Oskar
@oskargroth.bsky.social
Mac Indie Developer. Founder of @cindoriapps. Here to enhance your Mac experience.
OpenAI dropped GPT-5 yesterday, how are you finding it?
Honestly, I'm not blown away. Doubt I’d pass a blind test vs 4o. Post-training might change that, but for now I’m sticking with Claude Opus 4.1.
Honestly, I'm not blown away. Doubt I’d pass a blind test vs 4o. Post-training might change that, but for now I’m sticking with Claude Opus 4.1.
August 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
OpenAI dropped GPT-5 yesterday, how are you finding it?
Honestly, I'm not blown away. Doubt I’d pass a blind test vs 4o. Post-training might change that, but for now I’m sticking with Claude Opus 4.1.
Honestly, I'm not blown away. Doubt I’d pass a blind test vs 4o. Post-training might change that, but for now I’m sticking with Claude Opus 4.1.
New Backdrop detail view design with Liquid Glass UI and live previews
August 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
New Backdrop detail view design with Liquid Glass UI and live previews
I've released some huge feature updates to Backdrop lately.
Now I'm also updating the pricing based on user feedback.
Monthly $2.99 -> $1.99
Yearly $19.99 -> $14.99
Lifetime $49.99 -> $39.99
Also offering a 25% discount on Lifetime for a limited time 🔥
Now I'm also updating the pricing based on user feedback.
Monthly $2.99 -> $1.99
Yearly $19.99 -> $14.99
Lifetime $49.99 -> $39.99
Also offering a 25% discount on Lifetime for a limited time 🔥
July 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I've released some huge feature updates to Backdrop lately.
Now I'm also updating the pricing based on user feedback.
Monthly $2.99 -> $1.99
Yearly $19.99 -> $14.99
Lifetime $49.99 -> $39.99
Also offering a 25% discount on Lifetime for a limited time 🔥
Now I'm also updating the pricing based on user feedback.
Monthly $2.99 -> $1.99
Yearly $19.99 -> $14.99
Lifetime $49.99 -> $39.99
Also offering a 25% discount on Lifetime for a limited time 🔥
Backdrop 1.4 is out! I've added a new detail view with a high-quality preview of each backdrop. Both the thumbnail and detail previews load nearly instantly, and have no negative effect on scrolling performance.
Also added support for Light Mode, and adopted more Liquid Glass design elements 💧
Also added support for Light Mode, and adopted more Liquid Glass design elements 💧
July 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Backdrop 1.4 is out! I've added a new detail view with a high-quality preview of each backdrop. Both the thumbnail and detail previews load nearly instantly, and have no negative effect on scrolling performance.
Also added support for Light Mode, and adopted more Liquid Glass design elements 💧
Also added support for Light Mode, and adopted more Liquid Glass design elements 💧
What if Backdrop could play 4K video wallpapers on your Mac lock screen? 👀
July 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
What if Backdrop could play 4K video wallpapers on your Mac lock screen? 👀
Did you know that you can sample the background below a window on macOS?
NSVisualEffectView.windowBackground calculates the avg color of the wallpaper below your window. Together with masks and filters, you can create glass effects without the need for costly blur, making it super performant.
NSVisualEffectView.windowBackground calculates the avg color of the wallpaper below your window. Together with masks and filters, you can create glass effects without the need for costly blur, making it super performant.
July 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Did you know that you can sample the background below a window on macOS?
NSVisualEffectView.windowBackground calculates the avg color of the wallpaper below your window. Together with masks and filters, you can create glass effects without the need for costly blur, making it super performant.
NSVisualEffectView.windowBackground calculates the avg color of the wallpaper below your window. Together with masks and filters, you can create glass effects without the need for costly blur, making it super performant.
Just when Claude Code was getting good…
What are you gonna do when the weekly cap hits?
What are you gonna do when the weekly cap hits?
July 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Just when Claude Code was getting good…
What are you gonna do when the weekly cap hits?
What are you gonna do when the weekly cap hits?
One-shotted this whole Backdrop migration admin view in SwiftUI with Claude Code. Was surprised to see it even had working search 🤯
Seems like it's getting better at SwiftUI, been having more and more impressive results lately
Seems like it's getting better at SwiftUI, been having more and more impressive results lately
July 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
One-shotted this whole Backdrop migration admin view in SwiftUI with Claude Code. Was surprised to see it even had working search 🤯
Seems like it's getting better at SwiftUI, been having more and more impressive results lately
Seems like it's getting better at SwiftUI, been having more and more impressive results lately
I'm migrating the entire Backdrop community platform. It may be temporarily unavailable today. All the Backdrops are getting a new, high-performance video encoding. The thumbnails are also being upgraded, smaller file sizes but 30% higher quality. Plus video thumbnails!
