OSX-live-wallpaper

Live wallpaper changer for MAC. Inspired from thedevsaddam

Installation

Open terminal ( ctrl+alt+t ) and go to Home directory

cd ~

Install jq dependency.

brew install jq

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/mkromi/osx-live-wallpaper.git

or download the zip file manually and unzip to Home directory

Change permission to 777

sudo chmod -R 777 osx-live-wallpaper

Run for the first time

bash /Users/YOUR_USER_NAME/osx-live-wallpaper/app.sh

Replace YOUR_USER_NAME by your username.

Note: To get username type whoami in terminal

To change wallpaper automatically open crontab in edit mode

crontab -e

Copy the line below and paste

*/5 * * * * /bin/bash /Users/YOUR_USER_NAME/osx-live-wallpaper/app.sh

The Cron job will run the script every five minutes and change the wallpaper. You can configure the Cron job to change the refresh time.

Note: It might ask for few permissions first time, please allow them to make it work properly.

If you want set wallpaper tags

cd ~
cd osx-live-wallpaper

then run the command below:

bash configure.sh

These tags are already configured.

• food
• nature
• people
• technology
• buildings
• objects

Note: Tags are the keyword to find specific wallpapers.

Dependencies:

• jq

Credits:

• Image source

License

The osx-live-wallpaper is an open-source application licensed under the MIT License.