June 2004
Intermediate to advanced
1056 pages
39h 58m
English
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- Change my Desktop image?
System Preferences→Desktop & Screen Saver→Desktop
Control-click (right-click) on the Desktop itself and select Change Desktop Background from the context menu.
Applications→iPhoto→select an image from one of your photo libraries click on the Desktop icon at the bottom of the window
- Have the pictures on my Desktop change automatically?
System Preferences→Desktop & Screen Saver→Desktop→click on the checkbox next to “Change picture” and select an interval from the pull-down menu
- Use one of Mac OS 9’s background images for my Desktop instead of the ones that come with Mac OS X?
System Preferences→Desktop & Screen Saver→Desktop→Choose Folder. A Finder sheet slides down; use this to navigate to Mac OS 9 System FolderAppearanceDesktop Pictures. Then select one of the following folders, and click the Choose button: 3D Graphics, Convergency, Ensemble Photos, or Photos. The images in that directory appear as part of the Desktop Collection.
- Add a new background pattern, making it available to all users?
Create or save the image to the
/Library/Desktop Picturesfolder.- Change the background of a Finder window to a different color or to an image?
FinderViewas Icons; then use View→Show View Options (
-J); select either Color or Picture for the Background
option
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