By MacRumors Staff
Twitter How Tos

How to Keep Your Twitter Account Secure Without Having to Pay for the Privilege
Twitter in February 2023 announced that text message two-factor authentication (2FA) is set to become a premium feature for Twitter Blue accounts. Here's why the company's logic behind the decision doesn't make any sense from a security perspective, and why you don't need the feature anyway.
Twitter has said that it will soon be removing text message-based 2FA from non-paying accounts and...
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How to Create Your Own GIFs in the Twitter iOS App
Twitter has updated its iOS app with a new in-app camera feature that lets users create their own animated GIFs for posting to the social media platform. The following steps show you how it's done.
In Twitter, hit the big blue plus button to start composing a tweet.
Tap the picture icon in the compose window, just above the virtual keyboard.
Tap the camera icon.
Make sure GIF is selected ...

How to Pin Twitter Direct Messages to the Top of Your Inbox
Twitter has added a new feature to its official iOS app that allows you pin chats to the top of your inbox. This article explains how it's done.
Previously only available if you were a paying Twitter Blue subscriber, anyone who uses Twitter's official app for iPhone and iPad can now make their favorite direct message conversations easily accessible by pinning them to the top of the inbox....