Twitter will start shutting down TweetDeck for Mac from tomorrow, turning the tide of power users.
TweetDeck is the tool of choice for many “professional” Twitter users. With support for multiple accounts, the ability to easily schedule tweets, and a variety of other power features, many Mac users prefer TweetDeck over the standard Twitter app. Not least because TweetDeck avoids some of Twitter’s more annoying habits, such as constantly trying to change your timeline from a recent tweet to a curated select of “top tweets.”
TweetDeck is not being completely withdrawn from Mac users. It is still possible to access the service via Mac TweetDeck web interface, Although it is not as convenient as using a dedicated app. Not all browser interfaces in the app are interrupted, for example, although it is possible to recreate Experience the TweetDeck app using the Vivaldi browser.
In fact, ongoing support for the browser version of TweetDeck makes the withdrawal of the Mac app even more surprising. The app is little more than a container for web apps; Ongoing maintenance of the Mac app is trivial for a company the size of Twitter.
TweetDeck option
The death of TweetDeck for Mac will leave many Twitter users looking for alternatives.
Tweeting The closest direct replacement to TweetDeck. It’s free and comes with Mac and Windows versions as well as a Chrome browser extension
It’s so close to the TweetDeck experience that when I first install Tweeten, it accurately copies the layout of my TweetDeck columns, including the custom searches I create on TweetDeck.
The most worrying thing about Tweeten is that it hasn’t been updated since July 2021, which is the last time The developer made a public tweet. Blog The only developer’s website is also broken. It has all the features of a piece of software that – like TweetDeck for Mac – has been abandoned.