{"id":26888,"date":"2019-10-15T12:14:59","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T16:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=26888"},"modified":"2019-10-15T12:14:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T16:14:59","slug":"twitter-for-mac-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/15\/twitter-for-mac-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter for Mac Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twitter<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The new Twitter for Mac app is here! We’re rolling out an updated Twitter experience made especially for those of you on Mac. Available in the App Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Christopher Wong<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The new @Twitter for Mac app is truly one of the funniest (read: worst) pieces of software I’ve ever used. Screenshot below of the full screen compose window.<\/p>\n

Project Catalyst seems like an unmitigated disaster <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Mario Guzmán<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I mean, naturally, you drag a slider with your finger or holding down on the mouse... Well, that’s what I was trying to do with the slider in the Twitter iPad app for Mac... didn’t go so well. LOL #Catalyst<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Ben Sandofsky<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Twitter’s new Mac app uses less than half the memory of the website, and the experience is way better.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Owen Williams<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Wait so Twitter made a Mac app using Apple’s ‘Catalyst’ tool for converting iPad apps.... and it’s...worse than their Progressive Web App? Color me surprised, the iPad app sucks too.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Matt Birchler<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Text selection in the new Twitter app for Mac is insane.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Nolan O’Brien<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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A lot of engineering went into bringing the full iOS feature set over to Mac in a very tight timeframe.<\/p>\n

There are definitely areas to follow up and improve. We’ll keep iterating and making things better, but in the meantime, check out some of the great features Twitter for Mac offers<\/p>\n

Photo uploads get a real boost on Mac. WebP, HEIC and TIFF images now supported in addition to PNG, JPEG and \nTwitter for Mac supports up to 4096x4096 photo uploads, that’s 16 megapixels!<\/p>\n

You can view those UHD images on Twitter for Mac too, of course!<\/p>\n

We’ve added support for multiple composition windows at the same time with the ability to resume them if you quit Twitter before you Tweet.<\/p>\n

Drag & Drop of photos and GIFs feels very natural on Mac too. We have some work to do for copy & paste of images into composer, so look for that improvement in future iterations too.<\/p>\n

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And lastly, don’t forget all the great features that Twitter for iOS has that have never been in a native Mac app before, all here from the get-go. 🥳<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n