Change Desktop 3.1.4 Build 643

Change Desktop is another application that will change your Desktop picture. It is written in Cocoa, completely free and the source code is included.

If pictures are chosen at random, ChangeDesktop can be configured to use all pictures before repeating any picture. Coalesces pictures from multiple folders so you don't have to move all of your pictures to one folder. Sub-folders are also searched.

Will notice additions and removals to any folder without having to restart the application. iTunes integration allows desktop changes to be synced with iTunes track changes.

Thumbnail pictures are automatically filtered so they will not be displayed. This is particularly useful with iPhoto. If your system goes to sleep, the ChangeDesktop Server can be told to change the desktop picture when the system wakes up. Web Pics feature that allows you get pictures from any webserver and automatically add them to your collection.

Includes support for Rendezvous (Jaguar and later) and the capability to archive the downloaded pictures. Remote Access feature (Remote Access screenshot) that will allow anyone to view your current desktop picture from any web browser. Also included are the currently playing iTunes song and system statistics such as processor speed, memory usage, and uptime.

Remote Access also has the ability to take screenshots of your Desktop. Publish Desktop feature that allows the Server to automatically upload your desktop picture to any FTP server every time the desktop is changed.

Includes a Menu Extra that allows you to launch ChangeDesktop or change the Desktop picture.Supports MacOS aliases. Fully compatible with Panther's Fast User Switching. Change Desktop is also available in French.

Here are some key features of "Change Desktop":

· Choose from more than ten effects to use when transitioning to a new image.
· Native Spaces support: Display a separate image for each Space.
· Changes your Desktop at a specified interval randomly or in alphabetic sequence.
· Integrated support for iPhoto, Aperture and an unlimited number of standalone images or folders.
· Automatically coalesces images from any supported source, including other Change Desktop image collections.
· Additions and removals to folders, iPhoto, and Aperture are noticed automatically and made available once the current collection is exhausted.
· Smart Fit image placement that chooses the best position for each image and each display.
· Smart background color that analyzes each image to find a complementary color.
· Option to change image when displays wake from sleep.
· Installs a system wide hot key so you can change your Desktop from any application.
· Independent settings for all displays.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Requires 10.6+ (and thus an Intel machine).
· Added Rotating Cube transition effect.
· Each Space can now have its own image Collection independent of other Spaces and all Displays.
· Targeted use of Grand Central Dispatch in Collection management and image processing. Multi-Core machines may see improvements in these areas.
· The EXIF orientation flag is now respected when drawing images (Windows and a few cameras like to set this flag instead of actually changing the image data).
· Even smarter background color generation that considers the image as a whole instead of only individual pixels.
· Bug Fix: Workaround for Finder bug/change in 10.6.x that caused CD to hide the desktop icons.
· Bug Fix: Smart background color was only sampling a portion of the image. The whole image is now sampled.
· Bug Fix: Drawing artifacts in the Preferences window when a setting was changed.
· Bug Fix: Several small memory leaks.