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Life & fun · September 7, 2021

Galaxy Mac OS X Remastered Wallpapers

Classic Mac OS X wallpapers now in 6K + P3 color gamut

Galaxy Mac OS X Remastered Wallpapers launched on September 7, 2021 with 150 votes, #216 of 2,941 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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What it does

This is a little project born out of nostalgia and love for this era of Mac OS X design — I've always been a big fan of these space themed default wallpapers and wanted to bring them up to speed with modern displays.

Remastered 6K P3 Color Gamut versions of classic Mac OS X default wallpapers: Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion, and Mountain Lion.

This project was a product of love and nostalgia for this period of Apple's software (10.5 was my first OS X version). If you find yourself enjoying these wallpapers consider a small donation, or share a picture of your workspace with me on Twitter ! I'm not looking to profit from this, just trying to cover the costs (I HAD to buy a Myriad Pro license, I couldn't have the words "Mac OS X" rendered in any other way). Hi, I'm Rafa — I'm a designer and developer who makes some apps and projects like these on the side. It's really nice to meet you. Good question! Nothing fancy, I tracked down original versions of the wallpapers, upscaled them using Machine Learning, applied a P3 color space,…from osx.photo

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