Post your desktop [Archive] - Page 2

Jasoco

2005-02-25, 01:25

http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-02-25_tl.jpg (http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-02-25.jpg)
Got my new iPod all charged up and sync'd.

Hitchhikers Guide trailer (http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/trailers/index.html). Arthur and Trillian have met a new character named Humma Kaluva (John Malkovich) and just learned his secret.

If you can't guess where I got the name for my iPod, you ain't tryin' hard enough.

It is snowing outside... apparently. It was earlier. Haven't looked in a while. But my menubar says so, so it must be true!

I wish the Dock could have the iCal icon always have a current date. At least you can make it show by launching once a day. Still, it would be cooler if stuff could update without having to be running.

What else? I dunno.

atomicbartbeans

2005-02-26, 16:49

Holy Beans! How does everyone get their desktop looking so cool? Mine doesn't deviate much from the basic OSX default... it looks so boring. So far I've seen black dock backgrounds, different-looking icons for the HDD/trash, weird battery meters/airport status monitors, weather icons, iTunes menu bar controls... a host of awesome things that I'd like to have. Where does everybody get them? Oh, here's mine. As I said, it's pretty boring, with the exception of the incredibly-cool iBook X-ray picture (yes, my computer is an iBook).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/atomicbartbeans/Screenshot_PNG.png

Brad

2005-02-26, 17:52

I hate to burst your bubble, but that's an x-ray image of a titanium PowerBook, not an iBook.

atomicbartbeans

2005-02-26, 19:11

I hate to burst your bubble, but that's an x-ray image of a titanium PowerBook, not an iBook.

Ah, yes, I knew that. Also, I have downloaded Konfabulator... its awesome.

atomicbartbeans

2005-02-27, 09:46

We've seen some awesome views in the recent "post your desktop" thread... now let's look at what's behind these nice screenshots. Post a list of your desktop/dock/menu bar enhancements, widgets, hacks, etc. here.

atomicbartbeans

2005-02-27, 10:13

here's mine this time 'round

http://www.musicrowsongs.com/mikedesk1.jpg

How do you get the icons like that... the picture and the name to the side? Mine are the boring name-under-picture.

scratt

2005-02-27, 10:22

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/atomicbartbeans/Screenshot_PNG.png

Wow that is wicked... Where do you get those shots?
Can anyone post a link.. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeese! :)

atomicbartbeans

2005-02-27, 11:04

Please Disregard the last post. The X-Ray image can be found here:

Linkeyness (http://www.spymac.com/gallery/show_photo.php?picid=351013&size=big)

Enjoy!

scratt

2005-02-27, 11:11

Thanks for that..

Much appreciated.

Might get that put on a mouse mat or something...
Hey maybe we should do an AppleNova version for the shop..... Just a thought.

atomicbartbeans

2005-02-27, 11:25

Thanks for that..

Much appreciated.

Might get that put on a mouse mat or something...
Hey maybe we should do an AppleNova version for the shop..... Just a thought.

I think you just volunteered yourself... I can't afford Photoshop, or else I'd make something really nice.

scratt

2005-02-27, 11:30

I think you just volunteered yourself... I can't afford Photoshop, or else I'd make something really nice.

eek! :eek:

Scates!!! Help! :\

Brad

2005-02-27, 14:42

Merging threads...

Brad

2005-02-27, 14:46

How do you get the icons like that... the picture and the name to the side? Mine are the boring name-under-picture.
View menu -> Show View Options.

Label position. :)

satansam

2005-02-27, 15:07

http://satansam.co.uk/ftp/pbdesktop.jpg
plain ol boring

colonelforbin

2005-02-27, 20:29

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/captainda/desktop2.jpg

atomicbartbeans

2005-02-28, 20:53

I fixed my desktop. Looks awesome now.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/atomicbartbeans/ScreenShot2.png

murbot

2005-03-02, 17:17

Very cool, atomicbartbeans. I like the arrangement of everything.

Wrao

2005-03-02, 17:52

I dig my new desktop

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/Wrao1/Picture1.jpg

Luca

2005-03-02, 18:07

http://www.tech2u.com.au/training/tech2u/win95_1/images/desktop.gif

:lol:

onlyafterdark

2005-03-02, 18:19

That is a thing of beauty Luca, utter beauty. Im going to go cry now. ;)

Luca

2005-03-02, 18:22

You must be crying from envy. Envy of my INTERNET! See, look at the desktop; I have The Internet!!!

wuf

2005-03-02, 19:12

Can you get The Internet for a Mac? Is it on versiontracker?

Jasoco

2005-03-02, 23:09

Silly wuf. MACS dont hav teh intrenet!!!1

Luca

2005-03-02, 23:35

I'm actually using this (http://www2.hh.se/staff/saag/GameWallpapers/Midgard%2001.jpg) as my desktop pic. It's pretty cool looking.

Bryson

2005-03-04, 07:54

http://homepage.mac.com/bryson430/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2005-03-04%2005.52.20%20-0800/Image-83E0B0998CB411D9.jpg

trevo

2005-03-12, 06:02

Wow some of these desktops look really great! I have my new 17" PB but im a newbie (just swapped from Win XP)

Just wondering where can i find a large selection of quality free wallpaper and what are the good widgets to get me going?

Matt.

Wickers

2005-03-12, 12:37

http://www.caedes.net/

sildani

2005-03-12, 13:49

My Desktop (http://www.danijen.com/images/apple-desktop.jpg)

This is in the rain forrest "el Yunque" in Puerto Rico... lived there a couple years b/c of my work.

Edited inline image to a link. Please thumbnail your images so page formatting is not disturbed for people with 1024x768 and smaller displays. See EmC's post below for example. 600x450 is the ideal size for inline images. Thanks. - murbot

sildani

2005-03-12, 13:53

Just wondering where can i find a large selection of quality free wallpaper and what are the good widgets to get me going?

I like InterfaceLift (http://www.interfacelift.com/) for desktop images. They have many wide-aspect images to choose from, good for the wide screen PBs (or any other display for that matter).

EmC

2005-03-12, 17:34

I've been feeling orange.

http://www.luser.info/desktop_small.jpg (http://www.luser.info/desktop.jpg)

trevo

2005-03-12, 19:23

Photo Album (.mac) (http://homepage.mac.com/okeyes/PhotoAlbum1.html)

Here's my desktop, nice background! But most imprtantly i've written some questions on it, be a great help if anyone could... help.

Matt.

dfj225

2005-03-12, 20:46

http://dfj225.blogdns.com/images/desktop_small.jpg (http://dfj225.blogdns.com/images/desktop.jpg)

My latest...it also auto-cycles between other Samurai Champloo desktops :)

EmC

2005-03-12, 21:11

But most imprtantly i've written some questions on it, be a great help if anyone could... help.

Matt.

For the dock, I used Transparent Dock (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6490).

To change the apple to another color you will have to use a haxie. Unless you can settle for graphite=grey, and you can change that under appearances in system prefs.

I've used Shape Shifter (http://www.unsanity.com/haxies/shapeshifter/) in the past apply themes to OS X. These can cause your computer to become unstable, BEWARE!

onlyafterdark

2005-03-12, 21:16

Hey sildani, could you shrink that pic of yours for us. Not everyone is using a large screen and it gets really annoying. Thanks.

cyrusmekon

2005-03-13, 05:45

http://tinypic.com/23ruyw

"You who are without mercy, now plead for it? I thought you were made of sterner stuff."

