Hi David, I’ll admit, the screen that comes up when you initially open ReadKit is a bit confusing. It is asking you to add an account—any account, not necessarily Instapaper. You can fill in your Instapaper credentials, but there are also buttons in the dialog which allow you to select a different account type other than Instapaper. For example, your choices include Readability, Pocket, Inboard, and Feedly as well as others. Of course, you can add multiple accounts to ReadKit and every time you add a new account you get this same screen. One other choice is to enable ReadKit’s own built-in RSS engine, which you will need if you don’t plan to use any other type of account. You have to add at least one account, whether built-in RSS or a third-party one, in order for ReadKit to work properly. To add or delete accounts, you don’t use System Preferences. Instead, hit COMMAND-COMMA while ReadKit is open to access ReadKit’s preferences. Using standard VoiceOver commands, select the “accounts” tab in the window. Here you can see all the accounts you’ve added and remove any that you don’t want.
With all that said, are you syncing with a service like Feedly to access your subscriptions across multiple devices? If so, you need to import your OPML file via the website of the third-party account you are using. For example, with Feedly, visit http://feedly.com/i/discover and access the “import OPML” button at the very bottom of the page. You can only use ReadKit’s own “import” option if you’re using its local feed engine rather than a third-party account like Instapaper or ReadKit, and again, to use the local engine you have to enable it first by adding it as an account. I know this sounds confusing, but I’m a pretty long-winded writer and wanted to provide all the detail I could. Once you get ReadKit set up the way you like it you should find it a dream to navigate and use. Hope that helped, Grant > On Sunday July 10, 2016, at 10:26:45 AM, David Griffith > <daj.griff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > After hearing some good reports on Readkit RSS Reader on the Mac I installed > it but have fallen at the first hurdle. > > No matter what I seem to do I cannot import my existing OPML feed from Vienna > as this option is dimmed in the file menu. > > Looking on Google it seems that loads of people complain about this problem > but the solution does not seem clear. > > The app insisted that I log in with my Instant Paper account when it first > opened which may be screwing things up but when I tried to remove this > account from system preferences it refused to proceed. > > Has anybody found a way to make this app usable with a standard OPML RSS Feed > import? > > David Griffith > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.