Wednesday Recap: Tweetbot for Mac, Apple on EPEAT, Parallels Hearts Retina

Seems as if any time a notable iOS developer makes the leap to the Mac, it's worthy of headlines -- and that's certainly true with the alpha version of Tweetbot for Mac introduced today. If you've already sworn your allegiance to Tweetbot on the iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, it's pretty much of a no-brainer. So let's not waste any time here, you'll want to read all about it so you can get to downloading that much quicker on this Wednesday, July 11, 2012.

Tweetbot for Mac Public Alpha Now Available

Despite Tapbots' earlier objections to porting its popular Twitter client from iOS to Mac, the developer surprised many today by releasing an alpha version of Tweetbot for Mac, available today as a free download for anyone willing to give it a test drive. "Developing for the Mac is no easy task, especially a full-featured Twitter client," the company notes in its blog. "However, we’ve gotten to a point where while not complete, it is useable. We’ve decided to release it as a public alpha to a) motivate us to finish faster, and b) get feedback to help us build the best Mac incarnation of Tweetbot we can make." It's important to note that this is just a preview of what's to come -- in addition to creepy, crawly bugs being present, a number of features like multiple windows and iCloud sync are also still absent. The alpha is free for now, but when version 1.0 hits the Mac App Store, you'll have to pony up an as-yet unannounced amount. Also, the release version will be the first app we've heard of to be OS X Mountain Lion exclusive, although the alpha runs just fine on OS X Lion today.

Apple Issues Statement on EPEAT Withdrawal

The Loop managed to wrangle a response out of Apple about its recent decision to withdraw from EPEAT, a voluntary list of green electronics. The move caused the city of San Francisco to lash out against Apple, denying city employees from buying Cupertino's computers with city dough.

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