-----Optimus Prime, Transformers: The Movie

Good old days

Maciej

2005-03-13, 15:02

Can't help but mention Mando (http://www.mandolux.com/) for desktop art, he is the best I've encountered. Mmmhhhhmmm- he's worth your support - if you guys catch my drift.

\\mandolux

2005-03-13, 15:26

Can't help but mention Mando (http://www.mandolux.com/) for desktop art, he is the best I've encountered. Mmmhhhhmmm- he's worth your support - if you guys catch my drift.
I'm afraid you have to be more apparent. People just don't care about helping me out :(

macgeek2004

2005-03-13, 15:40

How do I get the pic of my desktop in here? I have a picture file that's 1.3MB, what do I do?

Phoenix

2005-03-13, 16:20

I was just wondering if someone can tell me how i get those neat looking things that cyrusmekon has on is desktop. The Temperature and stuff, and the notes on the left as well. Thanks!

Brad

2005-03-13, 17:10

They are Konfabulator (http://www.konfabulator.com/) widgets.

They're very similar to the upcoming Dashboard widgets in Mac OS X 10.4.

Phoenix

2005-03-13, 17:22

i knew i heard of them before. Thanks Brad.
I guess it's not worth paying for these then if i will be getting tiger when it comes out??

cyrusmekon

2005-03-13, 18:01

No not worth paying for. Same thing that will ship with Tiger. Iv had the widgets a while now and got my $20 worth.

cyrusmekon

2005-03-14, 01:13

http://tinypic.com/27xezm

Bored so heres another one i use from time to time.

Aaaahhh 80s anime.

julesstoop

2005-03-14, 06:55

Usually I have something astronomical as a wallpaper. But for the moment, since they [MacFreak] just published the first title of a new dutch Mac-magazine, I have this:
http://jules.vslcatena.nl/Desktop14-03small.jpg

Gargoyle

2005-03-14, 07:40

How do I get the pic of my desktop in here? I have a picture file that's 1.3MB, what do I do?

Step 1
Use an image editor (http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=image+editor+mac+os+x) to convert the image to jpeg or png format.

Step 2
As well as the original full size image (now in jpeg/png format) also create a smaller version for posting on the forums. (about 300px wide should be ok)

Step 3
Upload your two image files to some webspace (http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=free+image+hosting) or .mac account.

Step 4
Use the image button and the link button when writing your message to add the smaller image direct in the post and create a link to the full size version.

enjoy

sildani

2005-03-14, 10:23

Hey sildani, could you shrink that pic of yours for us. Not everyone is using a large screen and it gets really annoying. Thanks.Sorry about that!! Murbot already took care of it... Didn't mean to cause the annoyance.

Franz Josef

2005-03-14, 15:24

http://homepage.mac.com/bryson430/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2005-03-04%2005.52.20%20-0800/Image-83E0B0998CB411D9.jpg

Hmmm...Lancashire never looked so good.

cyrusmekon

2005-03-19, 23:08

http://tinypic.com/2a12sj

NosferaDrew

2005-03-19, 23:33

http://homepage.mac.com/drew1/.Pictures/automator_desktop.jpg
(Thanks Brad!)

Jasoco

2005-03-19, 23:41

Step 1
Use an image editor (http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=image+editor+mac+os+x) to convert the image to jpeg or png format.

Step 2
As well as the original full size image (now in jpeg/png format) also create a smaller version for posting on the forums. (about 300px wide should be ok)

Step 3
Upload your two image files to some webspace (http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=free+image+hosting) or .mac account.

Step 4
Use the image button and the link button when writing your message to add the smaller image direct in the post and create a link to the full size version.

enjoy
Some recommendations:
www.imageavenue.com
www.imageshack.us
www.photobucket.com
www.imagehosting.us.com
www.myimgs.com
www.mediapimp.com

Bryson

2005-03-20, 06:34

Hmmm...Lancashire never looked so good.

It's Whittier, Alaska, actually, and I took the photo myself. ABout 10 seconds later a piece of ice the size of a house fell off the front of that - most incredible thing I've seen.

PS: Those screen wipes suck.

alcimedes

2005-03-20, 10:02

hey nosfera, where'd you get the robot one at?

Ryan

2005-03-20, 11:03

Step 1
Use an image editor (http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=image+editor+mac+os+x) to convert the image to jpeg or png format.

Step 2
As well as the original full size image (now in jpeg/png format) also create a smaller version for posting on the forums. (about 300px wide should be ok)

Step 3
Upload your two image files to some webspace (http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=free+image+hosting) or .mac account.

Step 4
Use the image button and the link button when writing your message to add the smaller image direct in the post and create a link to the full size version.

enjoy
A faster way is to open up the PDF in Preview, click on "Zoom Out" a few times, and take a screenshot(using Shift-Cmd-4) of the now-shruken screenshot. Using Preview, export both to JPEG/PNG format, and upload.

BlueRabbit

2005-03-20, 12:01

hey nosfera, where'd you get the robot one at?
It's probably from this thread (http://forums.applenova.com/showthread.php?t=4918). Just scroll down to the download links. BTW, it's not just any robot, it's the awesome Automator icon. :)

NosferaDrew

2005-03-20, 13:52

hey nosfera, where'd you get the robot one at?
Courtesy of Brad from the thread in BlueRabbit's message above.

I think I like the my Dashboard desktop better.

http://homepage.mac.com/drew1/.Pictures/dashboard_desktop.jpg

Paul

2005-03-20, 16:51

http://homepage.mac.com/psantora/.Public/equinoxTN.png (http://homepage.mac.com/psantora/.Public/equinox.png)
Inspired by this thread (http://forums.applenova.com/showthread.php?t=1955). Otherwise I would have missed it.

Luca

2005-03-21, 20:23

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~resc0030/desktop.jpg

Wickers

2005-03-21, 20:43

:lol:

...

Jasoco

2005-03-21, 21:31

KILL HER NOW. God I didn't need to see that.

waveydavey

2005-03-22, 06:33

KILL HER NOW. God I didn't need to see that.

I don't know, you know. She could get on my nice shiny (G4) case while I install my extra 'RAM' stick in her easy acceptance slot - but she must understand that if she opens her mouth to sing - she gets rebooted!!! Hard...

But hey I'm no fan.

TEMPEST
thinks: 'you dont have to look at the screen when you're loading the tray'

serrano

2005-03-28, 02:46

http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~serrano/Pictures/clean.jpg

rollercoaster375

2005-03-28, 14:01

http://iblog.sparkbomb.com/rollercoaster375/images/icantry.png

I'm running windows with a Dock, Spotlight imitation, and a Tiger skin.

serrano

2005-03-28, 21:42

http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~serrano/Pictures/outfoxed.jpg

Sorry for the post whoring but I wanted to give props to mando.

