I upgraded a while back on my 2018 MBP to Catalina and have been sad that I lost Backdrop. For whatever reason I thought it was just a casualty of the upgrade. Finally upgraded to Big Sur today and decided to go on a hunt. And here is my old friend. It's simple, but when I just want a bare bones color or image back behind, so I don't get distracted by the mess I call a desktop, I am happy for Backdrop. I've been using it for over a dozen years (seems like a hundred). Sometimes the simple apps are the ones I appreciate the most.

Great, But a couple a things I must mention, First, there needs to be a least a "simple" little manual for this app, and second, I cannot figure out how to get it to dsplay more than one backdrop at a time, on any one single screen/space… If anyone knows how to do that, I would like to know, exp. Like being able to display a whole folder a photos at once cause as of now, Backdrop will only let me choose one image at a time for a backdrop. 😕

What this app does should be a built-in feature of macOS, but since it’s not, I'm grateful for this helpful app. It does exactly what the name of the app says: Gives you a clean “Desktop” or background image view against which you can open other apps/windows without the clutter. I use it at least a couple times a week for screenshots or screensharing.

I have had this for a long time and never bothered to review it... BUT I have to say, it continues to work great through every OS update.Does exactly what it says, it will make your desktop neat and pretty with just one click.This is my go to app for all my presentations... no matter how chaotic my desktop (and life!) no one else has to know.