Comments on: My Living Desktop: Beautify Your Screen http://gigaom.com/apple/my-living-desktop-beautify-your-screen/ Sat, 26 May 2012 21:52:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: zool http://gigaom.com/apple/my-living-desktop-beautify-your-screen/#comment-346298 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:55:15 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=24863#comment-346298 could you elaboreate:

where is that magick video importer? i have full version and dont find it.

Where is the settings for “individual applicatiuons can turn off serenity”?

didnt find that eather.

Not even the manufacturers website “read more” links
seem to work. Sad that bloggers just copy their marketing content
instead of really reviewing the software from a-z themself.

]]> By: Marcos, Brasilia http://gigaom.com/apple/my-living-desktop-beautify-your-screen/#comment-346297 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:54:54 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=24863#comment-346297 Pitty, but it is not working on Snow Leopard…

]]> By: James Dempsey http://gigaom.com/apple/my-living-desktop-beautify-your-screen/#comment-346296 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:29:30 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=24863#comment-346296 The beauty of this app is that it allows you to add any movie file you wish as the background. So if you prefer a more subtle animation, you can create your own.

]]> By: Gazoobee http://gigaom.com/apple/my-living-desktop-beautify-your-screen/#comment-346295 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:10:18 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=24863#comment-346295 My problem with these kinds of offerings is that most of them are really over the top “New-agey,” and despite all the arguments to the contrary presented here, I find this one to be similar. What about those of us that have some kind of sense of taste and don’t want to look into a cheesy sunset for hour after hour?

What I would find more useful is a much simpler animated backdrop instead of an attempt at photo-realism (which ends up looking like a giant GIF file). Something like the classic mac grey swirly desktop but with just a touch of motion.

Alternatively, anyone who has ever played an online game in a virtual world knows that the sky in those games involves only a single *.PNG file and a tiny script to give the impression of a very realistic landscape. Simply having a virtual desktop environment that reflects the time of day where I am would be preferable to Zamfir-esque pan-pipe music played over tacky postcard scenes.

]]> By: Jim http://gigaom.com/apple/my-living-desktop-beautify-your-screen/#comment-346294 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:15:37 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=24863#comment-346294 @Dave:
My Living Desktop IS SereneSaver – they just updated it and changed the name, not sure why.

]]> By: Jim http://gigaom.com/apple/my-living-desktop-beautify-your-screen/#comment-346293 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:13:49 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=24863#comment-346293 @max:
I assume you mean the color of the scrollbars, traffic widgets, etc… It’s a custom OSX theme called iLeopard. Doesn’t alter a whole lot, but makes the OS a little more consistent. I use the stand-alone installer, not the Magnifique plugin because it offers a ton of options on the install.

]]> By: Dave Greenbaum http://gigaom.com/apple/my-living-desktop-beautify-your-screen/#comment-346292 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:04:42 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=24863#comment-346292 I’ve been using SereneSaver…looks like the same program and I can’t figure out the difference

]]> By: max http://gigaom.com/apple/my-living-desktop-beautify-your-screen/#comment-346291 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:54:16 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=24863#comment-346291 What mod are you using to get the system modifications in your screenshot?

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