I think I wrote the first version of Pic-a-POD in 2003 and have been updating and maintaining it ever since, but the time has come to shut it down.
Pic-a-POD connects to 3 different servers, showing you pictures of National Geographic, astronomy and more. You will enjoy 3 different wallpapers each day. And you will be able to set them as wallpaper with just one click. In addition, al pictures are saved in the same folder. Descarga fiable para Windows (PC) de Pic-a-POD GRATIS. Descarga libre de virus y 100% limpia. Consigue Pic-a-POD descargas alternativas. With Pic-a-POD you can also set the frequency with which you would like the image on your desktop to be changed using the ones saved in your folder, or you can even set it to download new pictures automatically every day. Pic-a-POD is easy to use and completely free. Could you ask for more? As of 6th October 2018, Pic-a-POD is no longer supported and has been removed from the App Store. Many thanks for your support and encouragement over the many years that Pic-a-POD has been in production. To read more about this decision, check out my post on The End of Pic-a-POD.
I haven’t been able to find a picture of the original version, but here is one from 2005:
Pic-a-POD is a nice, free multiplatform software (also available for Mac), belonging to the category Desktop customization software with subcategory Wallpapers (more specifically Utilities).
And here it is today:
It was written originally as a convenient way to download the daily picture-of-the-day from National Geographic and use it to set the Mac’s Desktop Picture automatically. From there is just grew with more sites added (9 at the moment although I think there have been up to 12 at certain times).
The main issue was keeping up with the site changes of the various sources. Early versions had each copy of the app interrogate the sites directly which meant that any change to the site broke the app until an update could be released. And without the App Store making updates easy to distribute, this was a problem. Later I switched to having PHP scripts on my server do the data retrieval and store the results in a database. The app then just had to request the data from my server. That way if there was a change, I could react quickly and a fix to the server-side scripts allowed all users to get the new data.
As my first Objective-C app and my first app on the Mac App Store, Pic-a-POD has always held a place in my affections, and until last week, it was the one app that was always running on my Mac. So what changed? macOS Mojave’s dynamic desktops! I turned off Pic-a-POD, and set the Desktop picture to change dynamically through the day and I loved it.
On the server, I have kept Pic-a-POD updated regularly, adding and removing sites, fixing the scripts to accommodate changes and so on. But the desktop app has languished and has needed an update for many years now. It’s networking is primitive and I know so much more about programming for the Mac now that looking at the code is positiviely embarrassing! But it has never been a big seller so a re-write is definitely not economically viable, it would only be for my satisfaction. And if even I am not using it any more, what is the point?
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So I have made the sad decision to shut it down. But what does this mean for users of Pic-a-POD right now? What can you use instead? The default dynamic desktops in Mojave are great although there are only two of them, but I have bought myself an app called 24 Hour Wallpaper which includes a great range of dynamic desktop pictures.
So thank you to everyone who has used Pic-a-POD over the years and especially those of you who took the time and trouble to contact me. It has been a fun journey, but there are other apps in my future now.
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If you are one of those people who like to constantly change the look on their desktop, then Pic-a-POD will be your favorite program.
It's a simple application with which you can access exceptionally high quality photos on a daily basis to set them as your wallpaper.
The program connects to 3 different servers to show you images from National Geographic, astronomy, and a category of varied Earth images. You'll be able to enjoy three new images on a daily basis which you can automatically set as your wallpaper or desktop picture.
Plus, all the pictures are stored in the same folder. If using the program you get a text message like this one Picture is not in the correct format to be displayed, then you'll have to define a folder for the images to be saved into under settings.
With Pic-a-POD you can also set the frequency with which you would like the image on your desktop to be changed using the ones saved in your folder, or you can even set it to download new pictures automatically every day.
Pic-a-POD is easy to use and completely free. Could you ask for more?
It's a simple application with which you can access exceptionally high quality photos on a daily basis to set them as your wallpaper.
The program connects to 3 different servers to show you images from National Geographic, astronomy, and a category of varied Earth images. You'll be able to enjoy three new images on a daily basis which you can automatically set as your wallpaper or desktop picture.
Plus, all the pictures are stored in the same folder. If using the program you get a text message like this one Picture is not in the correct format to be displayed, then you'll have to define a folder for the images to be saved into under settings.
With Pic-a-POD you can also set the frequency with which you would like the image on your desktop to be changed using the ones saved in your folder, or you can even set it to download new pictures automatically every day.
Pic-a-POD is easy to use and completely free. Could you ask for more?