July 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I'm migrating the entire Backdrop community platform. It may be temporarily unavailable today. All the Backdrops are getting a new, high-performance video encoding. The thumbnails are also being upgraded, smaller file sizes but 30% higher quality. Plus video thumbnails!
The #1 requested feature for Backdrop is previews of the animated wallpapers.
It took a while, but it's finally happening!
It took a while, but it's finally happening!
July 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The #1 requested feature for Backdrop is previews of the animated wallpapers.
It took a while, but it's finally happening!
It took a while, but it's finally happening!
Aaaand its live.
Go try it out 👉 cindori.com/backdrop
Go try it out 👉 cindori.com/backdrop
July 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Aaaand its live.
Go try it out 👉 cindori.com/backdrop
Go try it out 👉 cindori.com/backdrop
Built a paginated collection view with masonry/grid layout in SwiftUI. Should I open source it?
July 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Built a paginated collection view with masonry/grid layout in SwiftUI. Should I open source it?
Super happy with this design. Backdrop Editor on macOS Tahoe, featuring Liquid Glass UI.
Starting in Backdrop 1.4, you’ll be able to edit & create your own animated video wallpaper for your Mac.
Starting in Backdrop 1.4, you’ll be able to edit & create your own animated video wallpaper for your Mac.
July 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Super happy with this design. Backdrop Editor on macOS Tahoe, featuring Liquid Glass UI.
Starting in Backdrop 1.4, you’ll be able to edit & create your own animated video wallpaper for your Mac.
Starting in Backdrop 1.4, you’ll be able to edit & create your own animated video wallpaper for your Mac.
Found the first (and only?) actual use of the morphing Liquid Glass design in macOS Tahoe 🫧
July 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Found the first (and only?) actual use of the morphing Liquid Glass design in macOS Tahoe 🫧
💧 Sneak peek of the new Backdrop Editor. Create your own macOS video wallpaper in seconds, now with support for trimming, muting and optimising file size with a quality slider. Looks great with the glass style inspector on macOS Tahoe!
June 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
💧 Sneak peek of the new Backdrop Editor. Create your own macOS video wallpaper in seconds, now with support for trimming, muting and optimising file size with a quality slider. Looks great with the glass style inspector on macOS Tahoe!
Yikes, poor automator. macOS Tahoe did him dirty 🤖
June 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Yikes, poor automator. macOS Tahoe did him dirty 🤖
Is there a trick to get the sidebar in an NSSplitViewController to extend below the window buttons? Seems to work in SwiftUI, but not AppKit
June 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Is there a trick to get the sidebar in an NSSplitViewController to extend below the window buttons? Seems to work in SwiftUI, but not AppKit
The Sensei icon was truly ahead of its time 👀
June 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The Sensei icon was truly ahead of its time 👀
If the new Toggle shape is designed to "match the contour of the human finger", then you gotta ask... why has it been ported to macOS as well?
With the new shape and sizing of the UI on macOS Tahoe, it sure seems like Apple is preparing macOS for a touch-screen capable Mac to release in this cycle.
With the new shape and sizing of the UI on macOS Tahoe, it sure seems like Apple is preparing macOS for a touch-screen capable Mac to release in this cycle.
June 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If the new Toggle shape is designed to "match the contour of the human finger", then you gotta ask... why has it been ported to macOS as well?
With the new shape and sizing of the UI on macOS Tahoe, it sure seems like Apple is preparing macOS for a touch-screen capable Mac to release in this cycle.
With the new shape and sizing of the UI on macOS Tahoe, it sure seems like Apple is preparing macOS for a touch-screen capable Mac to release in this cycle.
Nooo bring back the unified tab bar for Safari, please...A whole 100px of web page height is lost to this toolbar
June 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Nooo bring back the unified tab bar for Safari, please...A whole 100px of web page height is lost to this toolbar
Sensei also works (& looks) great!
June 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Sensei also works (& looks) great!
Backdrop not only works, but it looks amazing with the new design! The animated wallpaper can now extend to the edge of the screen 🙌
June 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Backdrop not only works, but it looks amazing with the new design! The animated wallpaper can now extend to the edge of the screen 🙌
Hello Tahoe! Ok first up, what's going on with these sidebars? Having the foreground panels somehow emit light from below looks really off.
June 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Hello Tahoe! Ok first up, what's going on with these sidebars? Having the foreground panels somehow emit light from below looks really off.
Which one do you prefer?
June 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Which one do you prefer?
You can instantly generate app icons in the new Apple Liquid Glass design style with one single prompt 💬
June 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
You can instantly generate app icons in the new Apple Liquid Glass design style with one single prompt 💬