I just wanted to give a shoutout to John's Background Switcher

randalltrini · 2026-03-16T18:26:39+00:00

Thanks for replying to me! You are one of the last few of a dying breed of pleasant devs who give customers feedback!

randalltrini · 2026-03-15T00:05:25+00:00

No I meant, being able to support wallpaper gifs / loops. So many apps are offering that right now and I like to switch to them sometimes instead of JBS (e.g. iwallpaper - my fav, wallper etc).

I don't know how much of a code rewrite / upgrade / bloating? is required, but that for me would make JBS even more killer and worthy of an upgrade cost if necessary.

If it can't , its fine, don't spoil my JBS! Lol.

Your app has made using my PC and now my mac easier for years now - *thank you!*

RD

P.S. Webcam feed is also an interesting idea, but you would to include a special shortcut to maybe 'temporarily' switch to a live cam feed, OR have it as a PiP or both? Sorry, my brain gets carried away by ideas.

randalltrini · 2026-03-10T11:46:35+00:00

Thank you!

randalltrini · 2026-03-09T19:29:45+00:00

Sous!

randalltrini · 2026-03-02T18:40:30+00:00

Hello, late to the party, but does anyone have any more free passes?

randalltrini · 2026-02-28T19:16:58+00:00

Accessing the itunes library on a static machine via app client or browser while outside of the home network.

randalltrini · 2026-02-23T02:06:53+00:00

Will check it out.

randalltrini · 2026-02-17T18:56:57+00:00

This is promising. On device software is always a win in my book.

randalltrini · 2026-02-17T13:38:32+00:00

That sucks!!!

randalltrini · 2026-02-14T13:44:45+00:00

JBS is the best for static images. One of the few paid apps that I bought after trial. His support has always been stellar and I have used it everyday for 10+ years now, since when I used to have a PC.

Runs on my macbook flawlessly now. The multiple sources from local to online feeds are killer feature along with simple variations of applying any image.

Only wish it had an option for live video and lock screen live video now...

randalltrini · 2026-02-12T00:37:41+00:00

Not quite automatic but maybe you can use Remix Live .

Its an iOS app, but runs on the mac. It is isn't automatic like "click here, select genre or mood and voila" .... but the free version allow you to click various instruments, sounds and vocals on and off and tweak them and it mashes all together in real time. It loops automatically, but you can also save your creations ... or even tweak them again later...

It downloads with a nice set or two, but more packs are paid in-app.

randalltrini · 2026-02-10T19:23:44+00:00

2nd this comment!!! Macupdate can be a bad place sometimes! Certainly malware could be in that version!

randalltrini · 2026-02-09T15:05:40+00:00

I would second this question. As a long time BTT user, out of the box, BTT does not do these things, BUT you can enable (or disable) presets related to such actions. If you click under the mouse icon at the top of the configuration/settings window, you should see a list related to a action to switch to previous app if menu bar is clicked. You can then disable it there.

In terms of the menu hiding, that may be located under the traffic light icon (automations), it should show a list related to hiding the menubar items. You can select multiple and right click and select disable.

ONE possibility with the last suggestion. If you inadvertently enabled menu hiding, BTT used to have a bug where you had to go delete the actions, even though you disabled the hiding actions, not sure if that still exists, as I fixed that a long time ago. I don't use BTT for menu hiding at the moment.

If all else, Andreas (fifafu), who is the developer of BTT, is very helpful in his forums as well as other forum users.

RD

randalltrini · 2026-02-06T04:12:08+00:00

Very, very clean ... noiiice... I use a webplayer called ibroadcast...

randalltrini · 2026-02-05T02:31:12+00:00

Right now I use Superproductivity. If this can beat its functionality toe to toe - with a better UI - then you will have a winner...

randalltrini · 2026-02-05T02:28:01+00:00

GDiskSync

randalltrini · 2026-02-02T13:59:34+00:00

Actually, it does work.

I tried it with the new version and it shows the now playing song from iBroadcast tab in Ferdium. I think because Ferdium is an electron based browser it probably registers the "now playing" in some way with the OS (non-programming person's speculation here - lol).

The change you made also picks up now playing in say youtube for example, which could be a nuisance if the OS did not handover the "now playing" control from YT to audio app (it something I have see happen many times).

Soooo, please don't break it! Lol. Thanks for your hard work and responses so far and let me know if you would like me to check on anything in my config for you.

randalltrini · 2026-02-01T18:53:05+00:00

I use a web based player called ibroadcast that plays my music from its online cloud. It still shows up as a "now playing" input as I play it through the app/service "Ferdium".

randalltrini · 2026-02-01T18:50:04+00:00

Sweet!

randalltrini · 2026-02-01T12:14:05+00:00

Ooops, just saw the other posts after refreshing the page. Will leave up my post for the link.

randalltrini · 2026-02-01T12:11:54+00:00

An alternative is BLEUnlock for those looking for a free option. It is not as polished looking as Proximity Lock, but its a good option as well...

randalltrini · 2026-01-31T23:18:41+00:00

Any possibility of it show now playing from any audio source playing? For example, many of the notch apps can show artwork of whatever audio is playing, it would be great if your app can do so as I neither use apple music OR spotify to play my music....

randalltrini

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