Microsoft's Windows Insider wallpapers were apparently made on a Mac
Most image files carry a small tag naming the app that last saved them, buried in a properties menu that few people ever open. When a Windows developer checked it on Microsoft's newest wallpapers, it pointed to Photoshop running on a Mac. The company has since swapped in cleaned-up copies. Read Entire Article
Microsoft has shared a set of wallpapers with Windows Insiders, but it appears they were created on a Mac. The company is encouraging creators to switch from MacBook Pros to their new $2,600 Surface Laptop Ultra. Developers discovered that the wallpapers, shared in mid-October, were saved in Photoshop running on a Mac. Microsoft has since replaced the original files with cleaned-up versions.
The wallpapers, featuring flowing ribbons in five colors, were part of the Windows Insider Program's history and the latest Surface design aesthetic. A developer named Rafael Rivera found that one of the image files' properties listed a Mac version of Adobe Photoshop as the program that saved it. This discovery, made a day before the Surface Laptop Ultra started shipping, suggests that Macs are a regular part of Microsoft's design team workflow.
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