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How to Delete an X (Twitter) Account Permanently

Feb 10, 2024 - 1 Comment
How to delete X or Twitter account permanently

Social networking is a huge part of the modern internet experience, and X / Twitter remains one of the more unique and biggest social networks out there, functioning as a sort of digital town square, where anyone can say or reply to just about anything. The X/Twitter experience is really what you make it, and … Read More

Tweeten is the Best TweetDeck Alternative for Mac

Sep 25, 2022 - 2 Comments
Tweeten for Mac

If you’re a Twitter power user and you long for the features of the now defunct TweetDeck, you’ll be happy to know there’s an excellent free alternative to TweetDeck available, called Tweeten.

How to Type Return / Insert Line Breaks on TikTok, Twitter, or Instagram for iPhone

Aug 20, 2021 - 4 Comments
How to Type Return / Insert Line Breaks on Twitter or Instagram for iPhone

Want to insert line breaks while typing on iPhone? Many iPhone users may be wondering how they can type return or insert a line break or two particularly on Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook, TikTok, and other social networks. If that’s you, you’re certainly not alone, so let’s review how you can insert a line break … Read More

How to Download a Copy of Your Twitter Data

May 29, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Download a Copy of Your Twitter Data

Twitter may not have the massive user base that Facebook has, but it’s still one of the most popular social networking platforms out there. If you ever wanted to see all the data that you’ve shared with Twitter since you created your account, you can do it right from your iPhone or iPad.

How to Delete a Twitter Account

May 17, 2021 - 1 Comment
How to Delete a Twitter Account

Are you looking to take a break from Twitter? Or perhaps, quit the platform altogether? Either way, it’s quite easy to deactivate your Twitter account, and you can do it right from your iPhone or iPad within seconds.

How to Use Twitter Fleets on iPhone & iPad

Apr 14, 2021 - 1 Comment
How to Use Twitter Fleets on iPhone

Do you use Twitter as your primary social networking platform? If so, you might be excited to try out Twitter Fleets, a feature that was recently introduced to compete with the Stories feature that’s available on Instagram and Snapchat. (And don’t forget to follow @osxdaily on Twitter too, of course!)

How to Block & Unblock Users on Twitter

Nov 14, 2020 - Leave a Comment
How to Block & Unblock Someone on Twitter

Twitter; whether you love it, are addicted to it, or you hate it (or perhaps a combination of all of the above), you may get to a point where you want to block someone on Twitter. Maybe one of your Twitter followers is being obnoxious with their replies, or perhaps random people are spamming you, … Read More

How to Enable Dark Mode on Twitter for iPhone and iPad

Apr 15, 2018 - 3 Comments
How to enable Dark Mode on Twitter for iOS

Twitter for iOS offers a “Dark Mode” setting that shifts the apps appearance to a darker color spectrum of grays, blues, and blacks, making it easier on the eyes at night or in dimmer lighting situations. Of course some users may just prefer the Twitter app appearance when in dark mode or night mode too, … Read More

How to Mute Words on Twitter for iPad and iPhone

Aug 14, 2017 - 2 Comments
Mute words on Twitter

Twitter can be a valuable place to get news and information (and you can follow @osxdaily on there too of course), but it can also have plenty of things you won’t want to observe, see, or hear. If you don’t want to see particular topics, words, phrases, names, usernames, or hashtags on Twitter, you can … Read More

How to Remove Twitter Caches from iPhone and iPad

Aug 5, 2017 - 6 Comments
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Twitter for iPhone and iPad has manual cache clearing features built into the app, offering a way to forcibly dump excessive caches and data stored within the application in iOS, thereby freeing up some storage. This is particularly nice because iOS does not offer a way to manually clear caches from an iPhone or iPad, … Read More

How to Turn Off Video Autoplay on Twitter for Mac OS X

Feb 9, 2016 - 5 Comments
Twitter for Mac icon

The newest versions of Twitter for Mac and iOS default to automatically playing videos and gifs that are found within a feed. This can lead to the Twitter app becoming a stream of continuous noise and nuisance, or worse, as any video (uncensored or not) starts playing itself without user input. Whether you think this … Read More

Workarounds for Safari Not Opening t.co Short Links from Twitter

Jan 8, 2016 - 15 Comments
Twitter t.co short links not loading in Safari workarounds

Many users have notice that Safari on the Mac (and some on iOS) has trouble opening t.co short links coming from Twitter, both in the Twitter app and for Twitter on the web (by the way, you should follow us there). While not all Mac OS X and iOS users experience this issue, those who … Read More

How to Disable Video Auto-Playing on Twitter for iOS

Aug 29, 2015 - 3 Comments
Twitter icon

Twitter is a really great social service which allows you to curate a feed of nearly anything that interests you, whether it’s news, tech advice, recipes, pictures, jokes, celebrity updates, whatever. But the Twitter app for iPhone and iPad defaults to auto-playing video and animated gifs on both wi-fi and cellular data, this is entirely … Read More

How to Hide Twitter & Facebook Buttons from Sharing Panel in iOS

Oct 1, 2014 - 5 Comments
Disable Social Sharing buttons in iOS

If you’re like many other iPhone and iPad users, when you go to share a picture from your iOS device, you’re probably going to send it through Messages or Mail, and you’re not trying to go about posting it to Twitter or Facebook. Nonetheless, those Facebook and Twitter sharing buttons sit there in every iOS … Read More

Stop the Twitter for Mac Image Cache Folder from Growing Huge

Aug 22, 2014 - 14 Comments
Twitter for Mac image cache bloat crud

The Twitter for Mac client has a peculiar feature (bug?) which causes the app image cache to grow endlessly and without limitation. That means the Twitter image cache folder can easily become several gigabytes in size unbeknownst to the end user, and those cache files are also stored in virtual memory, which can cause unnecessary … Read More

See What Twitter is Saying About Any Topic with Siri

Jan 7, 2014 - 1 Comment
Get Twitter details on a topic with Siri

Twitter has long had integration into iOS and OS X, from being able to post new tweets or share various things through the service, but Siri is getting even more tweet-happy in the latest versions of iOS. Using a few simple commands, you can check the hoard consensus on any topic by just asking Siri. … Read More

How to Remove “Tap to Tweet” & “Tap to Post” from Notification Center in iOS

Apr 29, 2013 - Leave a Comment
Tap to Tweet button in Notification Center of iOS

Notification Center in iOS has both Twitter and Facebook integration and the ability to post to either service with a “Tap to Tweet” and “Tap to Post” button. On the iPad and iPhone these are accessed with the rest of Notifications by using a downward swiping gesture from the top of the screen. If you’d … Read More

Post to Twitter and Facebook with Siri

Feb 18, 2013 - 7 Comments
Posting to Twitter from Siri

You can post status updates and tweets to Facebook and Twitter by using nothing more than Siri. Why this may seem like a mere novelty at first, it’s actually extremely useful for situations where you’re occupied or can’t fiddle much with an iPhone, like when driving or running. Because you can summon Siri from the … Read More

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