\\mandolux

2005-03-29, 11:36

:D Thank you.

cyrusmekon

2005-03-30, 04:26

http://tinypic.com/2i96c0

Transparent desktop. I got try this. Not my desktop but heres the

Source (http://files.macbidouille.com/transparent/)

for many more examples.

scratt

2005-03-30, 05:08

That is sooooooo cool........ :) Got to try that myself.. New thread everyone? "My transparent desktop" :)

cyrusmekon

2005-03-30, 05:23

http://tinypic.com/2i9dnd

cyrusmekon

2005-03-30, 05:27

http://tinypic.com/2i9dzp

Some of my Favs. I might actually give this a go.

InactionMan

2005-03-30, 23:35

Is that a pile of sausage links on their desk? :\

And transparent desktops rule.

Jasoco

2005-03-31, 01:25

Looks more like a kitchen table. Note the cereal and coffee cup. Breakfast anyone?

Gargoyle

2005-03-31, 05:05

I saw this on /. last week. Some of em are really nice, even if they are photoshopped.

IMO

PowerBook + Wires = Real. Notice the black wire bottom left and the window top right.

G5 iMac = Real Big difference in the wood.

Breakfast table = Fake Is it even possible to take the photograph that is on the angled Powerbook?

scratt

2005-03-31, 05:15

They could be running on batteries... ;)

Don't spoil it they are real...

We will all be able to order our own transparent screen Macs online soon.

It will be a $250 upgrade with instructions that everyone finds easy..

IT WILL IT WILL IT WILL!! ;)

stacy

2005-03-31, 11:11

http://www.blueprintfordisaster.com/images/x_ftp/misc/transparent_lcd_7479.jpg

My new desktop... and no, you don't use Photoshop to do it.

scratt

2005-03-31, 11:33

iSight and send the picture to your desktop seems the easiest way to me...

stacy

2005-03-31, 11:49

iSight and send the picture to your desktop seems the easiest way to me...

I don't have an iSight. I used my Canon G3 camera.

msriotdoll

2005-04-01, 00:02

hi
i'm a new mac user and i was wondering how you made you're dock so long without it looking like its for blind people and how you made that greyish background disappear?

thanks

imac g5 1.8ghz 1 gig ram

Jasoco

2005-04-01, 00:05

Hit the Reply button instead fo Edit?

There are apps to remove the background. ClearDock is one. Go to VersionTracker.com, they have lots of software for you to look through. Search for Dock stuff.

SonicAgamemnon

2005-04-01, 22:30

http://accelerate.trentonscott.com/image/studio/home_studio_desktop.jpg (http://www.trentonscott.com/studio.shtml)

Wickers

2005-04-02, 00:13

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/lickmeup/home_studio_desktop.jpg

onlyafterdark

2005-04-02, 15:19

Hey SonicAgamemnon, could you post the source of that desktop please? Thanks. Thats one sweet desktop pic.

SonicAgamemnon

2005-04-02, 17:03

Hey SonicAgamemnon, could you post the source of that desktop please? Thanks. Thats one sweet desktop pic.
The source is no more, but I saved these and you can have them if you wish:

http://www.trentonscott.com/image/fullmedia_2650.jpg

http://www.trentonscott.com/image/fullmedia_1920.jpg

http://www.trentonscott.com/image/fullmedia_1680.jpg

http://www.trentonscott.com/image/fullmedia_1600.jpg

http://www.trentonscott.com/image/fullmedia_1280.jpg

http://www.trentonscott.com/image/fullmedia_1024.jpg
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[url]http://www.trentonscott.com/image/fullmedia_800.jpg (http://www.trentonscott.com/imate/fullmedia_800.jpg)

(http://www.trentonscott.com/images/fullmedia_2650.jpg)

onlyafterdark

2005-04-02, 17:25

Thanks

BarracksSi

2005-04-03, 22:25

The perfect thread to plug my recent appearance on MacDesktops.com! :smokey:

Posted here:
http://macdesktops.com/?keyword=&author=Jordon&res=TRUE&search=Search

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/BarracksSi/DesktopwithB17.jpg

But, usually, I have stuff related to the anime Initial D in my desktop rotation. Here's one of the better ones --

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/BarracksSi/DesktopwithAE86.jpg

hookalakupua

2005-04-04, 05:00

Hey Guys,
I've got some great desktop shots that I think you'd like and I'd like to share them. I'm having trouble adding them to a post, so if anyone is interested, contact me at: hookalakupua15@aol.com and I'll send them to you and maybe someone smarter than me can post them!! Pictures include: hot lava flowing down Mauna Kea and into the ocean, a GREAT shot of "Bruce" from Finding Nemo, a picturesque view of Hawaii and the Ocean, a great shot of one of our dolphins and her newborn, and a few more of my favorites.
Aloha -

Jasoco

2005-04-07, 03:59

http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-04-07_tl.jpg (http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-04-07.jpg)
Orange in color. My latest shot.

toiletliterature

2005-04-07, 04:05

http://tinypic.com/1sfgg3
dude. how did you get the picture? its lovely. by any chance could you pass that one to me? the wallpaper of course

toiletliterature

2005-04-07, 04:08

Here's my current set up, nothing exciting.....

http://homepage.mac.com/nfhulsin8025/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2004-12-27%2020.52.07%20-0800/Image-7D77827C588B11D9.jpg
sweet sweet pic dude! where'd ya get it from?

bigfoot

2005-04-11, 22:22

dude. how did you get the picture? its lovely. by any chance could you pass that one to me? the wallpaper of course

yeh were did you get that picture/wallpaper :D

cause its really cool :D

Jasoco

2005-04-12, 03:51

http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-04-12_tl.jpg (http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-04-12.jpg)
Widgets: Picture Frame, customized (Not available yet) Weather, Calendar, Clock and a made by me HD monitor
Menu Apps: PTH PasteBoard, ByteController, DragThing and Konfabulator
Haxies: WindowShade X, ShapeShifter, WindowDragon, Silk, ClearDock
Music: Dirty Work - Steely Dan (Great song)
Theme: Milk 3.1 Green
Font: Stone Sans (Various variations. Decided HandelGot wasn't for me. This one looks much nicer.)
Girl: Jessica Alba (Still)
Other Girls: Jessica Alba, Nicole DeBoer, Natalie Portman and some nekkid chick I don't know

Slightly risqu� for work or school

flail

2005-04-16, 16:03

yeh were did you get that picture/wallpaper :D

cause its really cool :D

here.. (http://www.pixelgirlpresents.com/images/desktops/jon_bohren/vaoni_stock_1600.jpg)

atomicbartbeans

2005-04-17, 12:03

My Desktop (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/atomicbartbeans/Desktop.png)

Can't you tell I'm a hitchhiker fan? :)

naren

2005-04-17, 12:53

From here: http://liqachu.deviantart.com/gallery/

Although it may be a specific print from www.Pixelgirlpresents.com, I'm not sure now.

MacHead05-Inf

2005-04-18, 12:53

http://tinypic.com/4j2agk

Jasoco

2005-04-28, 01:58

http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-04-28_tl.jpg (http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-04-28.jpg)
Hey! Red!

The artist at DuckFarm.net (http://www.duckfarm.net) sure knows how to make simple but beautiful desktops.

alcimedes

2005-04-28, 09:23

Anyone happen to have a larger version of this image?

http://www.fabuloussavers.com/wallpapers/256s.jpg

I'm looking for one as a background, but this one isn't a high enough res. for my powerbook.

