Twitter is encouraging Mac users to get ‘the full Twitter experience” on the web.
- Twitter says it has added the ability to schedule tweets using its web interface, suggesting the same option could eventually make it to the platform's iOS app.
- The official Twitter app for Mac is as good as dead.Twitter no longer offers the app for download, and it will no longer be supported in March. So, what’s a Twitter user on a Mac to do?
- Jun 04, 2019 According to a tweet from Twitter's Support account, the returning Mac app will be like the iPad Twitter app but 'fully native,' with all of the system features that users would expect of a Mac.
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Earlier this week, Twitter implemented new rules around its TweetDeck and Twitter API to reduce spam and improve the quality and reliability of information shared on the platform. Why is there a chess app on mac. Now Twitter has announced another update, they will end support for its official Mac app in mid-March. While this is disappointing for the app’s fans, Twitter for Mac has never been a high priority for the company.
In 2010, Twitter acquired Tweetie. At the time, Twitter did not have an official app, so the acquisition made sense. However, the app was promptly forgotten about. Eventually, it fell out of use due to infrequent updates. The last time Twitter for Mac was updated was in 2015. Engadget’s Roberto Baldwin predicted that the next update would be released in 2018. While that was surprisingly accurate, he probably wasn’t expecting that update to be the app’s removal from the Mac App Store.
Since Twitter for Mac wasn’t properly maintained, other apps took its place. Even Twitter had a competing app in TweetDeck.
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Considering the app wasn’t publicized much and TweetDeck is better known, many Mac users either didn’t know the app existed or didn’t care. Most digital media managers use a third-party app, such as Hootsuite.
Anyone who wants to use a Twitter-owned account manager still has TweetDeck as an option, so it doesn’t sense for Twitter to continue support for a separate Mac app.
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Twitter also probably realized that its resources are better spent elsewhere. Earlier this month, Digital Trends conducted an informal poll on Twitter that doesn’t bode well for any Mac apps.
.@Twitter is killing its Mac desktop #app. Do you care?
— Digital Trends (@DigitalTrends) February 19, 2018
Windows users who use the Windows version of the app are in luck. Currently, Twitter’s Windows 10 app remains on the Microsoft Store, but no one knows how much longer that will be the case.
For now, Twitter is encouraging Mac users to get ‘the full Twitter experience” on the web at twitter.com.
For the full Twitter experience on Mac, visit Twitter on web. ? https://t.co/fuPJa3nVky
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) February 16, 2018
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