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My Living Desktop's scene store brings more life to your Mac
On Friday, we had a short piece about some half-off deals on Bodega, the "app store" for OS X. One of the applications that was receiving the discount deal was a popular desktop program from Amuse, Inc. called My Living Desktop (US$34.95). If you've never seen My Living Desktop in action, it's pretty amazing. Right now, I have a beautiful sunset scene taken at a swimming pool over looking the ocean filling my view on the 27" iMac screen. The clouds are moving, there's the constant sound of running water in the pool and the far-off crashing of the waves, and occasionally you'll hear a seagull. This, and the other scenes that are included with My Living Desktop, are very relaxing and visually stunning. The app, which has been available for Macs since 2005, replaces your static desktop with videos. Sure, that's something that Windows Vista and 7 can do out of the box, but for Macs it takes this one little piece of software. My Living Desktop doesn't use many of the resources of your computer, and you can adjust how often the scenes change, turn off the sound if it's distracting, and even add your own video scenes. My favorite feature is the "Automatic Serenity Break,", which reminds you to take a break and smell the virtual flowers every so often. As if the calming powers of My Living Desktop weren't enough, the developer has now added a Scene Store. It's the location to view and purchase additional video scenes for the desktop. The Scene Store features scenes ranging from single scenes to ScenePaks with many related sequences, with prices ranging from $2.95 up to $9.95. Mac owners who are tired of the static scenes on their desktops now have an ever-growing choice of relaxing video clips to keep their Macs looking good.
Last day for Bodega half-off sales on Mac apps
Update: If it wasn't clear originally -- you have to download the Bodega client first, and purchase the apps through its store. Some readers were confused by the link to the 1Password site, which was for illustration purposes only -- the discount on the Mac client is specific to Bodega. Today's the last day to grab some deals from Bodega. The would-be app store for Mac OS X software is offering a 50 percent discount on the following applications through the end of the day: 1Password ($19.97) Sandvox ($28.50) Cockpit ($12.49) MoneyWell ($24.99) Clean My Mac ($14.97) Brush Pilot ($7.50) Mac DVDRIpper Pro ($4.97) My Living Desktop ($17.47) This is a great deal on some really awesome software for your Mac. A good many of us love 1Password, and Sandvox is a great WYSIWYG web editor that's won an Apple Design Award. To take advantage of the sale, you need to purchase the software through Bodega, which is a free download.
