Just thought I'd make a quick post to mention my initial findings for AutoWallpaper 5 and Windows 7. I've had a limited amount of time to try out AW5 on Windows 7 Pro and so far only two issues have been noticed: Firstly, the options for delaying wallpaper changes due to CPU usage cannot be [...]
Archive for September, 2009
AW5 – Windows 7 compatibility
Monday, September 28th, 2009AutoWallpaper 5 released
Saturday, September 19th, 2009After months of development AutoWallpaper 5 is now available for download. Version 5 is a free upgrade from version 4 so there's no reason to not upgrade. The upgrade process should be smooth and AW5 will use all of the settings and categories you have in AW4. However, if something does go a bit odd [...]
Snow Leopard compatibility for AW4/5
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009Those that have been keeping an eye out for the release of AutoWallpaper 5 will be pleased to know that it is now confirmed for release this coming Saturday (19th). I updated my MacBook Pro to OS X 10.6, and then straight up to 10.6.1 (quick turn around for a bug fix), and tested AutoWallpaper [...]
AW5 delayed for 1 week
Saturday, September 12th, 2009One of my other computers has developed a serious hardware fault and I'm having to direct my attention to getting that up and running again. That combined with a potential issue with Mac OS X 10.6 has lead me to dealy the release of AutoWallpaper 5 for another week. If all goes well I will [...]
Apple Mac OS X 10.6 wallpaper bug
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009It would appear that some users of OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard are experiencing issues when attempting to use custom wallpapers. This is in no way linked specifically to AutoWallpaper and is affecting users that aren't using AutoWallpaper. At present I'm running 10.5.6 so I cannot confirm any issues, however a search on the Apple forums [...]
AW5 goes Gold
Monday, September 7th, 2009It's done, it is ready. AutoWallpaper 5 is ready for it's release this coming weekend (12th September). The update process should be automatic. If you have AutoWallpaper 4 set to notify you of updates you should get notified to download the new version. If you don't then you can just keep an eye on the [...]
