Wallpaper Questions

alra111

alra111

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Here are three questions for any Mac OS X wallpaper experts out there:

  1. Is it possible to designate a single, large wallpaper file to stretch across both screens on a dual-screen system on Mac OS X?
  2. Once I have designated a picture as the wallpaper file, am I allowed to delete the picture file?
  3. Can I somehow add a command that shows up when right-clicking on a picture displayed on a webpage to automatically use it as the wallpaper picture, similar to how it works on Windows? Currently, I have to save the picture to the desktop, then go into system preferences to make the picture work as a wallpaper?
Thanks,
Alra111
 
1. Normally you have to cut the image into two halves for the two screens. I often see pairs of images offered on wallpaper sites for this.

2. Best not to. I keep my desktop pics in my iPhoto library.

3. Not that I've heard of.

Hope this helps.
 
alra111 said:
Here are three questions for any Mac OS X wallpaper experts out there:
  1. Is it possible to designate a single, large wallpaper file to stretch across both screens on a dual-screen system on Mac OS X?
  2. Once I have designated a picture as the wallpaper file, am I allowed to delete the picture file?
  3. Can I somehow add a command that shows up when right-clicking on a picture displayed on a webpage to automatically use it as the wallpaper picture, similar to how it works on Windows? Currently, I have to save the picture to the desktop, then go into system preferences to make the picture work as a wallpaper?
Thanks,
Alra111
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1) not that i've found

2) again, best not to. i leave all mine in my Pictures folder. does me.

3) Firefox 2.0 does have this feature, and it works well.
 
Once I have designated a picture as the wallpaper ['Wallpaper' is a windoze term, 'Desktop Picture'* is a Macintosh term - barhar] file, am I allowed to delete the picture file? - yes.

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'Can I somehow add a command that shows up when right-clicking on a picture displayed on a webpage to automatically use it as the wallpaper picture, similar to how it works on Windows?' - yes.

Via 'Automator' (in the '/Applications/' folder) you can create a (contextual menu) 'plug-in' (for 'Finder'). View the eight (8) steps of '10.4 Set desktop picture via Automator' by 'Ne Toy'. However, only apply steps 1 through 4. For step 5 - Select 'Automator's' 'File, Save As Plug-In' menu item. When the resultant drop down sheet appears - enter a file name into the 'Save Plug-in As:' textedit field (such as 'Picture to Desktop'), leave the 'Plug-in for:' popup menu set to 'Finder', and click on the 'Save' button.

You can now do a '<control> click' or right button click, on a 'Finder' selected graphic file, and select the 'Automator, Picture to Desktop' sub-menu item. The 'Desktop's background image should then change to the selected graphic files' picture.

Note: While the above (contextual menu 'Automator' code) works, how the selected picture is displayed (full screen, stretched, centered, or titled) is based on the 'System Preferences' 'Desktop & Screen Saver's 'Desktop' tabs' utilitys' 'Fill Screen, Stretch to Fill Screen, Center, Tile' popup menu. Such a setting must (currently) be performed manually.

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* - Corrected (from 'Desktop') to 'Desktop Picture', based on noted observation by fryke. (Thank you).
 
The term is "Desktop Picture", not "Desktop", since that actually is a Finder function.
 
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