There are several excellent Mastodon clients for Mac currently available ( and more to come).Īnd, of course, Twitter also killed off support for third-party Twitter clients – many of which were available on the Mac. Twitter for Mac’s abandonment could push those users to explore other platforms, such as Mastodon. Many of the people who use Twitter for Mac, however, likely fall into the “power user” category and post quite a bit on the platform. Twitter for Mac is obviously far more niche than Twitter for iPhone, Android, and the web. Even Musk has admitted that he may need to rehire some of the employees he initially fired. Musk has laid off the vast majority of Twitter’s staff, and the Mac app is likely a victim of engineering staff shortages.
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Whether or not Twitter has any plans to update Twitter for Mac again remains to be seen. Even for users who are happy that Twitter for Mac is rid of some of Musk’s questionable feature changes and additions, the overall reliability of the app is a problem. Users have complained of an increased number of crashes, failed timeline updates, and posting failures. This includes support for Twitter Spaces, the ability to sign up for Twitter subscriptions from creators, any support for Twitter Blue and its exclusive features, and more.Įven beyond missing features, Twitter for Mac is growing increasingly buggy and unreliable. Musk’s completed his acquisition of Twitter on October 27, 2022, and layoffs began almost immediately.Īs it stands today, Twitter for Mac lacks several Twitter features offered by the web and mobile versions. The last update to Twitter for Mac was on October 7, 2022. The current lack of updates – from Musk’s acquisition in October to now – is the longest gap in at least the past 18 months, according to the App Store. Still, according to App Store version history, the app received pretty regular updates. A year later, however, Twitter for Mac returned with a new version of the app based on Apple’s Catalyst platform and the app’s iPad codebase.Īdmittedly, the pre-Musk version of Twitter wasn’t always great about keeping Twitter for Mac updated. Twitter offered a dedicated app for Mac for several years but dropped support for it in 2018 and instead pointed users toward the web version of the service. The app hasn’t received a single update since Musk’s acquisition and is lacking many features key to the “new Twitter” experience (which may not be a bad thing for some users).
Elon Musk’s acquisition of the company and subsequent gutting of engineering teams have left Twitter for Mac in the lurch.
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