Desktop background

[JohnnyV]

Okay, this has been driving me nuts!! How can I get my background to change automaticly? I don't want to use a third party app. I could have OS 9 change it everytime i log in, I haven't been able to find this feature in X Don't tell me this is another thing Apple seemingly 'forgot' to put in

 

[kilowatt]

All you need to do is write a small apple script to randomally pick your desktop background. The 'Login' section of the System Preferences lets you define programs to be run on login.

Unfortunately, I don't know any apple script ;-)

Maybe someone else will chime in here? all it needs to do is replace a file, say ~/desk.jpg with a random file from ~/Pictures/Desktops/
If it doesn't take effect on that login, it will on the next.

any takers?

 

[symphonix]

There is an AppleScript in OS 9 that changes the desktop background. It is part of the speakable commands, but you should be able to read the commands off it if you can find it. Look for "Change the Desktop Background" under the speakable commands folder, I think.

 

[ksuther]

There's a great program called ChangeDesktop (http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=12563&db=mac) that can do this for you. I has timed intervals, change at login, and many other features. I love it