Jason

2005-04-28, 13:42

Brad

2005-04-28, 13:46

Just wondering how you get the still photo in the top left corner to appear on your desktop. Is this using some widget of some kind?
Gee... I wonder...
Widgets: Picture Frame, customized (Not available yet) Weather, Calendar, Clock and a made by me HD monitor
:p

Luca

2005-04-28, 13:46

MacHead05, how did you put a theme on Tiger? Did you just replace the actual files, or are you using a theme changing application of some sort? I don't think ShapeShifter is Tiger compatible, at least not yet.

Brad

2005-04-28, 13:48

MacHead05, how did you put a theme on Tiger?
What makes you think that's Tiger? All signs point to Panther.

The iTunes thing is a Konfab widget. The Automator icon is just plastered over the Finder icon.

Jason

2005-04-28, 14:59

Gee... I wonder...

:p

Is there something in Tiger that will be able to do this?

Jasoco

2005-04-28, 15:44

Luca

2005-04-28, 17:47

Oh DUH. No spotlight icon = no Tiger.

Jasoco

2005-05-05, 04:07

http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-05-05_tl.jpg (http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-05-05.jpg)

Spotlight icon = Tiger, baby!

zman2005

2005-05-05, 19:25

I finally Learned how....

Damnit I fail again.

Mr.Fusion

2005-05-05, 20:01

Widgets in Tiger will be able to do the same thing, but they won't be the same.

For instance, Konfabulator Widgets can go on the desktop as well as float and even show up only in Expose.

Whereas Dashboard Widgets can only show up in the Dashboard environment. Not on the desktop.

If someone were to hack Dashboard to allow widgets to have the same window leveling options as Konfab, I'd dump Konfab in a second. (Less resources taken up, the better.)

Actually, there's a cute little Tiger app/utility out called Amnesty (http://www.mesadynamics.com/amnesty.htm) that allows you to keep Dashboard widgets live floating on your desktop. Of course at this point it is only a beta, and doesn't work with everything, but it's delightfully unintrusive, and it's getting better with every update. Check it out! :)

Jasoco

2005-05-06, 03:35

Wow. That's pretty good for a beta. I like that it can put them on the desktop. But I'd love a Konfab-like version where it puts them on the desktop but click-through or on the top level and click through. THOSE two options are 100% important for me. Without them, the app's useless. I can't have any "widgets" clickable. It's just how I work.

Maybe in the final version. Sadly they lose their flipping animation.

Though, I'd really hate to have to convert my Konfab widgets to Apple Widgets.

I wonder how much memory a Konfab version of the same Widget would take up vs the Apple version...?

Jasoco

2005-05-29, 03:19

Amnesty doesn't impress me. It's good. But really, I don't use DB Widgets as much as I thought.

Konfabulator all the way.

http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-05-28_tl.jpg (http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-05-28.jpg)
Click

Went with a pink motif this time (Just for the 2 minutes it took me to setup.) because well, it's the only color I hadn't used yet. Everything's pink. Natalie's hair is pink. The calendar is pink. The sky in WeatherPop Advance is even pink!

And now it's back to normal.

Jasoco

2005-06-12, 00:24

http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-06-11_tl.jpg (http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-06-11.jpg)
First time in a while I changed my HD icons. From the Matrix to Kill Bill.

liam

2005-06-12, 12:21

oops

BarracksSi

2005-06-12, 14:36

oops

lol...

Try hosting it at Photobucket; it's been working well for me.

atomicbartbeans

2005-06-12, 14:39

I had konfab for a while, but the I got kind of sick of it. It might make a come-back on my desktop soon though...

EmC

2005-06-12, 17:55

http://homepage.mac.com/bobenstien/.Pictures/screen_small.jpg (http://homepage.mac.com/bobenstien/.Pictures/screen.jpg)

I made the icons myself. Family Guy is hilarious and my favorite is Stewie.

liam

2005-06-13, 05:08

let's try this then

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b355/hextor25/Desktop1.png

liam

2005-06-13, 05:09

Thanks BarracksSi.

Jeepers mine is dull !!!! But surprisingly soothing.

lozza

2005-06-13, 10:51

mini with new 20" ws.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a209/jimmylozza/smacmini_desktop.jpg

onlyafterdark

2005-06-13, 23:03

Here is my latest. Its a pic of me on my ride that I did tonight.

http://homepage.mac.com/natolangley/.Pictures/Desktop.jpg

Wickers

2005-06-13, 23:28

Kinda new.

Home:
http://www.darkphiber.ca/to2600/wickers.to2600.0506b.jpg
and Work:
http://www.darkphiber.ca/to2600/wickers.to2600.0506a.jpg

zman2005

2005-06-13, 23:38

would someone give me the link of how to change your desktop icons? and where i can get some good ones?

onlyafterdark

2005-06-13, 23:50

Well you can pay for CandyBar or you can just paste images that you make overtop of the original image for an item. Go to www.iconfactory.com for CandyBar.

WBG4

2005-06-14, 15:37

http://homepage.mac.com/amerchant/Picture4.png

and

http://homepage.mac.com/amerchant/Picture6.png

WBG4

2005-06-14, 15:41

Bonus points if you can name the music video

Brad

2005-06-14, 15:49

House of Pain - Jump Around?

Also, please keep your images about 600 pixels wide. I've edited your post WBG4.

WBG4

2005-06-14, 17:26

Hot damn you are good did it say somewhere?

InactionMan

2005-06-14, 22:48

First shot of my new iMac G5. :)

http://photos16.flickr.com/19447957_e49d7ff57d_o.jpg

saumur85

2005-06-14, 23:31

http://www.mactreebeard.com/desktop.png

Koodari

2005-06-15, 00:19

That LotR picture would be so much better without the text...

Jasoco

2005-06-15, 02:49

Alexia

2005-06-15, 03:50

Desktop from my main computer. Super clean!

http://www.experimentalinsanity.com/albums/random/desktopEtna.jpg

Koodari

2005-06-15, 06:07

Ditto. I hate how you can have a great desktop picture, but have it totally ruined by text. :( It's a beautiful picture, but I hate text on my desktops. (Unless it's part of a photograph on a sign or something.)Even if they must stick text on it, they could do it better.

Like have less of it. "The Motion Picture"? Ooh, nice to know, someone could otherwise confuse it with Tolkien's original concept art for the book. AOL keyword, absolutely useless to something like 99% of the world population, and that's discounting the computer literate portion of AOL users? Who even bothers to remember the regular address when there is Google?

Finally, the artist responsible for finishing and putting up that piece of concept art should definitely have understood that the primary use for pictures like this is desktop wallpaper.. and have left a minimum of 10% margin to all sides before text.

ghoti

2005-06-15, 06:11

Jasoco

2005-06-15, 06:11

Usually they leave space at the bottom for the Windows taskbar (Because, of course, there is no other OS than Windows, right?) but that one even has the text all the way at the bottom! It would be covered by the taskbar! What is this designed for Windows 3.1?

Koodari

2005-06-15, 06:35

Well the main use of this picture is marketing, so they put in as much information as possible so you can find them and give them your money. I hate it too, but that's what you get for free-riding ...Essentially you are saying that there are people surfing for LotR wallpapers for their computer desktops, who are unable to find a place to buy LotR stuff unless the address is in the wallpaper? :no:

Seriously. That argument sucks. :\

Bryson

2005-06-15, 06:37

Hot damn you are good did it say somewhere?

