Apple last week unveiled Project Catalyst, an initiative designed to allow developers to port their iPad apps to the Mac. 

At the time, Apple named several partners, including Twitter, and today, Twitter provided more detail on its upcoming Mac app. 

Twitter says that it will leverage its existing iOS codebase to bring Twitter to the Mac, but will add native Mac features on top of its existing iPad experience to make the app better suited for the Mac.

We are excited that Project Catalyst will enable us to bring Twitter back to the Mac by leveraging our existing iOS codebase. We’ll also be able to add native Mac features on top of our existing iPad experience, while keeping our maintenance efficient as we continue to improve this shared codebase in the years to come.

Twitter previously had a Twitter for Mac app that was discontinued in February 2018 with Twitter directing Mac users to instead use the Twitter for web experience. 

Read more at MacRumors.com

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