Post #1991637
2026-05-05 02:18 UTC
Replies (14)
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@mwichary@mastodon.online 2026-05-05 02:29
Here are some interesting ones I found by searching.
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@combs@mastodon.art 2026-05-05 02:32
@mwichary I have a distant memory of some icon packs having like a little scene as the background image of their disk images? maybe from iconfactory?
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@Luke@typo.social 2026-05-05 02:36
@mwichary I know there was a screenshot group for this on Flickr. But @chrismessina still has his up: https://flickr.com/photos/25419820@N00/sets/72157623521122384
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@jez@social.jeremy.visser.name 2026-05-05 02:39
@mwichary I like the “brush stroke” style for the labels used in the Steam DMG. It’s a fairly simple and unobtrusive, but it complements the UI nicely. In general, I like DMG backgrounds that “break the fourth wall” in this way.
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@rye@ioc.exchange 2026-05-05 02:41
@mwichary some of these are so clever.
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@midnaw@idtech.space 2026-05-05 02:46
@mwichary i like jetbrains' installer images
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@colinstu@birdbutt.com 2026-05-05 03:24
@mwichary *brain shoots right to Adium*
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@meposz@livellosegreto.it 2026-05-05 05:08
@mwichary Raycast for sure
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@rootkitty@yiff.life 2026-05-05 05:41
@mwichary surely the best examples would be OSX malware :P
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@louie@pdx.social 2026-05-05 06:06
@mwichary I’m proud of the ones I made for Kadomaru → https://kadomaru.app
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@mrudokas@mastodon.social 2026-05-05 07:56
@mwichary Tulip:
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@mrudokas@mastodon.social 2026-05-05 07:57
@mwichary Daruma:
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@klangoso@ursal.zone 2026-05-05 19:23
@mwichary Firefox’s slide to install was my favorite. Until I saw Slack’s smile. 😍
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@onegeekarmy@mastodon.social 2026-05-09 16:24
@mwichary@mastodon.online I made this for Raiders of the Lost Icon, an icon-hunting adventure in disk images. https://rotli.onegeekarmy.eu