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Pre-Christmas updates

I have swapped over blog engines from my own to a more mainstream one, which gives me a lot more flexibility and control. This has obviously resulted in the feed location changing for my website, so please update any subscriptions and/or bookmarks you may have.

Christmas holidays are fast approaching and so I would like to get one last minor update for AutoWallpaper 5 out the door.

AutoWallpaper 5.1 released

It’s here, the big 5.1 update. This version adds quite a lot of new features and improvements. So, I’ll go through them all here: Mac Changes Version 5.1 adds quite a few improvements to the Mac Edition. The icon added next to the clock has been replaced with a new graphical icon, plus, the tray… [Read More]

AutoWallpaper 5, now with desktop slideshow support

A new update was released yesterday that enabled the particularly gorgeous wallpaper blending found in Windows 7, and this is only the start. Now when a wallpaper cycle occurs in AutoWallpaper 5 whilst running on Windows 7 it will attempt to trigger the blending of the previous and new wallpapers. This feature requires Aero to… [Read More]

Excitement overload, somethings coming

Just thought I'd make a rather sneaky blog posting to announce that there will be a very nice AutoWallpaper 5 update coming this weekend (all being well) for all you Windows 7 fans out there. I'm not going to tell you what this entails as yet but rest assured I had to do a little… [Read More]

AW5 – return of the Snow Leopard (updated)

Just when it was looking like everything was coming together nicely something outside of my control occurs. Apple Mac OS X 10.6(.1) Snow Leopard has a potential issue with the programming language I use for AutoWallpaper. Now I'm not sure if this occurs on every machine running AW4/5 as it doesn't appear to affect my… [Read More]

AW5 – Windows 7 compatibility

Just thought I'd make a quick post to mention my initial findings for AutoWallpaper 5 and Windows 7. I've had a limited amount of time to try out AW5 on Windows 7 Pro and so far only two issues have been noticed: Firstly, the options for delaying wallpaper changes due to CPU usage cannot be… [Read More]

AutoWallpaper 5 released

After months of development AutoWallpaper 5 is now available for download. Version 5 is a free upgrade from version 4 so there's no reason to not upgrade. The upgrade process should be smooth and AW5 will use all of the settings and categories you have in AW4. However, if something does go a bit odd… [Read More]

Snow Leopard compatibility for AW4/5

Those that have been keeping an eye out for the release of AutoWallpaper 5 will be pleased to know that it is now confirmed for release this coming Saturday (19th). I updated my MacBook Pro to OS X 10.6, and then straight up to 10.6.1 (quick turn around for a bug fix), and tested AutoWallpaper… [Read More]

AW5 delayed for 1 week

One of my other computers has developed a serious hardware fault and I'm having to direct my attention to getting that up and running again. That combined with a potential issue with Mac OS X 10.6 has lead me to dealy the release of AutoWallpaper 5 for another week. If all goes well I will… [Read More]

Apple Mac OS X 10.6 wallpaper bug

It would appear that some users of OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard are experiencing issues when attempting to use custom wallpapers. This is in no way linked specifically to AutoWallpaper and is affecting users that aren't using AutoWallpaper. At present I'm running 10.5.6 so I cannot confirm any issues, however a search on the Apple forums… [Read More]