Your fuzzing out wasn't good enough - i can read that. But I'm short-sighted so am used to deciphering fuzzy text.

Ditto. I hate how you can have a great desktop picture, but have it totally ruined by text. It's a beautiful picture, but I hate text on my desktops. (Unless it's part of a photograph on a sign or something.)

Isn't that what Photoshop is for?

ghoti

2005-06-15, 06:53

Essentially you are saying that there are people surfing for LotR wallpapers for their computer desktops, who are unable to find a place to buy LotR stuff unless the address is in the wallpaper? :no:
You think the only way people get these files is by going to the right websites? :| The pictures get emailed around, posted on other sites, people see them as backgrounds on their friends'/colleagues' computers - or they google for "background pic hax0ring" and find this thread. In all those cases, the company behind the LotR movies wants them to know where to go, and this way perhaps sell a couple more DVDs or other stuff.

Koodari

2005-06-15, 07:19

You think the only way people get these files is by going to the right websites? :| The pictures get emailed around, posted on other sites, people see them as backgrounds on their friends'/colleagues' computers - or they google for "background pic hax0ring" and find this thread. In all those cases, the company behind the LotR movies wants them to know where to go, and this way perhaps sell a couple more DVDs or other stuff.If you read carefully, that's not what I said. My point is, if the background says "Lord of the Rings" on it, that's plenty info for people to find it.

If they want to buy, most of them will go to a brick-and-mortar store, or their favorite webstore for movies, one of which will have salespeople and the another a search facility. If they want to find out more about it on the net, they drop "Lord of the Rings" in Google. I would do that even if I had the exact address on my desktop background, because it's less trouble and works just as surely.

The result of making the picture uglier is that alot fewer people will have it on their desktop, while I submit that the text (beyond "LotR") does not help them to sell more.

Koodari

2005-06-15, 07:23

Your fuzzing out wasn't good enough - i can read that. Hmm... I could only pick out one category of people in IM, and one person under that category. The rest were totally fuzzy. Could you read all of it? Or most? :confused:
Isn't that what Photoshop is for?Depending on picture, it can be really hard. There's a lot of text, fat text, in there. Actually I'd like to see someone really skilled try to erase it.

Bryson

2005-06-15, 07:36

Hmm... I could only pick out one category of people in IM, and one person under that category. The rest were totally fuzzy. Could you read all of it? Or most?

The White on Blue stuff I can't read. The Black on Grey I can. Especially the "Jump" in Jump Around.

Bryson

2005-06-15, 08:48

Depending on picture, it can be really hard. There's a lot of text, fat text, in there. Actually I'd like to see someone really skilled try to erase it.

I am by no means "really skilled" and there's a fair few artifacts on the sky in particular...but:

http://homepage.mac.com/bryson430/.Public/art_bree_1280%20%20Modified.jpg

I keep refining it and the artifacts are getting less.

Jasoco

2005-06-15, 08:55

Wow. I am impressed.

Koodari

2005-06-15, 10:52

Koodari

2005-06-15, 11:44

The White on Blue stuff I can't read. The Black on Grey I can. Especially the "Jump" in Jump Around.I can't see anything off them :) Funny how the eyes work. I now see an additional category off the white on blue IM though. (the second picture, of course - the blur is stronger in the first one).

Bryson

2005-06-15, 13:11

That's pretty nice work. You're right, there is minor artifacting on the sky, but if I didn't know what to look for I wouldn't see it, it hides well in the natural grain of the picture.

Is this mostly done with the clone brush? It's been ages since I touched PS.

Entirely done with the clone stamp (in varying brush sizes) and the healing brush for artifact removal. No other tools...took about an hour or so.

alcimedes

2005-06-15, 13:19

Entirely done with the clone stamp (in varying brush sizes) and the healing brush for artifact removal. No other tools...took about an hour or so.

Now slap your name on there in size 72 font so we know who did it. :lol:

Bryson

2005-06-15, 13:41

Like this?:
http://homepage.mac.com/bryson430/.Public/artbreejoke.jpg
150pt is better. I used Comic Sans so it was cooler ;)

ghoti

2005-06-15, 14:10

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Jasoco

2005-06-15, 18:23

HA! That's great. COMIC SANS FOREVAH!!!!!11

flail

2005-06-17, 21:10

http://tinypic.com/64e2s3

New one

saddino

2005-06-21, 09:10

Actually, there's a cute little Tiger app/utility out called Amnesty (http://www.mesadynamics.com/amnesty.htm) that allows you to keep Dashboard widgets live floating on your desktop. Of course at this point it is only a beta, and doesn't work with everything, but it's delightfully unintrusive, and it's getting better with every update. Check it out! :)

Mmmm, opacity.

http://www.yumahouse.com/pix/desktop.jpg

http://www.yumahouse.com/pix/desktopclose.jpg

Jasoco

2005-06-21, 20:07

That is a beautiful picture! What is it?? Well, I know what it is, but where is it from?

GSpotter

2005-06-22, 14:13

I was at the local zoo yesterday, taking some photographs. I found a motive which fits my current OS ;). (On my secondary screen on the left, you can see our dog)

http://homepage.mac.com/vwurst/pics/BGpics-small.jpg (http://homepage.mac.com/vwurst/pics/BGpics-big.jpg)

InactionMan

2005-06-23, 22:24

http://photos16.flickr.com/21214444_2617976e6f_o.jpg

I usually drag my name of the menu bar when I post screenshots, but I just realized you can change the FUS thingy from your name to just the little icon. Much fun.

Yontsey

2005-06-23, 23:24

whats a couple good websites to get original wallpapers? i love a lot fo the ones i see on here but i can never come across anything that is that kool on websites i look, plus i never see any that are sized for a 15'' PB even though i know itll stretch it

Yontsey

2005-06-23, 23:32

i was gonna post my desktop but how exactly do you do it? thanks

scratt

2005-06-23, 23:51

Actually, there's a cute little Tiger app/utility out called Amnesty (http://www.mesadynamics.com/amnesty.htm) that allows you to keep Dashboard widgets live floating on your desktop. Of course at this point it is only a beta, and doesn't work with everything, but it's delightfully unintrusive, and it's getting better with every update. Check it out! :)

That's real nice...

About the only thing missing from Dashboard... Excellent.

Thanks muchly for bringing it to peoples attention.

The company has some really interesting and well thought out other concepts too... Well worth checking their site out.

NosferaDrew

2005-06-24, 02:16

New toy. :)
http://homepage.mac.com/drew1/.Pictures/MacTel_Desktop.jpg

AWR

2005-06-24, 03:04

i was gonna post my desktop but how exactly do you do it? thanks

Yontsey,

Check out page 11 of this thread (first post me thinks). :)

tray

2005-06-24, 03:40

- click for full size -

my g5 (w/30" monitor):
http://everymoment.org/images/myg5desktop-tn.jpg (http://everymoment.org/images/myg5desktop.jpg)

my 17" powerbook:
http://everymoment.org/images/mypowerbookdesktop-tn.jpg (http://everymoment.org/images/mypowerbookdesktop.jpg)

my old g4 (w/19" monitor from sams club :-P):
http://everymoment.org/images/myg4desktop-tn.jpg (http://everymoment.org/images/myg4desktop.jpg)

Franz Josef

2005-06-24, 06:52

>tray> G5 desktop deeeeeefinitely the coolest of the three ........

hackysackmaster

2005-06-24, 11:39

Whats the program to customize the menubar like that? and whats with the sink.

