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Post Your Desktop: January 2021
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@Aggedor I only have two resolutions (1920x1080 & 1280x800):
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Nice desktop.
No, I’m not going to ask you again the wallpapers, but I wanted to ask you if it’s possible to set two different wallpapers for both light and dark mode, and in the affirmative case, how do you do it to change from one to another? Thank you.
Desktop pictures - I’m glad this is still a thing! I save files more than I organize them, so my current computer is a mess… but that means I still have this desktop picture from May 4, 1997. My fancy 1024x768 monitor was cutting edge.
I was a 13 year-old who spent too much time on his computer. This dtp (an acronym we used back then, not to be confused with the other old acronym for desktop publishing) is one I made by taking a screenshot of my neatly-organized desktop with a standard Mac OS background image, then I did some effects to give it the reflection + fractal effect, and I set the new image to the desktop. Of course it meant that moving or adding icons would ruin the symmetry, but it was still cool.
Mac OS 8 was officially released a couple months later, which is when the 3D-looking Apple menu logo was introduced. So this was either a skin I installed on 7.6.1 or an OS 8 beta that must have fallen off a truck.
![4 may 97 dtp.jpg]( "4 may 97 dtp.jpg")
I was a 13 year-old who spent too much time on his computer. This dtp (an acronym we used back then, not to be confused with the other old acronym for desktop publishing) is one I made by taking a screenshot of my neatly-organized desktop with a standard Mac OS background image, then I did some effects to give it the reflection + fractal effect, and I set the new image to the desktop. Of course it meant that moving or adding icons would ruin the symmetry, but it was still cool.
Mac OS 8 was officially released a couple months later, which is when the 3D-looking Apple menu logo was introduced. So this was either a skin I installed on 7.6.1 or an OS 8 beta that must have fallen off a truck.
Epic story behind the picture! I'm always happy to see other classic Mac OS screenshots in these threads, as I can't recall seeing any other than mine. I love what you did with the desktop, and I love that background! xD
Ha, glad you like it! Feel free to steal the idea. I didn’t realize there’s another thread for PowerPC desktop backgrounds - looks like I broke the rules on my first post. Let’s just pretend this one was for Flashback Friday.
I no longer have the Power Mac 8500, but I do still have a Mac Classic at my parents’ house. I should turn it on someday and check if I played any of my old SimCity games up to the futuristic year of 2021.
Even if you did bend the rules a bit, it's still fun to see!
It would be cool to see your Mac Classic's desktop when you get it out :3
I'd just like to chime in with a possible author to these; VladStudio -
edit: (humblebrag) I was correct.
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Indeed. Thank you so much! I couldn't remember where I found that wallpaper, it had been so long ago. There is some wonderful stuff on his website!
EDIT: Just purchased a premium account to show my appreciation.
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Yup,, I edited my comment to reflect that I was correct
4 different styles of that particular wallpaperHe really has made some wonderful wallpapers - I think most of us remember the Snow Leopard plush animal wallpaper
So cute!