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DESCRIPTION
Picture Switcher is an application that will place a menu on the right side of your menu bar to switch desktop pictures. It gives you additional options beyond the built in system that greatly enhance your desktop experience.
Features:
- Core Image - Core Image is used to create stunning effects on your pictures, as well as adding several new options when transitioning from one picture to another.
- New placement - A new placement type has been added with Picture Switcher: ÒScale to Fill ScreenÓ. This will scale your picture proportionally to fit the screen.
- Settable Keyboard Shortcuts - Picture Switcher now allows you to set keyboard shortcuts for many of its options, including its new option that will immediately change the picture.
- Applescript - Applescript support has been added, with full access to changing the picture and its options.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.0.3:
New Features
- Added a new preference setting, "Display Images in Sub Folders" which will display all images, including those in sub folders, from the top-level folder in the picture menu from which the current image is selected.
- Added a new preference setting, "Always Tile Small Images" which will tile images that are smaller than half the screen's width and height.
- Added in the ability to create your own collections of images, rather than needing to have the images set out the way you want them in some sort of folder hierarchy. See the Picture Folders panel for creating / editing collections.
- Added a new button in the preference pane which will allow you to clear the thumbnail image cache used by the Picture Viewer.
- The orientation of an image is now properly recognized and used when displaying images. Note that you may need to clear the thumbnail image cache before thumbnails for these images are displayed properly in the Picture Viewer.
- Added in a "No Transition" option to the transition menu, which will immediately change the picture rather than showing a transition while changing the picture.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug that could cause Picture Switcher to crash when the desktop picture was changed very rapidly, or (rarely) when the computer was under heavy load.
- Fixed a bug that could cause Picture Switcher to crash in some rare instances when the picture menu was updating.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the background color to be reset to blue when changing the desktop picture from an outside source.
- Fixed an issue that could cause Picture Switcher to cancel a logout / shutdown.
- Fixed a bug where moving the sliders in the Effects / Transition Settings panels could lock up Picture Switcher's UI, needing a force quit to get out of it.
- Fixed a bug where the crash reporter could pop up when no crash had actually occurred.
- Fixed a bug with the "Check For Updates" feature where it could erroneously tell you that an update was already in progress.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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| Picture Switcher User Reviews (10 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Oct 25 2008 |
HELIOS9 It's nicely done and I'd go for it immediately were it not for its rather exorbitant price. I'd pay $15 for it but no more than that. Yeh, as others have opined, $30 is way too much for this. Just can't believe that the developer is getting many takers at that price. Maybe it"ll be offered as a MU Promo some time.
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| Jun 2 2008 |
SYHARRIS I'd have to agree with many other reviewers here that Picture Switcher is GROSSLY OVERPRICED at $30. It's just an app to change desktop pictures, after all. True, it's really nicely featured and works well but it's still JUST a desktop picture changer. I'd pay $10 for it but NOT any more than that. So, I can live happily without it....and I will.
(Version 2.0.3) | |
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| May 22 2008 |
DJEFIS 30 $ are really a lot for a program (19.00 euros for me, not so much). For this program one exception can be done. In fact it is much stable and, if you like it, irreplaceable too. Finally a desktop not more static. There are for sure applications that are similar to this, but this is rock and the the CPU usege is insignificant 8/12%. I suggest it for who really loves the desktop, in terms of personal opinions. I use it with YouControlDesktop and Space with all its options (6 dedicated desktops). MacBook Pro 2.2, 4gb ram, Leopard.
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 | Apr 10 2008 |
XENOPHILE Nice, but $30 for a utility that changes my desktop picture? $30? Really? In the same price range, we've got workhorses like: Is changing the desktop picture comparable in scope to any of the these shareware titles? Has the developer of Picture Switcher invested time and effort similar to that required to develop these workhorses? IMO $5-$8 is a fair price for a full-featured desktop picture utility, and I bet the higher volume of sales would end up being more profitable.
(Version 2.0.3) | |
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| Dec 15 2007 |
TRON15 by far too expensive as compared to the features available in 10.5
(Version 2.0.3) | |
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| Sep 30 2007 |
DELIGHT1 you are charging $30 now? i think i'll stick with the free version 1.1.2 ...
(Version 2.0.2) | |
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| Sep 24 2007 |
JWFERNE It looks like a very interesting program to help speed up the desktop picture replacement. OMG $30 though for something that can be done fairly easily without this program? Gut check developer... is it really worth this price? 1/3 the cost of Apple's iLife / iWork?
(Version 2.0) | |
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| Sep 25 2007 |
8OO8 Yeah, while this version of Picture Switcher adds some interesting features to the previous free version, there's no way in hell that I'm gonna pay $30 for it; it's just way too high. Even the the $20 special price that the developer has going 'till Oct. 1st, 07 doesn't cut it, as far as I'm concerned. The previous free version (v1.1.2) is just fine with me; I'm sticking with that one (I burned it onto a CD for keeps, hee, hee, hee).
(Version 2.0) | |
| Sep 25 2007 |
Sure! Where should I send it?
(Version 2.0) | |
| Sep 26 2007 |
My pleasure! (Guard it with your life! heh, heh...)
(Version 2.0.1) | |
| Apr 9 2006 |
ROB It think it is a great program. I am eager to use it but it fails to launch on my G5 2.3. Is there a program blocking it ?
(Version 1.1) | |
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 | Apr 9 2006 |
DARKSHADOW Hi, could you please send me the crash report? There shouldn't be anything stopping it from running.
(Version 1.1) | |
| Apr 10 2006 |
ROB It did not generate a crash report. Where can I search it?
(Version 1.1) | |
| Apr 10 2006 |
DARKSHADOW YOUR_HOME_FOLDER -> Library -> Logs -> CrashReporter -> Picture Switcher.crash.log
(Version 1.1) | |
| Apr 15 2006 |
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| Apr 9 2006 |
MIKAL Awesome! Only feature I'd ask for is the ability to see the picture you're setting as the background before setting it. Otherwise, it works great :) | |
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| Nov 22 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Excellent, works on Panther (10.3.9).
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| Nov 22 2005 |
DARKSHADOW That's a surprise, as I'm using some code that Apple's documentation states is 10.4 only.
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