OS X :: Missing Leopard Desktop Background?
Nov 11, 2007
The oddest thing happened after I unplugged my monitor and other peripherals from my MBP. When I went to look at the desktop, my background image had been replaced by another image! When I went to the Desktop & Screensaver settings, the image had disappeared from there, too! Has anyone else experienced this?
In the meantime, if someone with Leopard could forward this background image to me, it would be much appreciated. It is the background with a picture of what looks like morning dew on grass that was featured at WWDC 2007 and in many of the Leopard ads [URL]
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Apr 7, 2009
Is this it:
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Scroll to the bottom right and see the pic of the MBP/laptop -- a bluish background.
Could this be the new background coming our way?
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Mar 27, 2012
I'm unable to change my desktop background picture or screensaver in System Preferences since the last update?
Info:MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8), or screensaver
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Apr 15, 2012
I can not see my desktop background picture, I can only see a blank grey screen. I check the system preferences and it says that I have chosen a desktop picture from my pictures file but it is not showing up.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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May 25, 2012
I have a problem with my desktop background i tried clicking "change desktop background" but it wouldn't show the window where i can change the background, i tried the right click to a specific image and it doesn't say about using it as a desktop background. doesn't require removing nor deleting certain files i'm very wary about eleting certain files i own to where if i did delete or remove a file or program the computer would be messed up and i would have to find that Mac OS X 10.5 disk to restart it all over again and rebuild everything.
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Nov 16, 2009
I have the background set to change every day, but it never changes. However, if i set it to change every 5 seconds it does. I think its just the everyday setting that doesn't work.
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Jul 15, 2006
I downloaed a bunch of (maybe 35) different wallpapers and I set my MacBook to change between these wallpapers everyday in a random order. However, the wallpaper doesn't change eveyrday instead I notice it only chnages when I restart my computer.
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Apr 15, 2008
In the Desktop & Screen Saver pane of System Preferences, I wanted to add a new folder for use as my desktop background images. However, when I click on the + icon to add the new folder, it does not appear in the source list and instead, it duplicates my Aperture library source, as seen in attachment 1. If I try to add the new folder again, it says it is already present in the source list, as seen in attachment 2.
I've tried deleting my com.apple.desktop.plist preference file, and that resets things, but when I go to add the folder, it does the same thing. I've tried different folder locations, different folder names -- nothing works.
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Jan 5, 2010
I run an iMac G4 16-inch. And i was w{a}ndering: Do you guys know of any nature-esque desktops that look cool on a small screen?
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Feb 26, 2010
Here's how to enable it
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Dec 25, 2010
I've a mac mini, with two 24" Cinema Led displays. One display is connected directly to the mac mini (main screen) and one display is connected through a DVI-to-Mini-DisplayPort Converter from Athlona (secondary screen). Yesterday I rebooted the machine and since the reboot I cannot change my main screens desktop background. I tried every solution from several fora on the net, but did not succeed to change it. I only have a solid gray colored background. Normally, when you select a wallpaper, it instantly changes the background. Now it doesn't. You can see it change in the "Desktop & Screensaver" menu, but nothing happens in real. Changing the background of the secondary screen is no problem. When I restart the machine, you can see that the solid gray colored background goes away and the original chosen wallpaper appears, but then closes because I restarted the system. On start-up of the system, you can see the original chosen wallpaper again for a few seconds, while the machine starts applications to open at login, and then suddenly changes again into the solid gray colored background.
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Jul 20, 2009
I just set my background to rotate between the pictures in a folder and every time I restart the computer, I am stuck with a generic blue background (not in my pictures folder, mind you!).
I just have to right click/change destkop background, unselect the folder and then reselect and it comes back.
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Sep 7, 2009
Whenever I try to right click on the desktop and click "change desktop background" it just plays the error sound. And theres no longer an option for it in system preferences. The only way I can change it is if I select an image from the internet, and right click on it, and select "set as.."
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Jan 31, 2010
When I set my background to change everyday, it changes every time I restart instead. Do Macs consider that a day change or something? When else does it change, every time it's midnight?
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Feb 26, 2012
How do I change my desktop background?
