Want the iCloud.com beta background image as your desktop wallpaper? I did too, so I grabbed the background image file from iCloud’s springboard, tiled it, and put a similar shadow on it with Photoshop. The result is this 2000×1080 PNG file, ready to be set as your desktop background
It also looks great as a standard wallpaper, Terminal background, or as a replacement for Dashboards background in Mac OS X Lion. Here’s how it looks on a Mac OS X desktop:
If you want to try making your own, or you want the t-shirt pattern without the shadow, this is the 256×256 tiling texture image that Apple uses on iCloud.com, which is then given a giant box shadow to render the background:
Making your Mac desktop background look attractive goes beyond just eye candy, it can help to improve your focus or give some inspiration. We're going to show you how you can easily change the wallpaper on your Mac, and you can set the desktop background to any picture you want.…
It's time to customize the appearance of Mac OS X 10.7 again. We recently showed you how to change Dashboards wallpaper image from that Lego-like pattern to anything else, and then we showed you how to change Launchpads folder background pattern to your choice. Next up is Mission Control's background…
The default iOS water droplets wallpaper is beautiful, but it doesn't easily stretch to a desktop resolution. No big deal, some crafty Photoshop work from DeviantArt has created this massive 2560x1440 version that closely resembles the default background on new iPhones and iPads. Click the image above or here for…
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On a side note, one thing intrigues me: how did you get the inverted color menu bar? I’ve got a dark wallpaper as well but my menu bar is solid black on grey.
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If someone wants larger image than above, click this link http://cl.ly/3A1p3D0t0d1F2w2d3I0o (image size : 2560X1394)
Great addition, thanks for this!
Thanks James! I missed that one.
Thanks for posting this up. May have to add this to my own site shortly.
How do you change the terminal background?
@Clem – See this previous posting…
https://osxdaily.com/2011/05/25/black-menu-bar-mac/
This is really quite nice
On a side note, one thing intrigues me: how did you get the inverted color menu bar? I’ve got a dark wallpaper as well but my menu bar is solid black on grey.
Using it on my iPad, thanks