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I've been using a similar app for years. Love it: http:\u002F\u002Fwww.artfulmac.com",{"id":55,"by":10,"text":56},"17034139","Yes, I even cite it as an inspiration for making Backgroundifier! I loved the idea and execution, but I wanted to use my own art folders. It no longer appears to be for sale,…",{"id":58,"by":10,"text":59},"17042948","I guess I don't really see it as a wallpaper anymore, but an on-demand art gallery that just happens to be built using the wallpaper cycling functionality of macOS. My desktop is…",[61],{"value":62,"source":63,"evidence":64},"Swift\u002FObjective-C native macOS","inferred",[65,69],{"id":66,"by":67,"text":68},"17034157","Sidnicious","Another approach is to create a window at desktop level. It can even display a web page with a system web view — you probably want to opt the window out of receiving mouse…",{"id":70,"by":10,"text":71},"17034713","I suppose I envisioned the app as something that simply slotted on top of the native system behavior and wouldn't break anything when closed. Less hassles, less maintenance, and…","unknown","launched",{"praise":75,"objections":88,"requests":110,"questions":132,"alternatives":148},[76],{"value":77,"source":78,"evidence":79},"Looks beautiful and brightens the day","commenter",[80,84],{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"17037107","sgt","I just downloaded this app and it looks beautiful. I've already recommended this to my dad who runs an art gallery.",{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"17035278","bane","Came here to second this. It notably brightens up my day every morning.",[89,99],{"value":90,"source":78,"evidence":91},"Art as wallpaper strips away meaning and context",[92,96],{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"17034441","nullicorn","I see these kind of projects often, and I’m not sure how I feel about them. Art is more than just something nice to look at. By turning these pieces of art into wallpapers, it…",{"id":97,"by":94,"text":98},"17042726","I agree with you on the point that aesthetic and emotional impact of the art is important, but I feel like having it as a wallpaper kind of takes that experience away. I think…",{"value":100,"source":78,"evidence":101},"Desktop is rarely visible when windows cover it",[102,106],{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"17034462","acmecorps","I think I'm the only one who rarely look at my desktop. Most of the time, it's been covered by windows\u002Fapps.",{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"17036037","dcosson","This is a cool app, but isn't the idea to integrate it somewhere you end up looking already, rather than have to think to look at it and click the shortcut? I have the same…",[111,118,125],{"value":112,"source":78,"evidence":113},"Per-monitor wallpaper settings",[114],{"id":115,"by":116,"text":117},"17035564","jakear","Just downloaded your app, as I was looking for a more curated solution that what OP provides (I don't know enough about art to make my own selection). One quick question I had…",{"value":119,"source":78,"evidence":120},"Artwork metadata like title, artist and date",[121],{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"17034197","Osmium","Very nice! Request: art gallery-like legends next to the artwork, with title\u002Fartist\u002Fdate (I imagine this would only work with a curated source of art, but if I ever used…",{"value":126,"source":78,"evidence":127},"Support for older macOS versions",[128],{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"17038300","whitehouse3","Only works on High Sierra. Any plans to add compatibility with prior OS's?",[133,142],{"value":134,"source":78,"evidence":135},"Works across Spaces?",[136,139],{"id":137,"by":10,"text":138},"17034237","Neat! Do you know if this works well across Spaces? I went with the wallpaper approach because I figured it was likely to be the least error-prone, especially across OS updates.",{"id":140,"by":67,"text":141},"17038479","If you set the window’s collectionBehavior to: ``` NSWindowCollectionBehaviorStationary | NSWindowCollectionBehaviorCanJoinAllSpaces ``` …that should give it roughly the same…",{"value":143,"source":78,"evidence":144},"Are the paintings bundled with the app?",[145],{"id":146,"by":82,"text":147},"17037084","Are they bundled with the app when it is purchased via the App Store? If not, I think that would be a good idea. As for the app itself - it looks very good. Well done!",[149,160,164],{"value":150,"source":78,"evidence":151},"Artpip",[152,156],{"id":153,"by":154,"text":155},"17034071","poignard","I've been using an app called artpip for a while, it's great: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.artpip.com\u002F",{"id":157,"by":158,"text":159},"17034592","mcjiggerlog","Creator of Artpip here. Came to suggest it as an alternative. 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