{
  "id": 16484310,
  "title": "Microsoft's Windows Insider wallpapers were apparently made on a Mac",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/microsofts-windows-insider-wallpapers-were-apparently-made-on-a-mac",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-25T13:26:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechSpot",
    "slug": "techspot",
    "url": "https://www.techspot.com/news/114324-microsoft-windows-insider-wallpapers-apparently-made-mac.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}