The easiest way to customize your desktop background!
No more plain and boring desktop backgrounds! With Backgrounds you can customize your desktop background to fit your needs!
Backgrounds is an application for macOS that allows you to create your own custom background for your desktop. You can choose between linear and radial gradient types. Embed your logo and choose from a wide range of predefined backgrounds. The backgrounds will automatically be calculated to fit your screen size - so they never look blurry.
The Backgrounds app supports the following features:
🌈 Create custom desktop backgrounds (wallpapers)
❌ No graphic skills are needed
🚀 Various setting options
⌨️ Command line for automation
💻 For macOS 11 and newer
Have a look how easy it is to set a customized background. This is only one demo shown, there are many different variations possible to create and set a desired background.
demo.mp4
To learn more about Backgrounds features, make sure to take a look at our wiki or the links below:
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