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Every Apple Desktop back to System 8
#59930 11/14/21 03:35 PM
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Have you ever wanted to use a desktop picture from another Mac OS version? Macstudio has them all back to Mac OS 8.

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Re: Every Apple Desktop back to System 8
joemikeb #59932 11/14/21 05:53 PM
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Egads! So many pics that I've never seen...because I've never bothered to look.

But, I went through your linked doc looking for a particular desktop from OS X 10.3, and when I didn't find it, I looked deeper and found that the compilation jumps from OS 9 to OS X 10.4, omitting the OS X versions in between.


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artie505 #59934 11/14/21 06:46 PM
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I hadn't caught that omission. Neither had I realize how many Tiger desktops there were.

I use the Aeriel screensaver that uses the same high resolution animated images Apple uses in the Apple TV screensaver. Some of those are stunningly 3D on a 4K monitor and I wish I could capture some of those of a desktop.

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joemikeb #59935 11/14/21 06:56 PM
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I never even installed Tiger, so I never saw those - yeah, surprisingly many - desktops 'til today.

I alternate between two desktops, RGB 0,0,0 & 1,1,1...i.e. black & slightly less shiny black. laugh


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artie505 #59938 11/14/21 11:33 PM
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My desktop would drive you crazy! I currently have a Chinese temple on the banks of a lake on one screen and an Austrian mountain village on the other. Next month they will be something different depending on my mood at the time.


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Re: Every Apple Desktop back to System 8
joemikeb #59939 11/15/21 12:26 AM
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Originally Posted by joemikeb
I use the Aeriel screensaver that uses the same high resolution animated images Apple uses in the Apple TV screensaver. Some of those are stunningly 3D on a 4K monitor and I wish I could capture some of those of a desktop.
command-shift-3 captures my screensaver as a .png which can be used as a desktop. Is that what you mean?


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Re: Every Apple Desktop back to System 8
joemikeb #61576 05/23/22 08:54 PM
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FWIW: The MACSTUDIO link in the OP no longer functions.

Re: Every Apple Desktop back to System 8
MG2009 #61582 05/24/22 05:08 PM
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True, but the web site owner has posted a note elsewhere that says "Get ready for something fantastic, I'm currently working on a portfolio with all of my work. Stay tuned for updates."


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