Low and behold, there are a ton of “Power User Preferences” that can be done through the command line for version 3.1 (I’m running 3.1b3 -> direct download link)…

Power User Preferences

The following list shows preferences that can be set with the command line. These preferences can be used to configure Twitterrific for special uses.

To set one of these “power user” preferences, quit Twitterrific and issue the following from a command line:

% defaults write com.iconfactory.Twitterrific [preference] [type] [value]

where [preference] is the name of the preference, [type] is the data type and [value] is the data value to use (shown in the table below.) After restarting Twitterrific, you should see the new preference setting.

To delete the preference and return to a default setting, use:

% defaults delete com.iconfactory.Twitterrific [preference]

Make sure that you match case when typing the [preference] key—baseurl is not the the same as baseUrl. Use man defaults for more information about setting defaults with the command line.

Preference	Type	Default Value	Description
connectionLogging	-bool	NO	When this preference is set to YES, Twitterrific will log connection information to the Console. This is helpful for debugging Twitter problems.
processTweetScriptPath	-string	None	A path to an AppleScript that will be used to process each new tweet that arrives. The script parameters are described below.
protocol	-string	“http://”	Allows Twitterrific to be configured for other protocols, such as “https://”.
baseUrl	-string	“twitter.com”	Allows Twitterrific to be configured for other servers supporting the Twitter API.
filterOwnTweets	-bool	NO	If this preference is set to YES, Twitterrific will not display your own tweets. It will only display the tweets of your friends.
tweetScreenNameFilter	-string	None	Defines an ICU regular expression that will be used to filter incoming tweets based on the screen name of the tweet. If you want to block everything from @crackheadjoe and @chattypatty, you would set this preference to “(crackheadjoe|chattypatty)”.
tweetTextFilter	-string	None	Defines an ICU regular expression that will be used to filter incoming tweets based on the text of the tweet. Setting this preference to “[cC][aA][nN] [hH][aA][sSzZ]” will let you avoid LOLCAT inanity.
maximumStatusCount	-integer	200	This preference specifies how many tweets from your timeline to hold in memory.
maximumMessagesCount	-integer	20	This preference specifies how many direct messages to hold in memory.
sonicTwooshTechnology	-bool	NO	The vocal stylings of Jonathan ‘Wolf’ Rentzsch inform you when a posted tweet is exactly 140 characters long.
growlMaximumShown	-integer	5	This value sets the maximum number of Growl notifications that will be displayed after a refresh. If there are more than the maximum, a summary is displayed.
displayScreenName	-bool	NO	When this preference is set to YES, “chockenberry” will be displayed instead of “Craig Hockenberry.”
pinScrollingEdges	-bool	NO	This preference changes how the view is scrolled when “keep same view” is selected. If your view is at the very top of the list, that position is maintained.