Entering my favorite month of the year! Currently I'm using a still from one of macOS Sonoma's new aerial wallpapers. Once the novelty of Sonoma wears off I'm sure I'll go with my traditional Nightmare Before Christmas. 'Tis the season.
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Post Your Desktop: October 2023
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A new month and a new OS on my 2022 Studio:
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Still on Ventura at the moment, tried Sonoma with OCLP 1.0.0, but it's not ready yet for me on my 2013 iMac.
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Just having some fun, Sonoma Aquafied 
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Loving the new Sonoma live wallpapers.
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First of all, nice machine.. the m2 pro is a beast. Secondly, would you mind sharing this wallpaper? It's stunning.![xNRPLmq.jpg]()
edit nvm - found it:
Photo by Tj Holowaychuk on Unsplash
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I love them, too! I'm playing around with some of them, there are so many to choose from! This is what I've got at the moment:
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At some point I had some gradients as backgrounds, but for the many past years, my desktop has literally just been a solid colour. It seems like I am the only one. I have a nice dark red, because apparently blue light will wake you up or make you sleep bad. But I had some darker turquoise-blues in the past and a nice darker green can be good too, or also dark grey.
I just feel like a photo or art design as background will just stand in my way. I like clarity and need to look fast at file names and such things. I also have additional information displayed below files or folders on my desktop, so I see how big they are, how many objects folders contain, etc. With artworks and photos, the probability is higher that there is going to be a bright spot e.g. behind that info or file name, and it will just worsen readability.
That's also why I liked @kvlq's desktop, because it's the only one that goes in that direction.
I just feel like a photo or art design as background will just stand in my way. I like clarity and need to look fast at file names and such things. I also have additional information displayed below files or folders on my desktop, so I see how big they are, how many objects folders contain, etc. With artworks and photos, the probability is higher that there is going to be a bright spot e.g. behind that info or file name, and it will just worsen readability.
That's also why I liked @kvlq's desktop, because it's the only one that goes in that direction.
Given that we're about half-way through October I figured I better revert back to my traditional Halloween setup.
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Probably one of my favorite stock wallpapers of all time. I get so much nostalgia from this wallpaper. High School, my old 15" MacBook Pro, going over to my friend's house because his parents bought a shiny new 27" iMac...good times.
One of my favorites for this time of year:
![MCPv2-Halloween-1.png]( "MCPv2-Halloween-1.png")
Where Halloween Smiles Are Born · Vlad.studio
Where Halloween Smiles Are Born – a wallpaper from Vlad.studio. Say CHEESE if you dare!