A little over a year after discontinuing its Mac desktop app, Twitter says that it’s bringing the program back after Apple unveiled Project Catalyst for macOS 10.15 Catalina. It explained why it. It's been a year since Twitter killed off its app for Mac, but it's now fallen back in love with the desktop and is releasing a new version for macOS Catalina. The new app will feature keyboard. Due to increased security and permissions with Mac OS 10.14 Mojave and 10.15 Catalina, you will be prompted to authorize the Zoom Desktop Client to use the microphone, camera, and on Mac OS 10.15 Catalina, screen recording. The permissions are set within System Preferences of the device. Real Twitter pros tend to lean towards Tweetbot.At £9.99, it's not exactly a throwaway price, although we still don't think that's excessive for a detailed, beautifully designed Mac app like this.
For more than a year, macOS users have been without an official desktop Twitter client -- more on that shortly. But now, thanks to Project Catalyst for macOS 10.15 Catalina, a Twitter app is making its way back to Mac.
Twitter announced that it is ending support for its dedicated desktop Mac app in the next few days. The company said that it has brought the app down from the web and from App Store as well. After 30 days the Twitter for Mac “will no longer be supported.”.
Twitter says that Apple's Project Catalyst means that it has been easy to use the code from the iOS version of the client to create a native macOS app. The company has also revealed just why it was the Mac Twitter client disappeared in the first place.
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Twitter explains that it decided to focus on mobile apps as it was becoming impractical to maintain apps with different codebases. But now Project Catalyst makes it simple to create macOS app from iOS app, a shared codebase is possible. https://cleverlightning224.weebly.com/cool-mac-apps-2019.html.
In a post about the return of Twitter for Mac users, the company says:
We are excited that Project Catalyst will enable us to bring Twitter back to the Mac by leveraging our existing iOS codebase. We'll also be able to add native Mac features on top of our existing iPad experience, while keeping our maintenance efficient as we continue to improve this shared codebase in the years to come.
It goes on to say:
The new Twitter for Mac app will use our existing iOS codebase, rather than being built from a separate codebase, following the same successful strategy we've used with Web to expand our supported clients. By supporting key Mac-specific behaviors on top of our iOS code, we will be able to maintain feature parity across our iOS and Mac apps with relatively low long term maintenance costs.
The macOS Twitter client will not just be a direct port of the iOS version. New features will be added that are unique, including 'resizable windows with dynamic content, multiple windows support, native notifications, drag & drop and keyboard support'. Twitter adds: 'There may even be a few new exciting features we haven't been able to build for mobile devices that we’re excited to share in the fall!'
Highlights
- Twitter pulls down “Tweetie” for Mac from the App Store
- The app was initially released in 2008
- Moment was added in October 2015, seven months after its release
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Twitter announced that it is ending support for its dedicated desktop Mac app in the next few days. The company said that it has brought the app down from the web and from App Store as well. After 30 days the Twitter for Mac “will no longer be supported.”
The news is not that surprising given that Twitter hardly modified the app’s desktop version for Mac, and users for long had waited for a ‘dramatic’ update (since 2015 to be exact) to happen. Post in app mac. While a revamped ‘Tweetie’ didn’t take shape, many determined users have since switched to either Twitterific or Tweetbot. The app really didn’t thrive in the past few years and before Twitter pulled it down, it had an average rating of 1.7 out of 5 on the App Store.
We’re focusing our efforts on a great Twitter experience that’s consistent across platforms. Lock mac computer. So, starting today the Twitter for Mac app will no longer be available for download, and in 30 days will no longer be supported.
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) February 16, 2018
Twitter failed to keep its Mac app lively and took nearly seven months to add ‘Moments’ that was introduced in 2015. Notably, the Tweetie is not a creation of Twitter (via The Verge), rather it was outsourced development to a Seattle-based third-party digital studio, Black Pixel. Perhaps this is the reason that the online networking service didn’t try to put much of an effort into revamping the app.
While users would barely shed a tear for the passing away of the Twitter app for Mac, many Twitter users have however expressed their concern that the company could likely make a similar move with TweetDeck, a popular multi-column client with list-making tools used for managing Twitter accounts. TechCrunch, however, notes that Twitter barely makes choice in ‘lockstep’ with the wishes of its user base.
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