# Desktop Wallpaper

> Timeless charm! Exploring the 'Aqua Blue' desktop wallpaper, a MacOS X standard since 2001.

- Canonical: https://www.russ.cloud/2015/03/15/desktop-wallpaper/
- Published: 2015-03-15
- Author: Russ McKendrick
- Tags: macOS

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It has just dawned on me, I have been using the "Aqua Blue" variation of wallpapers which stated shiping with MacOS X since I got my first iMac G3 in 2001.

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There have been a few variations of it, however the one I have settled on is the one with came with MacOS X 10.4 Tiger. It has been the first thing I have installed on every Mac, Linux and even Windows machine I have run since 2005.

<Img src="/assets/2015-03-15-desktop-wallpaper/img/2015-03-15_desktop-wallpaper_2.jpg" alt="16819838502_336b4c52f4_o" />

I am not sure what having the same desktop wallpaper for the last 14 years says about me