Information
A script which downloads the latest picture of the day from Bing.com and savesit to a directory.
Oct 07, 2019 If you update your Mac to macOS Catalina, your iTunes media library can be accessed in the Apple Music app, Apple TV app, Apple Books app, and Apple Podcasts app. Get it from the Microsoft Store (Windows 10) or download the latest version from Apple's website. Depending on the version of iTunes that you have, there are a few ways to update.
- If you want to decorate your desktop with beautiful high-quality wallpapers, Bing Desktop by Microsoft is a great solution. Since Bing Desktop for Mac has not been developed yet, you can find a replacement on this list of alternatives.
- ClipGrab is a free downloader and converter for YouTube, Vimeo, Metacafe and many other online video sites.
The script was tested on:
- Mac OS X 10.8 - 10.12
- Ubuntu 12.04 - 16.04
How to use?
- Just run the bing-wallpaper.sh script from the terminal. The script willdownload today's bing image.
- To see available options run the sript with the
--help
flag:
Configuration on Mac
- Open Mac's
System Preferences
->Desktop & Screensaver
, add the wallpaperdirectory, and configure to taste. - To have the script run everyday automatically you will need to setuplaunchd. I have provided a sample plist file, found in the Toolsdirectory, which can be copied to $HOME/Library/LaunchAgents andloaded with the command
launchctl load $HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/com.ideasftw.bing-wallpaper.plist
. Modifythe plist as needed to point to bing-wallpaper.sh.
![App App](/uploads/1/3/4/3/134385829/773595000.jpg)
Configuration on Ubuntu
Free Bing Download For Macbook
TL;DR:
- To install Gnome background slideshow, in the terminal run:
Bing Wallpaper Download For Mac
- Register
bing-wallpaper/bing-random-pic.sh
to run regularly. - Change the background properties to use the new slideshow.
How to register bing-wallpaper.sh or bing-random-pic.sh to run regularly.
There are two ways to run the scipts regularly: cron jobs and startupapplications.
- Cron jobs:
- Change the path of bing-wallpaper.sh in Tools/bing-cron to thedesired script location. If left unchanged the default value is~/Pictures/bing-wallpaper.sh.
- From the terminal run
crontab /path/to/bing-cron
to setup the cronjob.
- Startup programs:
- From HUD, search for startup applications.
- Add bing-random-pic.sh or bing-wallpaper.sh.