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Ask TUAW: What's Your Best Source for Icons and Desktop Pictures
Now that
you've had your Mac for awhile, you've started to figure out how to customize its interface to suit your tastes. Simple
question, what's your best source for icons and desktop pictures for your Mac? Free is great, but shareware is
acceptable also.My two favorite places for icons--but certainly not the only ones--are InterfaceLIFT (formerly Xicons) and IconFactory. For desktop pictures, my favorite place is Astronomy Picture of the Day.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Joakim said 12:11PM on 3-16-2006
For desktop pictures http://www.mandolux.com/ is my favorite. His pictures are amazing!
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derek said 12:11PM on 3-16-2006
http://www.caedes.net/
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Patrick Bennett said 12:15PM on 3-16-2006
Definitely Pixelgirl Presents (http://www.pixelgirlpresents.com)... and not just because she has posted some of my desktops in the past!! (My desktops here: http://www.patrickbennett.us/graphic_design_downloads.html)
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kip Davis said 12:17PM on 3-16-2006
www.veer.com
what can i say, im a design whore.
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Chris said 12:20PM on 3-16-2006
I've always enjoyed Resexcellence.com although they've slowed down a bit lately.
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Spencer said 12:26PM on 3-16-2006
I enjoy the photography and the art at www.mandolux.com.
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Alex said 12:28PM on 3-16-2006
I second ResExcellence. Some great icons on there.
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Alex said 12:30PM on 3-16-2006
I'll second mandolux but there's also some really great stuff on Flickr if you're looking for desktop pictures.
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Brian said 12:36PM on 3-16-2006
Cosmic Recursive Fractal Flames... best desktops around....
http://flam3.com/index.cgi?&menu=galleries
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Jamie said 12:37PM on 3-16-2006
http://mandolux.com/
The best.
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Michael said 12:40PM on 3-16-2006
I like weather photos, so my current background is from here: http://photo.accuweather.com/
You have to register, but it is free.
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madhu venkatesan said 12:41PM on 3-16-2006
definitely,
http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/
And there is a RSS feed for it too,
http://feeds.feedburner.com/ngpod
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Veronica said 12:42PM on 3-16-2006
I like the Apple section of deviantART.com
http://browse.deviantart.com/wallpaper/apple/
Always something new, pretty, and Mac-like.
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Paul Tarantino said 1:01PM on 3-16-2006
http://macdesktops.com/
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avixe said 1:19PM on 3-16-2006
http://www.rsportscars.com
For some things they have up to 1920x1200 .
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pdh1978 said 1:21PM on 3-16-2006
skins.be for those excellent hi-res WIDESCREEN girls.
Is it just me, or does anyone else have difficulty finding widescreen desktops?
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Hari said 1:22PM on 3-16-2006
My favorites are
http://www.vladstudio.com/home/
http://www.digitalblasphemy.com/dbhome.shtml
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ken said 1:36PM on 3-16-2006
www.twistedsun.net always has great desktops available
also, www.dlanham.com has some amazing illustrative work as desktops
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ken said 1:37PM on 3-16-2006
http://www.twistedsun.net always has great desktops available
also, http://www.dlanham.com has some amazing illustrative work as desktops
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Roberto said 1:56PM on 3-16-2006
Customize.org for desktop backgrounds
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