using Twitterrific with identi.ca

Since identi.ca has introduced support for the Twitter API, switching Twitterrific over seems to be as easy as entering this command in a Terminal window:

defaults write com.iconfactory.Twitterrific baseUrl -string 'identi.ca/api'

The command to switch back is the following:

defaults write com.iconfactory.Twitterrific baseUrl -string 'twitter.com'

You’ll also need to restart Twitterrific after each of these to see the change working.

It took me awhile to figure this out, because I didn’t realize that they’d hidden the details in plain sight. You know, like, in the README file that comes with the Twitterrific download. Sheesh. Who reads those?

This entry was written by l.m.orchard, posted on July 18, 2008 at 5:56 pm, filed under asides and tagged , , , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

10 Comments

  1. Michael C. Harris
    Posted July 18, 2008 at 8:25 pm | Permalink

    I still follow people on Twitter using Twitterrific. If I could just get updates from multiple sources, I’d be happy.

  2. Zach Copley
    Posted July 19, 2008 at 2:45 am | Permalink

    I found it useful to go to the configuration menu (click the wrench) and turn OFF:

    Tweets -> Include your direct messages
    System -> Show errors in tweet list

    So Twitterrific wont complain in the list about the features that aren’t implemented yet. After that, it works beautifully for me with identi.ca/Laconica.

  3. Chris Messina
    Posted July 19, 2008 at 8:29 am | Permalink

    Any idea how to under the stored username/password? Since I actually use a different password for each site, switching the baseUrl is only a start — how do I switch account credentials?

  4. l.m.orchard
    Posted July 19, 2008 at 11:03 am | Permalink

    @chris: The login credentials, alas, aren’t as easily switchable I don’t think. The API baseUrl is an app-level default, but the user/pass is part of the app preferences.

    Hmm… I haven’t tried it, but I suppose you might be able to swap between copies of ~/Library/Preferences/com.iconfactory.Twitterrific.plist with each configured using a different user/pass pair.

  5. Dan York
    Posted July 22, 2008 at 1:39 pm | Permalink

    Very cool! And nice to see. Out of curiousity, will this also work with Twitterific on the iPhone?

  6. Evan Prodromou
    Posted July 23, 2008 at 3:55 pm | Permalink

    So, does this work with iPhone Twitterrific?

  7. TeacherPatti
    Posted July 24, 2008 at 5:49 pm | Permalink

    Hey Les!
    Nice meeting you at the A2B3 today! Holy shit–you weren’t kidding when you said you were into social networking sites :)
    Patti
    PS: I friended you on Flickr, so if you see TeacherPatti, that’s me!

  8. Mike
    Posted July 27, 2008 at 2:16 pm | Permalink

    Evan: No, probably not. There’s no terminal on the iPhone.

  9. Nicolas Ritoux
    Posted September 2, 2008 at 1:27 pm | Permalink

    Thank you so much!!! This is so simple and efficient. I was missing that smooth client interface with identi.ca. Now I can permanently switch over to identi.ca.

    Niko – identi.ca user nikolai35

  10. dan.diemer@gmail.com
    Posted September 23, 2008 at 3:50 am | Permalink

    not working now =( Twitteriffic just hangs

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