John's Background Switcher
Transform your desktop with stunning backgrounds from Flickr, Unsplash, and more
About John's Background Switcher
John's Background Switcher automatically displays beautiful full-screen photos and montages on your desktop. Source images from your computer, Flickr, SmugMug, Unsplash, Pixabay, and other platforms. Available for Mac and Windows with privacy-focused local storage.
FAQ
Yes, John's Background Switcher is free to use. It was originally released for free in 2004 and has since been expanded with additional functionality based on user suggestions.
You can get John's Background Switcher for Mac from the App Store.
John's Background Switcher (JBS) only stores data locally on your computer and does not transmit any of that back to the developer or third parties. The only exceptions are when JBS checks for updates or sends an anonymized crash log, which contains no identifiable information.
You can choose photos from a variety of sites such as Flickr, SmugMug, Dropbox, Unsplash, OneDrive, Vladstudio, Immich, and RSS feeds, as well as your local machine.
John does not post frequently, so he recommends subscribing via email to receive notifications of new posts. As of the text, he has 535 subscribers.
Yes, you can contact John directly if you have questions or feedback. Most of his blog posts also accept comments, so you can leave your thoughts there as well.
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