixed errors when restarting saved nzb files
- Reduced disk access while downloading
- Numerous bug fixes