dustin senos

Wallcat - A beautiful wallpaper for your Mac, every day

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Ryan Hoover
Yo, @dustin. I don't see any cats. What's the deal?
Michael Knepprath
@rrhoover Asking the important questions. 😼
Jad Limcaco
@rrhoover There's a cat right on my menu bar.
dustin senos
@rrhoover hold option when you click the cat icon ;)
dustin senos
Hi folks! Excited to share Wallcat with the Product Hunt community! Wallcat is a simple app that automatically updates you Mac's desktop to a new a new beautiful image every day. If you've had the same stale image, are still rocking a default Apple background, or are simply looking to keep your computer feeling fresh, feel to check out Wallcat. I'm the sole developer / designer on Wallcat, happy to answer any questions!
dustin senos
Feel free to read more about the origins of Wallcat over on Medium: https://medium.com/@dustin/wallc...
Joost Schuur
@dustin I noticed this doesn't seem to change all the desktops (at least in El Capitan), just the first one (or whatever was the active one when I launched the app). Is this within your control?
dustin senos
@joostschuur unfortunately I haven't been able to find an API from Apple that exposes this. I have another approach in mind that may do the trick. Thanks for the feedback, when I solve this problem, it'll absolutely be in Wallcat <3
Nobel Chang
@dustin beautiful! I wonder if there will ever be a day where gifs can be wallpapers.
doug williams
👊I've been loving the serendipity for months now. Congrats on getting Wallcat out there, @dustin.
dustin senos
thanks @dougw. I really appreciate the kind words and your help testing it :)
Alex Rosen
Been really enjoying having this on my computer while testing. It's fun because you forget about the app and then suddenly there's a great new image you notice. And the curation's top notch. People have complimented me on my background image a few times already.
Eric Wuebben
My daily routine: Get to my desk, commence trackpad gesture for Show-Desktop (a lot like giving your computer a high-five), breath in the Wallcat “Structure” channel newness. A nice little eye-candy gift waiting for you every morning. Bravo @dustin!
Nick O'Neill
This app is worthy of your precious menubar space. *blink* *blink* *blink* Also: Gradients on the macbook, Fresh Air on the iMac.
Chris Messina
@dustin What do you think of Irvue?
dustin senos
@chrismessina looks like a great resource for images, as well. I was already in development with Wallcat when Irvue shipped. I decided to keep moving forth—If more people use these apps and are inspired by the images, I’m happy :)
Chris Messina
@dustin it's curious how similar they are, and that Unsplash is the source for both. I like Irvue's automaticity. Is there a reason you took the manual wallpaper change approach?
Matt Matteson
Yay for wallcat. As @alexmr mentioned, I also have been getting compliments on my desktop. A fun escape.
Brenden Mulligan
Been using the beta for months [omg #humblebrag i was in early and you should be jealous and think i'm amazing #blessed #honored] and my favorite part is that @dustin has kept it very simple and light. I'm delighted every day to see a new background. Bravo on a great, great product!
Courter
Gradients, gradients, gradients! I love Wallcat.
Shaun Modi
Nice work @dustin!
Abi Tyas Tunggal
This is awesome man, been looking for something like this for awhile. :)
Harsha Halvi
I missed a Dropbox app that used to fetch me images from unsplash and i had set it up in such a way that i would get a new wallpaper everyday.! :)
Joey Tawadrous
I was only thinking this morning of creating something like this myself. Fantastic job @dustin, I will definitely be using this.
Thanasis
Nice little app,and awesome icon! 😸
David Stribling
Love this! The icon is super cute, and I really appreciate that it's white :).
Silviu St
Great app! Good luck!
Brian Lovin
Congrats on getting up here on PH, really love the photos in here Dustin!
Kunal Tandon
Love this!
Julian Bialowas
Congrats @dustin ! Everyone here in our product room had Gradients running at one point, such chill vibes.
dustin senos
@julianbialowas awesome! Glad to hear the team was enjoying it :)