BarracksSi

2005-06-24, 15:38

tray

2005-06-25, 03:12

>tray> G5 desktop deeeeeefinitely the coolest of the three ........
thanks. the desktop pic is one i took while visiting danmark earlier this year. :-)

tray

2005-06-25, 03:13

Whats the program to customize the menubar like that? and whats with the sink.
it's the widget "the kitchen sink" ... just so i can say that my computer has everything AND the kitchen sink. :-P

tray

2005-06-25, 03:17

oh.. and the menu bar customizing can be done with a program called "shapeshifter" by unsanity.com (http://unsanity.com). it's a great program with tons of templates to apply to your computer. there's also many other programs they make so you can modify other parts of your system as well. :-)

Carlos Net

2005-06-25, 06:49

My computer is distinctly boring. Mainly because I am distinctly limited by still being a schoolgoing student living with my parents, and as such not having the luxury of buying shareware computer-customization tools, or indeed a new computer (it's a 400MHz G3 iMac -_-)...

So my desktop isn't that interesting, but I'll post it anyway, just for the hell of it.

LINK (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/cnet128/Desktop.jpg)

Changed your oversized image to a link. Please keep images to a MAXIMUM of 800 pixels wide please. 600 is even better. - murbot

InactionMan

2005-06-25, 07:40

Carlos, you may want to scale down that image of yours.

Here's mine:

http://photos17.flickr.com/21438221_72f1dcb04e_o.png (http://photos15.flickr.com/21438222_31287985dd_o.jpg)

click for bigger!

tray

2005-06-25, 10:21

COMIC SANS FOREVAH!!!!!11

this made me laugh... A LOT!

cept you need to do throw in some lowercase letters randomly...

cOmIC SAns 4EVaH!@

like that. :P

Jasoco

2005-06-25, 15:43

LOL Yeah.

There are a lot better handwritten style fonts out there. Comic Sans is way too processed.

Bradley Hand looks much nicer.

tray

2005-06-28, 21:57

bancomicsans.com (http://bancomicsans.com/)

atomicbartbeans

2005-06-29, 09:07

Carlos, you may want to scale down that image of yours.

Here's mine:

http://photos17.flickr.com/21438221_72f1dcb04e_o.png (http://photos15.flickr.com/21438222_31287985dd_o.jpg)

click for bigger!
Eh, where's you get the picture?

InactionMan

2005-06-29, 09:40

PixelGirl. I think it's http://pixelgirlpresents.com

Here's the direct link to the desktop: http://pixelgirlpresents.com/images/desktops/kenny/SnowBlind_1600.jpg

atomicbartbeans

2005-06-29, 09:51

Thank you.

Eh, I was looking for desktop pictures online, and I searched "Yoda". I didn't expect anything Mac-related, but lookies:

http://www.worldsendimages.com/Yoda.jpg

Chris Turnbull

2005-07-02, 11:58

I'm new here (First post); I hope I�m welcome to join in this thread!

Well, here is mine!
clickity click (http://idisk.mac.com/hbkcturnbull/Public/desktop/desktopshot1.jpg) It's based on the old flag that was used in the 80's by the Mac team at apple. (Not very acurate i grant you, but it's the best i can do!).

I've got my computer set to change the image every hour so here's the others that I use.
� clickity click (http://idisk.mac.com/hbkcturnbull/Public/desktop/apple%20rainbow%201024x768%20a.jpg)
� clickity click (http://idisk.mac.com/hbkcturnbull/Public/desktop/applenewton.jpg) (1st Apple Logo)
� clickity click (http://idisk.mac.com/hbkcturnbull/Public/desktop/apple.jpg) (2nd Apple Logo)
� clickity click (http://idisk.mac.com/hbkcturnbull/Public/desktop/applepirate.jpg) (Desktop in picture above)
� clickity click (http://idisk.mac.com/hbkcturnbull/Public/desktop/jobswoz.jpg) (Woz and Jobs holding the Apple 1 motherboard that started the computer revolution!)

Not the best, but it meets my requirements.

BarracksSi

2005-07-02, 16:55

I've got my computer set to change the image every hour so here's the others that I use.
Awesome -- I might even have to make a subfolder for these in my "Apple Logos" folder of desktop pictures.

Looking forward to my next visit to Edinburgh, too, for the tattoo -- not sure when it'll be, but the last time was pretty fun.

Gargoyle

2005-07-03, 03:37

I have just signed up as a member to digitalblasphemy so I'll prolly post a bit more often in here from now on... :)

Here's the latest.
http://www.paulcourt.co.uk/gargoyle/Desktop_July.png

Sorry, no bigger versions of this one, I might get into trouble cos its from the members section.

thegelding

2005-07-04, 00:29

my latest...found in backyard

g

http://homepage.mac.com/gavinmcc/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2005-07-03%2007.20.58%20-0700/Image-848679D1EBCD11D9.jpg

Viewed head-on, the large mandibles of the cottonwood borer are very visible. They can bite if mis-handled! They may also make a little buzzing/hissing sound when handled. (info from here: http://www.gpnc.org/cwoodborer.htm )

this one buzzed when i picked it up fairly loudly...then it crawled up my finger and tried biting my finger nail with it's large mandibles...not getting a good bite on my nail, it moved to the side and was about to bite into the flesh of my finger when i quickly flicked it off...i think i might of hurt it as it's mandibles don't come together correctly on this photo i took after flicking it...still i took it to the grass and it crawled off...probably should have killed it, but i didn't know it was a tree boring beetle...and i hate killing things anyways

SledgeHammer

2005-07-04, 11:30

I had that F=MA one up until a few days ago. I really like Digital Blasphemy. I had been using DB pictures as desktops for a while, but am back to my own photos now. My latest is my fianc�e and I the day after we got engaged. It's us in front of an indoor Waterfall at the Guinness Storehouse, in Dublin:
http://www.salzburgchronicles.net/tour/images/scaled/special.jpg

Jasoco

2005-07-17, 01:35

http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-07-16_tl.jpg (http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-07-16.jpg)

cyrusmekon

2005-07-17, 02:44

http://tinypic.com/8yzt6w.jpg

cyrusmekon

2005-07-17, 02:53

& a good one of my dog.

http://tinypic.com/8yzwgg.jpg

BenP

2005-07-18, 13:55

New Powerbook:

http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/8814/picture19rq.th.png (http://img306.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture19rq.png)

EmC

2005-07-18, 14:03

& a good one of my dog.

Love those icons. :)

Amadeus

2005-07-18, 19:33

The bug looks very scary. That is a very nice looking dog.

iThink therefore iMac

2005-07-18, 20:27

My Powerbook...

http://img317.imageshack.us/img317/5912/picture17dx.th.png (http://img317.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture17dx.png)

trevo

2005-07-20, 06:37

http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-04-07_tl.jpg (http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-04-07.jpg)
Orange in color. My latest shot.

How do i get my dock to move to the right?

edit: possible on tiger?

