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OSXplanet - 0.85

dynamic Earth desktop: volcanos, clouds & storms

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All Time:	(4.4)
Version 0.85:	(4.0)
Selected Version:	0.85
Release Date:	2005-03-24
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 0.85):	4,593
Downloads (all versions):	87,548

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Product Description:

OSXplanet is a front-end to the popular program xplanet made in Cocoa and Objective-C. It replaces your desktop with a picture of earth showing where it is night and day. It also downloads the latest cloud maps and overlays it with the earth map.

NOTE: If you've installed the custom high quality images from Seth Price prior to version 0.8, you must download a new version of the images due to the changes in the new version.

Make sure you read the README (which is now in the OSXplanet program) and do all the things on it before reporting bugs! As of version 0.74, OSXplanet WILL work with the option "Change Picture" enabled. This also means it could have serious bugs that I overlooked. This version has many new features as a result it may have bugs that I have overseen. Please give me feedback at gabriel@otte.ucsc.edu.

Many thanks to Pascal Souaillat for designing an icon the new icon is based on. Thanks to Matthew Thomas for designing an interface that the new interface is based on.

Due to the popularity of OSXplanet, it can no longer be hosted on the current site. Please donate to the OSXplanet Project to keep it online and free.

What's new in this version:

Fixed some problems with the GUI and the Mercator Projection

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or higher (Tiger included)

Feedback Summary:

Version 0.85:
Overall Rating:	(4.0)	Features:	(4.0)	Support:	(3.0)
Ease of Use:	(4.0)	Quality / Stability:	(4.0)	Price:	(5.0)

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Still Not For Leopard - Version: 1.0.1, 8/4/2008 03:30AM PST

sounds good

Though OS X 10.5 Intel is listed under Operating System Requirements OSXplanet does not run.
On the OSXplanet Project Main Page the developer says it does not run under Leopard and he is working on a version that will. I enjoyed the product when I ran 10.4 but now running 10.5.2, Version 1.0.1 no longer works.