# Marking article read on Mac - Syncs to iOS?

**URL:** <https://discourse.netnewswire.com/t/marking-article-read-on-mac-syncs-to-ios/374>\
**Category:** Beta Testing\
**Created:** [September 8, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.netnewswire.com/t/marking-article-read-on-mac-syncs-to-ios/374 "2026-09-08T16:09:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![dnylnd](https://discourse.netnewswire.com/user_avatar/discourse.netnewswire.com/dnylnd/32/366_2.png) [@dnylnd](https://discourse.netnewswire.com/u/dnylnd)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.netnewswire.com/t/marking-article-read-on-mac-syncs-to-ios/374/1 "2026-09-08T16:09:42Z")

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I’m on the latest TestFlight on iOS and the latest beta on macOS.

if I mark an article as read on macOS, how long does it take to sync to iOS, if it ever even does? Am I required to open NNW to sync the read status?

Conversely, if I mark as read on iOS, is it up to the refresh feeds setting on macOS to get that read status?

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**Author:** ![brent](https://discourse.netnewswire.com/user_avatar/discourse.netnewswire.com/brent/32/7_2.png) [@brent](https://discourse.netnewswire.com/u/brent)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://discourse.netnewswire.com/t/marking-article-read-on-mac-syncs-to-ios/374/2 "2026-09-08T16:38:05Z")

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The answers vary based on which syncing system you’re using. Which one are you using?

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**Author:** ![dnylnd](https://discourse.netnewswire.com/user_avatar/discourse.netnewswire.com/dnylnd/32/366_2.png) [@dnylnd](https://discourse.netnewswire.com/u/dnylnd)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://discourse.netnewswire.com/t/marking-article-read-on-mac-syncs-to-ios/374/3 "2026-09-08T17:26:27Z")

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Inoreader.

When I asked about which service to use, I was told they’re all relatively the same experience.

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**Author:** ![brent](https://discourse.netnewswire.com/user_avatar/discourse.netnewswire.com/brent/32/7_2.png) [@brent](https://discourse.netnewswire.com/u/brent)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://discourse.netnewswire.com/t/marking-article-read-on-mac-syncs-to-ios/374/4 "2026-09-08T18:59:26Z")

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Most of the account types do status-syncing more often than feed-refreshing.

With Inoreader it’s slightly different — it does _some_ status-syncing outside of feed-refreshing, but less than the other account types, due to Inoreader’s API quota.

On the Mac the app can be running but not the frontmost app — that’s fine. It still syncs.

On iOS, if the app is not the current app, then it _may_ wake up in the background and sync occasionally — but that’s up to the system scheduler.

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**Author:** ![dnylnd](https://discourse.netnewswire.com/user_avatar/discourse.netnewswire.com/dnylnd/32/366_2.png) [@dnylnd](https://discourse.netnewswire.com/u/dnylnd)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.netnewswire.com/t/marking-article-read-on-mac-syncs-to-ios/374/5 "2026-09-08T19:13:32Z")

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So in your opinion (and what do you use), what is the best feed sync platform? I don’t mind paying

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**Author:** ![brent](https://discourse.netnewswire.com/user_avatar/discourse.netnewswire.com/brent/32/7_2.png) [@brent](https://discourse.netnewswire.com/u/brent)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://discourse.netnewswire.com/t/marking-article-read-on-mac-syncs-to-ios/374/6 "2026-09-09T04:18:13Z")

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I use iCloud for syncing since it’s the system built-in to NetNewsWire.

iCloud is not like the other systems in that iCloud is a general system, which means we had to build our own support for RSS syncing on top of iCloud. Which means there’s a lot of code we’re responsible for, so I should run it myself.

As far as the other systems go, I can’t play favorites — I don’t think it would be fair to them. Based on what other NetNewsWire users say, though, they all appear to be quite good.