I'm 99% sure that the purple aurora was the default with retail 10.6.0.
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Project: Complete Collection of Mac OS Wallpapers (UPDATED!)
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Perhaps he meant default picture of the snow leopard? Because I'm also 99.9% sure Snow Leopard always used the new purple aurora as the default .
Yes you guys are correct I meant it was default snow leopard picture. The purple aurora was default desktop sorry for the confusion.
It did. I bought the retail version the day it launched. Aurora is the default, the Snow Leopard picture was included as standard though.
I have figured out how to tile the System 7 images. I was previously just adding them to the Desktop Pictures folder in /Library/. When you are selecting pictures from that folder, it doesn't allow you to adjust the images. However, when you put the folder in, say, the Photos folder, then select any photo, it gives you the option to stretch, fit to screen, center, or tile the image. So now selecting a System 7 wallpaper and selecting tile properly tiles the images as it does on System 7 and OS 8.
Here's "Circuits" tiled on my MacBook Pro 9,1:
Here's "Circuits" tiled on my MacBook Pro 9,1:
Is this project all complete now? We have macOS/OS X, OS9/OS8, and System 7... can't think of anything else. 
Updated the folder with the iMac Pro promotional wallpaper (2k resolution) and the macOS High Sierra wallpaper (5k resolution)
[doublepost=1500657258][/doublepost]Post 1 updated with list of included wallpapers
[doublepost=1500657258][/doublepost]Post 1 updated with list of included wallpapers
Folder has been updated with 5K resolutions for all of the default macOS 10 wallpapers. This includes:
- Classic Aqua Blue (10.0-10.1)
- Jaguar Aqua Blue (10.2)
- Panther Aqua Blue (10.3)
- Aqua Blue (10.4)
- Leopard Aurora (10.5)
- Aurora (10.6)
- Andromeda Galaxy (10.7)
- Galaxy (10.8)
- Wave (10.9)
- Yosemite (10.10)
- El Capitan (10.11)
- Sierra (10.12)
- High Sierra (10.13)
Is this where you found the 5K versions? Not the same quality as an official 5K version from Apple, but he did a decent job upscaling these. Only an issue with 10.7 and earlier, 10.8+ wallpapers do have an official 5K version as those are still bundled with modern versions of MacOS.
Indeed it is. I saw it on Low End Mac and figured I’d use them to upgrade the ones in the folder to be high res. I was comparing them and noticed some extremely minor inaccuracies in shadows, brightness, and blurs, but they were extremely close and if not being directly compared, you would never know the difference.
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So the only ones with high pixel density (MacBook Pro retina ready) are the default wallpapers?
I like others that were not the default, like the Shapes one, the rocks one, or the circles one.
Are this in HD? Thank you.
I like others that were not the default, like the Shapes one, the rocks one, or the circles one.
Are this in HD? Thank you.
Also, that 'Sydney' wallpaper is actually the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam
Good spotting.
I wonder if that was an official error from Apple... It does look quite similar to the Anzac Bridge in Sydney from that angle, but it is unmistakably the Erasmus Bridge.
Would you please create a zip of these pictures on the dropbox so we dont have to grab them one by one to get all 244.
May I contribute some wallpapers from os9.
It's my selection without tiles (gonna add the lilac smile@your-mac-tile).
Maybe duplicates.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vtvybcfk51hyq6d/AADVSi7Gx9LOaqEcPy-x_yCYa?dl=0
It's my selection without tiles (gonna add the lilac smile@your-mac-tile).
Maybe duplicates.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vtvybcfk51hyq6d/AADVSi7Gx9LOaqEcPy-x_yCYa?dl=0
Here are the Mojave wallpapers with modified thumbnails and also a modified ordered plist. I removed all of the older ones that aren't new in Mojave. I also included the extracted files from the dynamic wallpaper. I had to upload them to Google Drive because of the file size limit on the forums so you can find them at this link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lEgSwlAwv_IhQcQXDvzuWX5d-SARmOmI
If you need, I've got the Leopard and Snow Leopard Server wallpapers. The wallpapers in the previous server versions are included in both Leopard and Snow Leopard. I do know that some wallpapers got removed over the years even before Lion. For example, non-widescreen versions of some of the older wallpapers, and the Tiger and Jaguar fur wallpapers too. I also have all of these should you want them.
If you need, I've got the Leopard and Snow Leopard Server wallpapers. The wallpapers in the previous server versions are included in both Leopard and Snow Leopard. I do know that some wallpapers got removed over the years even before Lion. For example, non-widescreen versions of some of the older wallpapers, and the Tiger and Jaguar fur wallpapers too. I also have all of these should you want them.
Already have those included in the pack, but thank you. I will be updated the pack tonight with more OS 9 wallpapers and the Mojave wallpapers.
Btw the dynamic wallpaper folder with the 16 files included in the dynamic wallpaper file also contains the day and night wallpapers as they were taken from the dymanic wallpaper file.