Brad

2005-07-20, 06:41

How do i get my dock to move to the right?

edit: possible on tiger?
Possible on every version of Mac OS X.

The easiest way it to use Tinkertool (http://www.bresink.de/osx/TinkerTool.html). Set the Dock pinning to End.

InactionMan

2005-08-07, 23:12

http://photos23.flickr.com/32167512_883dec6c48.jpg

Back to the land of shapeshifter. Theme is Pulsar, icons are Murder Mystery, desktop is from pixelgirlpresents.com.

And it's just awful that this thread dropped to page 3. Shame on all of us. :( :)

SledgeHammer

2005-08-10, 15:40

My latest is Discovery's landing yesterday morning:

http://homepage.mac.com/speaktruth/.Pictures/discdesk.jpg

Here's a link to the image itself (http://homepage.mac.com/speaktruth/.Pictures/Discovery2.jpg). The picture is actually a cropped down version of this one, from NASA (http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-96/images/high/KSC-99PP-0633.jpg). I put the whole image on my desktop at first, but the bright light illuminating the shuttle was really distracting. After a quick, unsuccessful, attempt to darken the spot a satisfactorily, I just cropped it out.

DMBand0026

2005-08-10, 15:44

Very cool shot, thanks for sharing it with us :)

gjas15

2005-08-10, 15:58

http://homepage.mac.com/gjas18/.Public/desktop.jpg

My Powerbook...

DMBand0026

2005-08-10, 16:42

Dude, seriously. Clean up your desktop. :err:

SledgeHammer

2005-08-10, 17:10

onlyafterdark

2005-08-10, 17:22

Kickaha

2005-08-10, 17:53

Same here. D'oh. 37 items. Time to organize!

Counter-point though: my mother. She literally uses her Desktop for EVERY DAMNED FILE SHE MAKES, I swear to god. It's like the whole concept of a folder just passed her by... and she's never owned a Windows machine.

gjas15

2005-08-10, 18:58

gjas, I'm going to take a wild stab and say you switched from Windows. Seems like every time I use someone's windows machine, the desktop is cluttered beyond all reason. I can't stand it. The only things that go on my desktop besides mounted disks are files that are temporarily awaiting another home. Usually only for a couple of days.

Lol, no actually Ive used macs exclusively since like '96. :lol:
But, yes i do agree its a total mess... just like my real desk. :p
http://homepage.mac.com/gjas18/.Public/desktop1.jpg
look better now? :D

I was in the middle of creating a menu for a dvd so I was afraid if I moved stuff around I screw up the dvd or loose something. I hadn't backed up stuff to my server in a while either but now its all done and clean. :smokey:

I'm proud of myself, I actually have 13.7GB free now out of a 100GB drive and 40GB out of a 200GB on the server

zman2005

2005-08-10, 19:09

how do you get the widget like things on the desktop? A calender would to be nice?

BenP

2005-08-10, 21:44

If you're running 10.4.2 you can simply open Dashboard, click on a widget from the bar where you normally add them and hold the mouse down. Press F12 with the mouse held down and the widget will attach to your desktop. Reactivate Dashboard to get the widget off your desktop.

Explanation with pictures (http://timmargh.net/2005/07/use_a_dashboard.php)

You can also use Konfabulator (http://www.konfabulator.com/) which does mostly the same thing but is different.

SledgeHammer

2005-08-10, 21:48

BenP

2005-08-10, 21:57

I have no idea.

In the grand scheme of things, though, aren't all bugs features? Some are just more convenient than others.

atomicbartbeans

2005-08-10, 22:05

aren't all bugs features?
What I would expect to hear, coming from the man who marked down "MSIE" in the browser poll. :lol:

zman2005

2005-08-10, 23:41

I haVe no f12 on my ibook lol

rasmits

2005-08-11, 00:27

Cool. I didn't know you could do that. Is that bug or feature?
It's got to be a bug, but it's still very cool.

InactionMan

2005-08-11, 00:42

And I can't get it to work. Drat!

New desktop, showing why transparent menus, while cool, aren't really functional.

http://photos21.flickr.com/33083908_1d3b4f4900_b.jpg

Ichiban_jay

2005-08-11, 00:59

for ibooks you have to hold down the "fn" key while you hit your "eject cd" key.

DMBand0026

2005-08-11, 01:43

Lol, no actually Ive used macs exclusively since like '96. :lol:
But, yes i do agree its a total mess... just like my real desk. :p
<image removed>
look better now? :D

For me, it's only good if it's just your HD and mounted disks. I can't stand anything else on my desktop.

SledgeHammer

2005-08-11, 12:02

I haVe no f12 on my iBook lolIt's not necessarily F12 that you need to hold down. It's whatever key you have assigned to dashboard. I think F12 is the default, but I, for instance, changed mine to F1. It's just a matter of leaving the dashboard while still holding the widget (but a hot corner won't trigger while you're holding a widget , so it's got to be a function key).

Yontsey

2005-08-12, 16:00

If you're running 10.4.2 you can simply open Dashboard, click on a widget from the bar where you normally add them and hold the mouse down. Press F12 with the mouse held down and the widget will attach to your desktop. Reactivate Dashboard to get the widget off your desktop.

its kinda kool because i like to have the weather on the desktop but i dont like the fact that no matter what, the widget is always on top...is there a way to get it to chill in the background because then it would be perfect...

geekmaan71

2005-08-21, 19:20

Just in case anyone is having trouble uploading an image of their desktop, check out this tutorial:

http://www.postyourdesktop.com/tutorials/p2_articleid/1

Doesn't get any easier than that :)

Ryan

2005-08-21, 19:32

Just in case anyone is having trouble uploading an image of their desktop, check out this tutorial:

http://www.postyourdesktop.com/tutorials/p2_articleid/1

Doesn't get any easier than that :)There's no "Print Screen" button on the Mac keyboard. There is no Paint program in Mac OS X, though the Pro line comes with GraphicConverter.

I know it's been gone over a thousand times before, but to take a screenshot, just press Shirt-Cmd-3. If it ends up as a PDF, export it using Preview to JPG or PNG. I think the new default in Tiger is PNG. Downsize the file with whatever program you use to do so. Photoshop, GraphicConverter, etc.

If you don't have/don't want to use any of those programs, you can open it in Preview, zoom out, and take another screenshot using Shift-Cmd-4, which lets you select just a portion of the screen.

BTW, I really hope that isn't spam.

SledgeHammer

2005-08-21, 19:34

Right...since we all use Windows :rolleyes:

Carlos Net

2005-08-22, 03:05

One word seems incredibly relevant to the posts on this page:

TinkerTool (http://www.bresink.de/osx/TinkerTool.html).

It allows you to *properly* enable Dashboard Widgets on the Desktop (it's the easiest way to activate Developer mode, which allows you to put Widgets outside Dashboard without having them 'snap back' when you next open it), AND it allows you to change the default screenshot format to the much more convenient JPEG.

