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Product Description:
Picture Switcher is an application that will put 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 enhances 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: "Scale to Fill Screen"ÂÂ�. This will scale your picture proportionally to fit the screen. - Settable Keyboard Shortcuts
You can set keyboard shortcuts for many of Picture Switcher's options, including a 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 in this version:
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.
- 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.
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Additional Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.4 or later
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What makes this worth anything compared to ChangeDesktop? - Version: 2.0.1, 9/26/2007 05:13AM PST
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morbius
I've been using ChangeDesktop (a freeware desktop utility) for many years now. What makes this app worth 30 friggin' bucks?
Version 2.0 crashes on launch - Version: 2.0, 9/24/2007 05:53PM PST
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psr--2008
The applicable portion of the crash log follows.
Thread 4 Crashed:
0 <<00000000>> 0xfffeff40 objc_msgSend_rtp + 64
1 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bbc908 NSPopAutoreleasePool + 536
2 ...productions.PictureSwitcher 0x00015790 0x1000 + 83856
3 ...productions.PictureSwitcher 0x0001966c 0x1000 + 99948
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x92be01a0 forkThreadForFunction + 108
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002bd08 _pthread_body + 96
Thread 4 crashed with PPC Thread State 64:
srr0: 0x00000000fffeff40 srr1: 0x000000000200f030 vrsave: 0x0000000000000000
cr: 0x44000244 xer: 0x0000000000000007 lr: 0x0000000092bbc908 ctr: 0x0000000000000004
r0: 0x0000000000080010 r1: 0x00000000f02037f0 r2: 0x0000000065000000 r3: 0x00000000049c4920
r4: 0x0000000090aa9904 r5: 0x0000000001800000 r6: 0x00000000ffffffff r7: 0x000000000155d000
r8: 0x0000000000000001 r9: 0x0000000000280004 r10: 0x0000000000000001 r11: 0x000000000c780030
r12: 0x00000000028ed75b r13: 0x00000000000a0000 r14: 0x00000000000a0000 r15: 0x00000000000a0000
r16: 0x0000000008aca6d0 r17: 0x0000000000000002 r18: 0x0000000008a48ae0 r19: 0x0000000000000002
r20: 0x00000000000a0000 r21: 0x00000000049b85d0 r22: 0x00000000000a0000 r23: 0x00000000000a0000
r24: 0x00000000000a0000 r25: 0x00000000000a0000 r26: 0x000000000009810c r27: 0x000000000614ea80
r28: 0x000000000009c830 r29: 0x00000000049c4920 r30: 0x0000000004946fc0 r31: 0x0000000092bbc704
Thread 4 Crashed:
0 <<00000000>> 0xfffeff40 objc_msgSend_rtp + 64
1 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bbc908 NSPopAutoreleasePool + 536
2 ...productions.PictureSwitcher 0x00015790 0x1000 + 83856
3 ...productions.PictureSwitcher 0x0001966c 0x1000 + 99948
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x92be01a0 forkThreadForFunction + 108
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002bd08 _pthread_body + 96
Thread 4 crashed with PPC Thread State 64:
srr0: 0x00000000fffeff40 srr1: 0x000000000200f030 vrsave: 0x0000000000000000
cr: 0x44000244 xer: 0x0000000000000007 lr: 0x0000000092bbc908 ctr: 0x0000000000000004
r0: 0x0000000000080010 r1: 0x00000000f02037f0 r2: 0x0000000065000000 r3: 0x00000000049c4920
r4: 0x0000000090aa9904 r5: 0x0000000001800000 r6: 0x00000000ffffffff r7: 0x000000000155d000
r8: 0x0000000000000001 r9: 0x0000000000280004 r10: 0x0000000000000001 r11: 0x000000000c780030
r12: 0x00000000028ed75b r13: 0x00000000000a0000 r14: 0x00000000000a0000 r15: 0x00000000000a0000
r16: 0x0000000008aca6d0 r17: 0x0000000000000002 r18: 0x0000000008a48ae0 r19: 0x0000000000000002
r20: 0x00000000000a0000 r21: 0x00000000049b85d0 r22: 0x00000000000a0000 r23: 0x00000000000a0000
r24: 0x00000000000a0000 r25: 0x00000000000a0000 r26: 0x000000000009810c r27: 0x000000000614ea80
r28: 0x000000000009c830 r29: 0x00000000049c4920 r30: 0x0000000004946fc0 r31: 0x0000000092bbc704
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- Re: Version 2.0 crashes on launch
Totally Awesome Convenience! 
- Version: 1.1.2, 8/14/2007 12:57PM PST
SGoodheart
This little app rocks! I love how I can set up folder sets and instantly switch between them via the menu -- way faster than control-clicking the desktop, which only invokes the System Preferences Desktop and Screensaver module.
I love the View Pictures review mode, when I want to quickly set a favorite image from a folder set, and I love how I can instantly change how and where the image is placed, and how often the picture changes, from every five seconds to however long you wish to customize.
Picture Switcher is a little jewel, and well worth a little menu bar space.
I love the View Pictures review mode, when I want to quickly set a favorite image from a folder set, and I love how I can instantly change how and where the image is placed, and how often the picture changes, from every five seconds to however long you wish to customize.
Picture Switcher is a little jewel, and well worth a little menu bar space.
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