Does WinDynamicDesktop need to be constantly running for the wallpapers to dynamically cycle? #282
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Ironically, I've recently switched from macOS to Windows 10, but there are a few things I miss from macOS, the Dynamic Wallpapers being one of them. Thanks! |
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Yes it does. Windows doesn't have native support for changing wallpapers based on the time of day, so WDD must be running in the background to do so. It should be light enough on resources that you can forget about it being there. And if you really want to forget about it being there, you can also hide the taskbar icon 🙂 |
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Any significant battery life impact ? And cpu, ram usage? |
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Impact on all of these should be insignificant. You can see the CPU and RAM usage for yourself in Task Manager. The app sits dormant most of the time. It only uses resources momentarily when a timer fires and it updates your desktop wallpaper. |
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Yes it does. Windows doesn't have native support for changing wallpapers based on the time of day, so WDD must be running in the background to do so. It should be light enough on resources that you can forget about it being there. And if you really want to forget about it being there, you can also hide the taskbar icon 🙂