My (fairly generic) screenshots, courtesy of the incredibly convenient Capture widget:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/cnet128/dashboard75.jpg
w/ Dashboard (You can see the Capture widget in this one...SO useful :D)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/cnet128/window75.jpg
w/ windows and Dock

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/cnet128/desktop75.jpg
w/o anything (except a fairly cluttered desktop...Killer7-themed at the moment; I have their official desktop pictures on rotate)

thegelding

2005-08-22, 07:44

http://homepage.mac.com/gavinmcc/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2005-08-20%2010.21.58%20-0700/Image-D7FB7697119E11DA.jpg

mine from a now locked thread

g

Franz Josef

2005-08-22, 07:58

mine from a now locked thread

gand what a thread. :cool:

Jasoco

2005-08-25, 08:00

http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-08-25_tl.jpg (http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-08-25.jpg)
Widgets: Pinup Calendar BETA, custom made clock, One Liner (http://www.jasoco.net/oneliner.php)
Desktop: I dunno, don't ask
iTunes: "LONELY ROLLING STAR Famicom (http://vjarmy.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1379)" A very cool piece done in NES style music.
Theme: Custom RULER Red Variant comprised of RULER Red, modified PaperAGV and stuff I made. NFR
Icons: MINIUM as usual
Photo: Homer Simpson if he were a real person. Kind of freaking me out right now.

onlyafterdark

2005-08-25, 18:13

Hey Jasoco, where did you get that pinup calendar widget from?

Jasoco

2005-08-25, 18:14

It is mine. Mine I tells ya! You must be registered at Konfabulator Forums to use it though. Go ahead. Enjoy.

iThink therefore iMac

2005-08-25, 18:26

My latest desktop...

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/664/desktop7pp.th.jpg (http://img254.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desktop7pp.jpg)

lightning_bug

2005-08-26, 01:10

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a256/albolte/desktop_082505.jpg

Just a simple photo. Icons are from the Home Movies set found here (http://homemovies.toonzone.net/homemoviesicons.sit).

And as for Dashboard... :)

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a256/albolte/dashboard.jpg

flail

2005-08-26, 01:27

You keep track of your debtors down to the cent? You run a tight ship. :D

lightning_bug

2005-08-26, 13:10

Well, ya gotta crack that whip. Especially since he owed over $1100 at one point in a time, and being a good friend, I didn't charge interest. So, I guess I'm entitled to my 34 cents...but if he buys me a six-pack, I'll take that too. :)

Ebby

2005-08-26, 19:57

http://www.ssba.com/lad/screen.jpg (http://www.ssba.com/lad/Elegance.jpg)

Yea, I know. Messy, messy. My monitor died so I am using my projector while it is being fixed. The keyboard and mouse are 90� from the screen. :p

Oh yea, I made this. :D

Dave.m55

2005-09-05, 07:10

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a198/dave_m55/Picture1.png

atomicbartbeans

2005-09-05, 08:19

My latest:

Edit: Oops, I just made the AN post window 2048 pixels wide. :o
Better change it to a link before Brad sees it and fries my computer with his miiiiiind.

Screencap! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/atomicbartbeans/Desktop-Screencap.jpg)

BenP

2005-09-05, 09:56

atomicbartbeans, care to share your icon set? It's freaking awesome.

atomicbartbeans

2005-09-05, 10:03

Actually, I only have those 2, and I found them in different places on interfacelift.com.

PM me with your email address and I'll send them to you. :)

BenP

2005-09-05, 10:26

Done. Maybe I should bug the artist who did that iPod to make more...I NEED an iPod like that.

atomicbartbeans

2005-09-05, 12:22

I know... that would be an awesome mod.

Here's the icon set on IFL:

http://interfacelift.com/icons-mac/details.php?id=1027

709

2005-09-05, 13:20

That iPod icon reminds me of these (http://iconfactory.com/preview.asp?type=search&id=167) two (http://iconfactory.com/preview.asp?type=search&id=173) sets from The Iconfactory (download the sets and check out the HD icons, you'll see what I mean).

GWARREN

2005-09-05, 14:34

Here is a low quality pic of my desktop and dashboard. My desktop changes every few minutes and at the time was a photo I took of the atomium. The dashboard widgets include an artwork display thing which pulls an image from amazon if I don't have one set already, a BBC 6Music player, BBC news ticker and weather tracker, which wasn't working as the server was down.

http://www.audu29.dsl.pipex.com/desktop_atomium.jpg

revolution

2005-09-07, 09:15

Here ya go, my latest!!

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/1060/dt67fv.th.jpg (http://img118.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dt67fv.jpg)

InactionMan

2005-09-07, 16:47

http://tinypic.com/dgmeyg.png

:D :D :D

stacy

2005-09-07, 22:05

http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-07-16_tl.jpg (http://www.jasoco.net/data/ss/images/2005-07-16.jpg)

What's up with that Polaroid-looking widget? I would LOVE to have that.

torifile

2005-09-07, 22:09

What's up with that Polaroid-looking widget? I would LOVE to have that.
I think he's using Konfabulator and not Dashboard. I think konfab is now free since Yahoo! bought them, so you can have it!

stacy

2005-09-07, 22:16

I think he's using Konfabulator and not Dashboard. I think konfab is now free since Yahoo! bought them, so you can have it!

Ooh! Searching that now! Thanks for the tip!

EDIT: Found it! FINALLY. And with proof:

http://www.blueprintfordisaster.com/images/x_ftp/misc/screener.jpg

Jasoco

2005-09-08, 18:55

Glad you like it. Enjoy. :)

@InactionMan: Love the desktop. I'd love an iPod nano. The black one looks so cool.

Cam'Ron

2005-09-10, 18:55

so, what is the name of that widget? i can't find it. is it a konfabulator widget??

stacy

2005-09-15, 00:11

Glad you like it. Enjoy. :)

@InactionMan: Love the desktop. I'd love an iPod nano. The black one looks so cool.

As for your widget: any way to kill this pop-up?

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/1416/picture10sf.png

That comes up every time I start up Konfabulator, or I login/logout.

Jasoco

2005-09-15, 00:26

Re-download it. The same URL. It contains the latest stable version which hasn't been worked on in about 2 months. I've been running it with no problems. The older one still had the Debug option on. Sorry about that.

Wickers

2005-09-29, 04:37

Ok, so it's been a while since I've posted my desktop...

As I work on a few of them now on a daily basis, here they are:

First off my lappy running Ubuntu Linux: :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/lickmeup/GnomeMini.png (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/lickmeup/GnomeDesktop.png)

Second we have a desktop with Kubuntu Linux: :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/lickmeup/KdeMini.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/lickmeup/KdeDesktop.jpg)

Third we have a desktop in windows xp: :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/lickmeup/WinMini.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/lickmeup/WinDesktop.jpg)

NOTE: click for full screenshot...

The two (K)Ubuntu systems are running the 5.04 release. I've really taken to Ubuntu over the past year, and being a Slackware head even I'm surprised at how much I like it.

The windows box I use for a few reasons... some apps I need for work, keeping sharp with windows for the freelance work I do. . . etc... it's currently using the MCE theme and Glass2k for transparent windows.

I also have a netvista LCD all-in-one, but I'm giving it to a friend soon and don't feel the need to post a screenshot of what's about to be imaged. As well, I have a network slave currently running OS9, it's an iBook G3 300 that I've gutted and rebuilt into a box... I could post a screenshot of that box, but it's down ATM for I have to jimmy up a new heatsink for the rig.

I wish my Linux desktops were more impressive, but I just don't have the time or care these days to jazz them up... I mean, my computers have a purpose and as long as they do their job, I'm happy.