Twitterrific for Mac

General

Is Twitterrific free or paid?

Twitterrific is completely free to use without limitation. The application will simply display an advertisement for every hour that you use it. These non-intrusive ads come from The Deck and contain relevant information to products and services you might be interested in.

If you find the ads distracting or otherwise objectionable, you can purchase a license for Twitterrific that removes the advertising.

Is there a version of Twitterrific planned for Windows?

We are not planning a version of Twitterrific for Windows at this time. There are many alternatives for various platforms.

We do have a version of Twitterrific for the iPhone - take a look at the iPhone section of this site to learn more.

Why are tweets displayed in a strange order?

Sometimes, when the Twitter gets slow, it delivers the tweets in an order different than when they were posted. Since Twitterrific displays the timeline in the order that tweets were posted, sometimes it appears that new tweets are not in the order they should be.

Why do old replies and direct messages load on start?

Twitterrific makes a request for all previous replies and direct messages from Twitter. This can include replies and direct messages from quite awhile ago depending on how often you receive them.

Also, since neither Twitterrific or Twitter keep track of whether they are read or not, they will show up as unread tweets. You can easily mark them as read using the "catch up" keyboard shortcut: Command-K.

In a future release, we plan on tracking read and unread state across launches.

Why am I getting "bad request" errors?

To deal with an ever growing number of users, Twitter limits each user to certain number of connections every hour.

Twitterrific makes three requests every time you refresh (for your recent messages, replies and direct messages.) By default, Twitterrific refreshes every three minutes, using 60 connections in total.

If you post a lot, you may want to increase the update interval to 5 minutes.

Another thing to be aware of is that these connections are for all applications that user Twitter. For example, if you have a Twitter application on your iPhone in addition to Twitterrific, both will be using connections and you may run out.

How To

How can I make the text input field larger?

Simply click and drag upward on the small dot just above the posting field to increase its size.

How do I turn off error messages?

Sometimes Twitter can be prone to errors. When this happens, you may get tired of seeing a bunch of yellow messages in your tweet list.

To disable the errors, just open the configuration panel by clicking on the wrench icon. Then click on the System tab. After you remove the checkbox from "Show errors in tweet list" the errors will no longer be listed.

Remember that the "Open error log file..." button can always be used to view all errors that have occurred.

If you want to see the errors in the list, but quickly get rid of them, select the message and press Command-Delete.

How do I send replies and direct messages?

To reply to the currently selected tweet, use Command-2 and the user's screen name will be added to the input field and your cursor will be placed just after it so you can type away!

This keyboard shortcut is easy to remember as "Command-To" or by its location on the "@" key.

Likewise, direct messages can be sent by using Command-D.

How do I see a tweet's time stamp?

Simply roll your mouse over any tweet and let it hover for a few seconds to see the tweet's time stamp.

How do I favorite a tweet?

You can favorite a tweet in two ways. Simply select a tweet and press command-1 to add it to your list of favorites, or click the actions icon (the gear) on the selected tweet and then pull down and select "Add this tweet to favorites" from the Actions menu.

How do I get Twitterrific to show an icon in the OS X Dock?

You can customize many aspects of Twitterrific via the application's preferences panel. Launch Twitterrific and then click the settings icon at the bottom of the main user interface (the wrench icon). From the main preference pane, select "System" and check the "Show an icon for Twitterrific in the Dock" checkbox. Click "OK" and then quit Twitterrific. When you re-launch the application, you'll see Ollie the blue bird in your dock along with the number of unread tweets since your last refresh.

Troubleshooting

I keep getting API errors when I try to load tweets. Why?

The best solution to this problem is to simply wait a time and try again later. Twitter's network often undergoes problems due to high loads that work themselves out over time.