A Mac desktop designed for writers

DesignMyMac designs a whole Mac desktop for writers from one sentence — wallpaper, icons, folders, Dock, widgets and windows — for example: “A writer's desktop: warm paper and serif type, a word count goal, a quote of the day and a distraction-free look”.

Manuscript Margin

Cream foolscap, a pencil and a quiet morning at the desk. Calm and unhurried.

Wallpaper

Top-down cream laid paper with a faint red margin line, a sharpened pencil and a brass paperclip in the lower corner, lots of empty space, soft window light from the left.

App icons & Dock

Paper-cut icons with a letterpress feel in ink brown on cream tiles, rounded-rectangle silhouettes, a red-orange mark on the active app.

Folders

Manila folders in tan with a small typed label tab and a rust stamp corner.

Widgets

One Paper card on the right in a serif font: a ring progress for today's word count goal, a daily quote and a short checklist for the chapter. No glass.

Windows

Editorial chrome: floating solid cream windows, serif titles, outline selection in rust.

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