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@msitarzewski msitarzewski released this 25 Sep 19:46
v0.1.0
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The first release of AudioPaper: your desktop, set to the music you're playing.

When the song changes, the wallpaper changes to its album cover. While it plays, fan art and photos of the artist fade in and out, each credited with a link to where it came from.

Install: download AudioPaper-0.1.0.dmg, open it, and drag AudioPaper to Applications. It's signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple. It lives in the menu bar; the Help page covers the rest.

Needs: macOS 26 or later, and the Music app.

What's in it

  • Album covers from Apple's catalog, MusicBrainz and Cover Art Archive, or Music itself
  • Fan art and artist photos from fanart.tv, TheAudioDB and Wikimedia Commons, with no key of your own needed; optionally Brave Search and DeviantArt with your own keys
  • On-device filtering with Apple's Vision framework: no text-heavy images, screenshots, ads or duplicates
  • A per-artist pool of up to 24 images, so repeat plays look different without going back online
  • Menu bar menu, a Liquid Glass Mini Player, and Now Playing and Artwork widgets

Privacy: no account, no telemetry, no AudioPaper server. The names of the artist, album and song you play are sent to the lookup services to find art; nothing else leaves your Mac. Every request is listed in Network, and who learns what is in Privacy.

Undo: Restore Original Wallpaper puts your own wallpaper back; deleting the app removes it. The Help page lists the two folders it leaves behind.

SHA-256: 8c20a44742fdf86dd19066dafe06517408a9c12f3b2679e6fcedcbf3ceab1d9d

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