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Mar 18, 2012
I have gone to Desktop through System Preferences and then followed obvious suggestions and selected another desktop background, eg Beach but the background does not change. There is no Apply button or OK but it just doesnt change.
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 2, 2012
When I try to select a new image (from existing apple folder) or if I want to randomize the desktop so it changes images every minute etc, nothing happens. My laptop is quite new and everything is alwasy up-to-date and clean...
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 2.2GHz Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM
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May 16, 2012
My desktop background seems to be locked. I'm not able to change it anymore...
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Jan 6, 2011
If I change the desktop background in the interval of every one minute, will it have a impact on battery life? I notice there's even an option for every 5 seconds. Surely, Apple must feel confident in the battery life of the MBP if there is such an option. I like seeing a new image every so often, but don't want to sacrifice too much battery. What do you feel is the best setting? Every 5 minutes? 15 min? 30 min? 1 hour?
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Mar 19, 2009
When I paste my customized icon to my desktop folder, there's a white background. I've tried creating a clipping path in photoshop and saving it in various formats (gif, jpeg, or pict) and to no avail, the stubborn white background just won't go away.
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Sep 29, 2009
I recently saw a pretty neat screensaver where the fish actually swim around and thought it looked kind of cool. Anyone know where to get FREE screensavers or desktop backgrounds like this?? I've searched google for a while and kept coming across pay sites or foolish links. I was hoping someone would know where to get something like this or if they currently have one??
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Oct 5, 2009
I have Snow Leopard and will soon have Windows 7 on my Macbook. Why are the Windows 7 wallpapers so much nicer than Leopard and SL's pack?
There are some good new ones in SL, but it's still not much. The W7 RTM ones are jaw-dropping and I quickly made it the default folder for my SL backgrounds. Is it a money issue or something?
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Note: I resized the pic smaller.
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Aug 11, 2010
I have a client who likes to have her desktop background picture change every 5 seconds. This is easy to set up. I go to System Preferences and pick the choices accordingly. The pictures are selected from an iPhoto album. This works fine except when you add more pictures to that album.
I can't figure out the exact sequence needed to get it to pick up the new pictures. If you look soon after you add them to the album in iPhoto you won't see them in the little thumbnails in the System Preferences panel - you'll only see the thumbnails of the pics you had before.
After fiddling with it a bit I can get the new pictures to show up and display on the desktop as needed. But, not sure what fiddling I did to make it happen.
It may have been a log-off and log-on that was needed. Maybe a reboot is required. I need to know so I can instruct the user on how to do it herself.
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Feb 22, 2012
I have a bunch of photos that I'd like to be able to use as my desktop background - all are saved on my computer with the correct "portrait" orientation, but when I open system preferences they weirdly show up in "landscape" orientation. I've tried everything I can think of (saving them under different names, selecting and deselecting the exif orientation tag box, etc). Nothing works. The photos still show up sideways in the preferences panel.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
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Mar 25, 2012
I am unable to change my desktop background. I can select whatever picture I want as the background in system preferences, but it won't actually change the background. Tried updating and restarting, did not work. Would there be any files or settings I have interfering with this?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 28, 2012
I tried everything but no luck, I use utility to correct permissions but that did not work. I think the one problem is I have too many photos on computer is there anyway to do it by key command?
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May 11, 2012
I have the Macbook Pro 13" OS.X. Lion and can't change my desktop background [it's frozen to what I changed it to almost a month ago]. I've looked to drag out the "com.apple.systempreferences etc" file but I can't find it in my Library>Preferences.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jun 8, 2012
Every time I try and set a desktop background about 3 minutes after I have set it, it changes to a background of the world saying not licensed, evaluation use only.
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Jun 20, 2012
I can't change my Desktop Background anymore, Used The Diptic app to create a collage and now i cannot change my desktop picture, on Mac Book pro
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MacBook Pro
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Jun 25, 2012
For some reason, every time I turn my mac off, the desktop background changes. It always returns to the same picture, which was the second or third thing I changed my desktop to after getting my mac.
I have background switching unchecked in my preferences, and I have never selected it as an option. Also, when I go to my preferences, it will show the icon of the picture I changed it to, even though the desktop itself has switched back.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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