Or mail it to me!!
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:Whisper: It's uploading now!
What the heck!
www.phoenixinc.co.uk/winterbackground.zip
Dan
Edit: It appears the dam server isn't working... where else can I stick the .zip for everyone???
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:Whisper: It's uploading now!
What the heck!
www.phoenixinc.co.uk/winterbackground.zip
Dan
Edit: It appears the dam server isn't working... where else can I stick the .zip for everyone???
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It's under the All-Time minimalistic section at www.deviantart.com
I love getting their minimalistic wallpapers there.
Trust me it IS there:
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Anyone else have any ideas where I can stash it?
It looks like none of those files/folders are accessible via the web. Trying to go to "phoenix.co.uk/images" gives a permission error, and the others 404.
Are you sure that folder you're looking at is a public folder on a web server? If so, how do you view it in the Finder? I've never been able to stick a connection to my FTP in the Finder like that....
:Wink:
:Whisper: It's uploading now!
What the heck!
www.phoenixinc.co.uk/winterbackground.zip
Dan
Edit: It appears the dam server isn't working... where else can I stick the .zip for everyone???
please just post a link to where you got it... or use a imageshack type place... I want that desktop background. pm me with a link or upload the zip file...
Link please.
Not really into the holiday-themes since my desktop usually remains the same for long periods in the first place. Generally they're pretty simple though. This however is my first customization on my new Mac Mini
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Rockin' idea! I'm so totally doing the same -- using the screensaver as a desktop. Thanks for the idea davidjearly! I too am using the Apple Store screensaver as my desktop using the following in Terminal.app:
Code:
/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -backgroundBeautiful.
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All I did was take a screenshot of the screensaver when the snowflakes were falling the way I liked them.
I can however upload this if people can't be bothered with that or can't get the keystroke right on time.
David
EDIT: Lixivial's method is more elegant I guess...
No, davidjearly, it's not a matter of elegance; elegance would be using a separate app such as Backlight or an AppleScript solution. It's more a matter of a moving desktop vs a static picture. I just assumed that you had used the screensaver as your background rather than a screenshot of it. Both solutions work well, they just do different things.
Even though you weren't, I still appreciate the idea because, while I knew of the feature, I never found a screensaver suitable as a desktop. Until I saw your screenshot, that is.
Even though you weren't, I still appreciate the idea because, while I knew of the feature, I never found a screensaver suitable as a desktop. Until I saw your screenshot, that is.
No, davidjearly, it's not a matter of elegance; elegance would be using a separate app such as Backlight or an AppleScript solution. It's more a matter of a moving desktop vs a static picture. I just assumed that you had used the screensaver as your background rather than a screenshot of it. Both solutions work well, they just do different things.
Even though you weren't, I still appreciate the idea because, while I knew of the feature, I never found a screensaver suitable as a desktop. Until I saw your screenshot, that is.
Thank you very much for the clever terminal code....
Is there a way I can close terminal and still have the snow background falling?
EDIT: Nevermind....you posted the solution in that exact post
If i do that screensaver as desktop thing how would i go about changing me desktop back to the way it was?
Hi All!
Finally got it on!
I rendered it on my old clunky P4, as I don't have photoshop on my Mac yet. It's quite hi res, but if anyone need's it higher, PM me, and i'll send you the vector.
Have a great Christmas!
Dan
WAY too big an image to inline here....
Finally got it on!
I rendered it on my old clunky P4, as I don't have photoshop on my Mac yet. It's quite hi res, but if anyone need's it higher, PM me, and i'll send you the vector.
Have a great Christmas!
Dan
WAY too big an image to inline here....
All it does is overlay the screensaver over the desktop picture. In fact if you have it running and use expose, you will see the desktop pictures appear. If you run Backlight, you can return to normal by clicking the menu item and selecting "Stop Screen Effect."
If you run it in Terminal the exact way I posted, simply closing Terminal will return your desktop to normal. If you run it as a background process (so that it will run even after closing Terminal.app) by appending an & to the end of the command I posted, you will have to use Activity Monitor or the kill command to stop the ScreenSaverEngine process. That's why I intentionally left off the & in my previous post and suggested using Backlight or a very simple custom rolled Applescript solution, which is what I do.
Anyroad, it does not affect your wallpaper settings.
It's under the All-Time minimalistic section at www.deviantart.com
I love getting their minimalistic wallpapers there.
sorry can't find it
found it through google's image search, but the site hosting it was down
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