The 2011 OS X update, Mac OS X Lion (10.7), kicked off Apple’s merging of iOS aesthetics into OS X, ... Most importantly, it was the first version to include those rad, space-based backgrounds.

Thomas Brand at Egg Freckles has written a short history of Apple desktop pictures through the years. "Mavericks' New Wave" talks about how the Apple desktop has evolved since Mac OS 8 and the ...

As soon as I installed Mac OS X Lion I began playing around with all the new features. Naturally, Mission Control and Dashboard were two of the first things I tried. I immediately hated the image ...

Depending on your Mac OS version, you may be able to choose a "Dynamic Desktop" image. The "Dynamic Desktop" options will automatically change your desktop image based on the time of day.