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The Pining For The Fjords Desktop

11:30PM February 2, 2012 | Alan Henry

Flickr user zulfaqar wanted a desktop that was elegant and informative, but also relaxing and serene for those long days in front of the computer doing work. What else can we say? Mission accomplished. More »


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Organise Your Mac With DesktopShelves

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11:30AM December 11, 2011 | Logan Booker

Everyone’s familiar with the idea of using a bookshelf wallpaper to help sort your desktop icons into a ordered mass, but a simple clean up or view sort can ruin all your good work, and rearranging or moving your setup isn’t as easy as it could be. DesktopShelves solves this problem by allowing you to bind folders to “shelves” that can be arranged on your desktop however you like. More »


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Icon Utility Saves Desktop Icon Placement, Restores It After Driver Updates And Resolution Changes

12:30AM November 12, 2011 | Alan Henry

One of my pet peeves in Windows is when I update my graphics drivers or launch a new game and the screen resolution changes unexpectedly, it moves all of my desktop icons into one corner. Icon Configuration Utility, a free Windows app, fixes that problem by saving the position of my desktop icons and makes restoring them a one-click operation. More »


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Clean Automatically Organises Your Desktop Icons To Avoid Clutter

12:30AM September 13, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

Mac: No matter how neat you are, we all suffer from desktop clutter: those icons you drag there for quick access and forget to clean until they’ve taken over your entire screen. Free app Clean will tidy up your desktop regularly without you having to lift a finger. More »


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Desktoday Automatically Organises Your Mac’s Desktop

7:00AM March 29, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Mac OS X: Desktoday is a handy utility that organises your desktop for you when you get lazy. Whenever you leave a bunch of crap on your desktop, Desktoday can easily move it into a folder with today’s date so you’re not overwhelmed by tons of files. More »


Design

National Geographic Offers Stunning Natural Wallpaper

1:00AM November 25, 2009 | Kevin Purdy

If you’re a wallpaper junkie and nature lover, National Geographic‘s International Photography Contest is a great source for well-shot, fresh, decently high-resolution images to adorn your desktop with. More »


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Keep Your Wallpaper Fresh With Cross-Platform Wally

10:00AM November 15, 2009 | Jason Fitzpatrick

Windows/Mac/Linux: If you’ve been sporting the same desktop wallpaper for years, it might be time to mix it up a little. Wally is a lightweight wallpaper changer that pulls images from a wide pool of sources. More »


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Desk Topmost Floats Your Desktop On Top

1:00AM June 8, 2009 | Jason Fitzpatrick

Windows only: When you need to access your desktop, it’s just a quick WIN+D away, right? Sure, if you don’t mind stuffing everything back into the taskbar. Desk Topmost pulls up your desktop for quick file access. More »


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DesktopOK Saves Your Desktop Icon Positions

6:00AM June 3, 2009 | The How-To Geek

Windows only: Tiny application DesktopOK saves and restores your desktop icon positions—so your perfect icon layout won’t get lost if your resolution changes when hooking to another monitor or playing a game. More »


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Add A Calendar To Any Desktop Wallpaper

10:30PM June 2, 2009 | Kevin Purdy

If you’re a fan of the embedded calendars you see in our featured desktops but aren’t into installing a lot of extra customisation apps, Big Huge Labs has a tool that embeds a monthly calendar in any wallpaper image. More »