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I want to see the raw XML of an RSS feed for a podcast.
In Safari, as of Lion formatted XML files is supported. But RSS feeds are not formatted that way and instead presented in Safari's RSS Reader mode. A view source on that page doesn't display the RSS feed as I expected, instead the HTML and CSS used to put the viewer together.
Is there another way to do this in Safari? I also have the RSS Reading app, Reeder, installed, so I'd be willing to do it in there if possible.
I suggest you try out a native app (such as Reeder) with support for sharing through various services and which will eventually get support for Google+. Until then, perhaps a bookmarklet for Safari will do? See here.
The feed URL can only be edited if Google Reader sync is off.
Select the feed in the left column and press ⌘I to bring up the feed info window. Click on the triangle next to the URLs entry and you will get a text box that will allow you to edit the feed URL. There are a bunch of other setting there that allow you to do things like specify how often a particular feed is updated, how long articles are kept, etc.
Best Answer
Here’s a Safari extension to view the raw XML data: https://github.com/sergeche/xmlview#readme
There’s an online demo, too: http://media.chikuyonok.ru/xmlview/ This works in Firefox, Chrome, and Safari.
Edit: Sadly, this extension doesn’t work in Safari 5.1. There’s an issue for that here: https://github.com/sergeche/xmlview/issues/16
Alternatively, you could always open Terminal.app and just use
curlto view the raw RSS/XML contents: