John's Background Switcher 4+

Make your desktop beautiful

John Conners

    • $8.99

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Description

John's Background Switcher puts beautiful full-screen photos and stunning montages on your desktop. Choose the photos from your own collection on your Mac or websites like Flickr, Unsplash, Pixabay, SmugMug, Vladstudio, Google Photos and many more besides. You'll never know what's coming next - maybe photos from a recent holiday, landscapes from far and distant lands, pictures of small kittens or equally small dogs. If you're having a tough day, just take a look at your desktop and John's Background Switcher will get you through it!

Main features include:
• Show single photos or a variety of randomly generated beautiful montages on your desktop
• Choose photos from folders on your Mac, from iPhoto (old skool) or the new Photos app
• Rich Flickr, Unsplash, SmugMug, Pixabay, Vladstudio, Pinterest, Pexels, Wallhaven, Dropbox, OneDrive (personal) and Google Photos integration
• Media RSS photo feeds (so you can use a great many more photo sites)
• Multiple monitor support (show the same background all monitors, different pictures on each monitor or only on one monitor)
• Switching intervals from every 10 seconds to 7 days
• A variety of post processing effects like grayscale, sepia and desaturation
• Lots of new features in the works for future versions (I have a list as long as your arm!)

Once set up JBS quietly runs in the background changing your desktop and stays out of your way. If you don't love it, tell me what you'd like it to do from the support link and I'll add it as soon as I can! And remember, I'm a real person called John so be nice. :)

What’s New

Version 4.2

This update has a couple of tweaks, a minor bug fix, some performance improvements and fixes Unsplash no longer working (you now need to log in with your Unsplash account to use their photos). Full details below:

• Added the option to use Bold or Regular font on polaroids
• Now built on .NET 8.0 (it was previously .NET 7.0) so benefits from various performance improvements and bug fixes from the new major version
• Unsplash now requires you to log in with an account to use their photos, which you can do when you add / edit a set or from the Accounts tab in JBS preferences
• Made the postcard font a little larger and further from the edge
• Refactored the code parsing JSON responses from Dropbox, Google Photos, Wallhaven, OneDrive, Pexels, Pixabay, Vladstudio, Unsplash, SmugMug and Pexels to use built in libraries
• Fixed a hang when trying to choose an Unsplash collection and Unsplash is down

If you have any problems or suggestions then don't hesitate to contact me at support@johnsadventures.com and I'll gladly help you out!

App Privacy

The developer, John Conners, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

  • Contact Info
  • Usage Data

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Location
  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.