Since the interface-editing golden years of, eh, 2009, I’ve always been changing the way my desktop looks, be it through editing system files (this died with Snow Leopard, unfortunately), Geektool, Bowtie/Ecoute themes, and Adium themes. Here’s a five-year journey through CloudApp and my changing tastes. Starting with…
![0 Picture 1](https://cdn.joshsand.com/uploads/2015/07/0-Picture-1-1024x640.png)
The oldest extensively-customized screenshot I have. Pretty gross. I made the folder/drive icons, never released them anywhere though.
![1 Picture 1-1](https://cdn.joshsand.com/uploads/2015/07/1-Picture-1-1-1024x640.png)
Still gross.
![2 Picture 1-2](https://cdn.joshsand.com/uploads/2015/07/2-Picture-1-2-1024x640.png)
![3 Picture 1-3](https://cdn.joshsand.com/uploads/2015/07/3-Picture-1-3-1024x640.png)
![4 Picture 1-4](https://cdn.joshsand.com/uploads/2015/07/4-Picture-1-4-1024x640.png)
And there we go. I peaked in 2011.
![5 Picture 1-5](https://cdn.joshsand.com/uploads/2015/07/5-Picture-1-5-1024x640.png)
Pretty as it was, DragThing was horrible to actually use. I only turned it on for taking screenshots.
![6 Picture 1-6](https://cdn.joshsand.com/uploads/2015/07/6-Picture-1-6-1024x640.png)
![20 screenshot_07_19_11_by_goomba4001-d40q8uq](https://cdn.joshsand.com/uploads/2015/07/20-screenshot_07_19_11_by_goomba4001-d40q8uq-1024x640.png)
![8 Screen Shot 2011-08-07 at 7.56.43 PM](https://cdn.joshsand.com/uploads/2015/07/8-Screen-Shot-2011-08-07-at-7.56.43-PM-1024x640.png)
![9 Screen Shot 2011-10-05 at 10.51.32 PM](https://cdn.joshsand.com/uploads/2015/07/9-Screen-Shot-2011-10-05-at-10.51.32-PM-1024x640.png)
I edited both the menubar files and the highlighted blue section. The only thing I miss Snow Leopard for.
![10 Screen Shot 2011-12-15 at 11.57.10 PM](https://cdn.joshsand.com/uploads/2015/07/10-Screen-Shot-2011-12-15-at-11.57.10-PM-1024x640.png)
Yep, that was December 2011 alright.
![11 Screen Shot 2012-04-20 at 7.37.13 PM](https://cdn.joshsand.com/uploads/2015/07/11-Screen-Shot-2012-04-20-at-7.37.13-PM-1024x641.png)
![12 Screen Shot 2012-04-21 at 2.00.20 PM](https://cdn.joshsand.com/uploads/2015/07/12-Screen-Shot-2012-04-21-at-2.00.20-PM-1024x640.png)
![13 Screen Shot 2012-07-04 at 6.00.05 PM](https://cdn.joshsand.com/uploads/2015/07/13-Screen-Shot-2012-07-04-at-6.00.05-PM-1024x640.png)
![14 Screen Shot 2012-10-06 at 7.40.49 PM](https://cdn.joshsand.com/uploads/2015/07/14-Screen-Shot-2012-10-06-at-7.40.49-PM-1024x640.png)
This didn’t last long.
![15 Screen Shot 2012-12-23 at 4.10.05 PM](https://cdn.joshsand.com/uploads/2015/07/15-Screen-Shot-2012-12-23-at-4.10.05-PM-1024x640.png)
![16 Screen Shot 2013-03-24 at 9.52.38 PM](https://cdn.joshsand.com/uploads/2015/07/16-Screen-Shot-2013-03-24-at-9.52.38-PM-1024x640.png)
![17 Screen Shot 2013-07-13 at 12.26.52 AM](https://cdn.joshsand.com/uploads/2015/07/17-Screen-Shot-2013-07-13-at-12.26.52-AM-1024x640.png)
![18 Screen Shot 2013-10-03 at 1.43.17 PM](https://cdn.joshsand.com/uploads/2015/07/18-Screen-Shot-2013-10-03-at-1.43.17-PM-1024x640.png)
![19 Screen Shot 2014-01-01 at 3.31.12 PM](https://cdn.joshsand.com/uploads/2015/07/19-Screen-Shot-2014-01-01-at-3.31.12-PM-1024x640.png)
![21 Screen Shot 2015-07-13 at 1.50.08 AM](https://cdn.joshsand.com/uploads/2015/07/21-Screen-Shot-2015-07-13-at-1.50.08-AM-1024x576.png)
And here is my current desktop (as of Jul 13, 2015).