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.

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Twitter says the app will be “fully native, with all the native features of a Mac app. Multiple windows, window resizing, drag and drop, dark mode, keyboard shortcuts, notifications and more!” The all-new Twitter for Mac is scheduled for launch on macOS Catalina 10.15, which will be released in the fall. 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. Even after resistance from its community, Twitter discontinued its native Mac app earlier last year to focus its energy towards “building a consistent experience” across platforms. Well, macOS users have been living without an official Twitter app – dependent on third-party apps, however, that’s changes today.

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.

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!'

The all-new Twitter for Mac is being developed and is scheduled for an early launch by this year on macOS Catalina 10.15.

Micro-blogging site Twitter has announced that it will be bringing back 'Twitter to Mac' with help from Apple's Project Catalyst, Pro, which is Apple's initiative to help developers port their iOS apps into Mac.

Twitter made the announcement during Apple's WWDC conference last week, saying that the app would launch with Catalina and this new version would have a variety of features like dark mode, keyboard shortcuts, multiple windows, and notifications, The Verge reported late on Saturday.

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In a post about the return of Twitter for Mac users, the company said: '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.'

The company previously had a 'Twitter for Mac app' that was discontinued in February 2018 because it was not sustainable to maintain two separate codebases. According to the report, the company said that with Project Catalyst, they would be able to use their existing iOS codebase along with new features for desktops.

The all-new Twitter for Mac is being developed and is scheduled for an early launch by this year on macOS Catalina 10.15. How to permanetly authorize unidentified developer app in mac.

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