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Yesterday Tweetie for Mac was released. It was the application many of us Twitterers-on-a-Mac fanatics have been ancitipating following the sneak-peek video posted on their site a few days ago. It didn’t disappoint and within 5 minutes of downloading and testing, I had purchased it for $14.95.
My requirements for a desktop Twitter client have always been pretty simple: the ability to quickly see @ replies and Direct Messages and search the public timeline within the app, the way one can in Tweetie for iPhone. I regularly miss @ replies in Twitterrific unless I scroll through the list of tweets. With Tweetie I’ll never miss an @ again thanks to the blue indicator shown in the left hand menu bar of the client window.
Of course, Tweetie for Mac comes with many more features. Things I never thought I’d need but of course now that I have them I’m wondering how I managed without them, such as the viewing of images without having to crank up Safari or leave the app itself, view my contacts credentials and see whether they are following me back, all by simply double clicking their icon…
I can even stop following that person within Tweetie, not that I’d ever want to stop following the lovely @chrisdejabet, mind you 
There’s not much about Tweetie for Mac that needs improvement, in my eyes, apart from a refresh button without having to go to the menu bar > Twitter > Refresh. I’d also like to see what the current refresh rate is. I’m thinking 3 minutes but it’s a bit hard to tell and there’s no way of changing the default.
Tweetie for Mac is $14.95 for a 2 week introductory period, until May 4th. After that you’ll pay $19.95. You can, of course, download and use the app completely free, as long as you don’t mind ads. The great thing about purchasing Tweetie is the license which allows you to use the app for all your Twitter accounts on as many computers as you (personally) own. How awesome is that?
You can view all of the features on the Tweetie for Mac site. If you have any questions about the app before you buy then feel free to drop me a line in the comments section.
Yeah, the Tweetie UI is just absolutely spot-on. It’s one of the most delicious looking apps I have on Mac OS X (and iPhone) right now. I thought I’d really miss a notification sound but I’m not too bothered, although an option to have one is always nice.
Nice writeup as usual Samster.
For me tweetie for mac is far too wide, I keep twitterfic at the top right hand corner of my screen with Safari butted right up to it. If I do the same with tweetie I have to minimize Safari so much it has horizontal scroll bars
I guess with your 1680 x 1050 resolution this isn’t a problem for you. I’d actually rather they just put the iPhone version on the Mac in someways! (same button layout etc)
Also, I wish they’d have integrated the new tweet box to the bottom of the app ala twitterific. The refresh button is another issue that I’ve tweeted about, along with the lack of update controls and a dark theme.
I’m sure some of these features will get added eventually though.
Over and out..