How to open macOS news article in browser?

Question

I like the Apple News app, but can't figure out how to open the articles in browsers (For sharing purposes).

The Share button doesn't have "open in browser" as an option. I've tried sharing a note, but then it hides away the URL behind the apple news rich image. I tried it in mail, but then it gives me the news URL: https://apple.news/AfSvL4zUURbOnHGot9Tx7bA Which can be shared, but isn't the same, and especially cross-platform is just kinda... inconsiderate?

I can do this in iOS which is nice... But I can't figure out how to do this in macOS. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Answer 1

The option is available on macOS, but is unintuitive. In the News App, open the File menu, and select Open in Safari.

NOTE: This will in fact open the link in whatever your default browser is (eg. Chrome) although the menu title will continue to say "Open in Safari" regardless.

In order to add a keyboard shortcut for this, open System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts

1. select App Shortcuts in the sidebar
2. tap the + button to add a shortcut
3. from the Application dropdown, select News.app
4. in Menu Title, enter: "Open in Safari" (no quotes)
5. in Keyboard Shortcut, enter the shortcut you desire (eg. cmd-O)

Answer 2

Use Edit -> Copy Link to get the URL of the news item that is visible. Shortcut is ⌥+⌘+C

Answer 3

If you paste the apple.news link into a non-Safari browser (i.e. Chrome), it will redirect to the original URL.

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I like @mga's suggestion for how to actually get the link:

Use Edit -> Copy Link to get the URL of the news item that is visible. Shortcut is ⌥+⌘+C