Mach Desktop

Mach Desktop

By Mach Software Design

  • Category: Weather
  • Release Date: 2010-12-23
  • Current Version: 3.0.6
  • Adult Rating: 17+
  • File Size: 444.44 MB
  • Developer: Mach Software Design
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 10.11

Description

**4K version also available! Please search the Mac App Store for "Mach Desktop 4K" for the 4K version** Introducing Mach Desktop version 3.0: The most advanced and beautiful wallpaper application ever conceived for a personal computer! Mach Desktop features 50 stunning dynamic Themes; allows you to load your own Videos, GIFs, or Quartz Compositions as Wallpaper, and allows you to add over 30 different Widgets to your Desktop. Choose from a huge variety of meticulously crafted dynamic Themes from categories including: Space, Fantasy, Architecture, Fields, Nature, Holiday, Aquariums, Fireplaces, Abstract Themes, and much more! Mach Desktop also features GPU-acceleration support so Themes use little-to-no CPU — freeing up your computer for other tasks. If that still wasn’t enough, with the Widget Manager you can add Widgets to your Desktop with a single click! Select a Widget and set its size, font, foreground color, and background color — and easily position a Widget anywhere you want. Choose from over 30 different Widgets including Time, Date, Current Weather, 12 hour Weather forecast, 5 day Weather forecast, a variety of Clocks, and much much more. You can even add Web pages to your Desktop with the Web Page Widget, or add your own Custom Text Widgets (including Emojis) to your Desktop super easily. Don’t feel like adding and customizing Widgets on your own? No problem! Mach Desktop can automatically add Widgets positioned, colored, and tailored for each individual Theme. With all these features, Mach Desktop has no equal and is the only application of its kind! New in version 3.0: - All new completely redesigned Themes - All Themes are now pre-rendered Videos using no more than 5% CPU per display (no more included Quartz compositions that rely on heavily CPU/GPU usage, however you can still load your own Quartz Compositions if you would like) - New Widgets, including Custom Text Widget - Improved dynamics: Closing/opening Laptop lid, better wake/sleep support, improved awareness when you’re switching Display resolution, etc. - Preserve original Aspect Ratio in Themes - Widgets up to 75% faster than previous Widgets Super cool features! - Includes 50 Dynamic Video Themes as Wallpaper - Load your own Videos, GIFs, or Quartz Compositions as Wallpaper - Includes over 30 different Widgets to add to your Desktop; Widgets include: Date, Time, Weather, Clocks, and more - Choose from a huge variety of Themes including: Space, Fantasy, Architecture, Fields, Nature, Holiday, Aquariums, Fireplaces, Abstract Themes, and more - Unlimited Display/Monitor support, with each Display being independently customizable - Choose Themes graphically with a single click - Video and GIF as Wallpaper feature GPU-acceleration support; consuming little-to-no CPU for Wallpaper animations (Quartz compositions vary depending on Quartz composition) - Not only includes a huge variety of Date/Time/Weather/Clock Widgets; but also includes Web Page Widgets and Custom Text Widgets - All Widgets support custom position, size, font, foreground color, and background color - Super advanced, yet super easy to use *If you like Mach Desktop please leave us a positive review in the Mac App Store as it really does help us out a lot!*

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Reviews

  • the app is not working

    1
    By SpontaneousSal
    i installed the app and it wont open , it only gave me a stars around the galaxy theme and thats it , cant and the app wont open FIX ITTTT

  • No interface

    3
    By 19Lee63
    Purchased the app, installed it, opened it and it changes my desktop to a spiraling galaxy. That is all it did at first. There is no interface to make any changes. There are no menus, There is nothing but a new desktop which changes back to the static picture I had set before installation upon restarting. Had to go to their website to find this…. No icon appears in the Dock for Mach Desktop. Instead of that, a desktop icon shows up in the Status Bar near the top-right of the screen. Click on this to bring up a menu, in which you can start/stop the desktop animation, customize preferences, and quit Mach Desktop. All is well. Useful customizations. Provided Desktops are not color balanced very well (some are washed out or flat and lifeless) but worth the price at 2.99

  • Ok, Now I get it

    4
    By Lady Jenny Stark
    At first the App did render the video to a small square on the desktop, instead of fullscreen. Then I had to ask the developer via facebook page, how to solve the issue - and restarted the app, as suggested: Then it worked. However, this should be present on the Apps documentation website, and a restart should be made automatically after choosing the quicktime video. Anyway, it did what I brought it to do. Just need some polishments.

  • Good, Bad, & Ugly

    2
    By Brew Swayne
    Despite my 2* rating, I actually really like this app. This is a great way to add a little life to your desktop. It gets a low rating though because it has some flaws that need to be addressed in future updates. The Good: The beach/mountain/nature wallpapers are absolutely beautiful. The widgets are an excellent feature with some basic customization options. The Bad: I have this app set to start up upon login but it is pretty slow to load and it just about triples my boot time. Weather widgets are very slow to accept my location. It took over an hour for the weather widget to adjust for my location. On my g/f’s account, her location still shows as the default location and it’s been 3 days since I installed this app. I can adjust the font type, but font size is unresponsive. 24hr clock works on 1 widget (my clock) but on another (sunrise/sunset) it will only display a 12hr clock. The Ugly: Some of these wallpapers are just horrible looking. There’s an Eiffel Tower wallpaper that would be really nice looking if it weren’t for the fact that the top of the tower is cut off. Same goes for a couple others. Ice Cavern is really cheesey and Windmills is just lol bad. Even with it’s flaws, I do like this app and plan to keep using it. If the problems I pointed out are corrected with future updates I would easily add a few more stars to my rating.

  • Just doesn’t look that good

    2
    By SupposeNot
    The animated desktops are a nice idea, as are the widgets, but in practice the most attractive ones included here are the ones featured in the free version, and a lot of these are plain ugly. I guess I could roll my own using quartz composer, or possibly there is a community of people making good ones out there, but even the good ones here look pretty cheesy. I think if the authors want to save themselves more bad reviews they should post videos on their websites of all of the included desktops so people know what they are getting. I (erroneously) figured the paid version would have even *nicer* desktops than the free version, but only a couple are even on the same level, most are noticeably worse. Another issue is that the interface is poorly thought out. There are entirely separate settings windows for picking the desktop backgrounds and for customizing and placing widgets, which makes the app cumbersome to experiment with when dialing in a setup.

  • Poor Quality

    1
    By Mic__001
    desktop animations were silly and lame. The desklet features are less robust than competing free software. Not worth the purchase.

  • Very good

    5
    By Scott.L907
    Turns my boring wallpaper into something more attractive and lets me customize it in a myriad of different ways

  • Huge processor drain

    1
    By FriscoSooner
    This app constantly loads the processor at about 60%. That may be okay on an iMac, but not on a laptop. This is a horrible app.

  • Good

    4
    By Can't find name not taken
    The app runs well and you have the ability to customize the wallpaper a lot! With that said some of the wallpapers are not good quality at all and as you would expect with using a live wallpaper your battery will run dead much quicker than if you just use a still background. I hope to see more wallpaper options soon!

  • horrible

    1
    By mktbruin
    Absolutely horrible graphics. The focus is blurred, and the image quality is horrendous. This is NOT HD quality. Very dissapointed.

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