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These were the best ones IMO: https://wallpapertag.com/img/eyJpdiI6ImlFY2hqYStNSno4Z0dBcGY... https://wallpapertag.com/img/eyJpdiI6IlZ2N1R4bVpXYm9DVTRPS3l...
These were the best ones IMO: https://wallpapertag.com/img/eyJpdiI6ImlFY2hqYStNSno4Z0dBcGY... https://wallpapertag.com/img/eyJpdiI6IlZ2N1R4bVpXYm9DVTRPS3l...
Don't forget the OS 9 wallpapers: https://512pixels.net/projects/mac-os-9-5k-wallpapers My favorites among these are the gradient-rich desktops that dropped in Mac OS 8.5 back in '98, like those UFO ones. That's when the OS gained support for icons with 24-bit color and 8-bit masks, which are the direct ancestors to today's 1024x1024 32-bit app icons. Perhaps to commemorate this full leveling up of the classic Mac de…
These were the best ones IMO: https://wallpapertag.com/img/eyJpdiI6ImlFY2hqYStNSno4Z0dBcGY... https://wallpapertag.com/img/eyJpdiI6IlZ2N1R4bVpXYm9DVTRPS3l...
Debatable. They're visually too busy and noisy to see all the time.
You could even argue that, if you see your wallpaper close to “all the time”, your monitors are larger than you need most of the time.
Tangentially, I find wallpaper to be fascinating as it's one of the few aspects of desktop UX that is basically still 100% open to self-expression. For functional reasons, every other desktop UI surface has converged with only a few minor variations. But the static desktop OS background - perhaps because it has no inherent functional purpose and remains covered most of the time - remains as a canvas.
> the static desktop OS background Eons ago, there was a (paid) 3rd-party program for MacOS Classic that would give you a slideshow desktop background. The images were of the Golden Gate bridge, and were a timelapse over the course of a day. The changes were (afair) synced to your local solar time, so 'sunset' in the desktop background would line up with your local sunset. I'd have to search to find the name of the p…
Also, I hate to do this but if I'm allowed, tinniest plug, I do maintain a screensaver project for macOS that does video both screensaver and wallpaper integration with solar time adaptation : https://aerialscreensaver.github.io (the default download will give you the app that does the wallpaper integration).
The one that mystifies me, is why Apple pulled their original Dubai At Night screensaver[0]. [0] https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=766810966790684 (This seems to be the only place to find it online).