Q for Mac Users
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- londonBoy
What is the Mac equivalent to the PC's:
set as background command
?? Thanx in advance
- unknown0
you mean for your desktop?
os9: apple menu>control panels>appearance>desktop
osx: system pref>desktop
- londonBoy0
Cheers for the prompt reply. What I'm after is the shortcut way of setting a picture loaded in a web browser as a desktop image. Like on my pc, i do:
right click>set as background
Cheers
- unknown0
save the file, do as i said.
- unknown0
same thing bro- you can right click the desktop on the mac too... that was an Apple feature first years ago- or if you have a one button mouse- CONTROL CLICK the desktop.
In OSX you can set a folder as the background images and have them rotate whenever you'd like
- kerus0
control click the desktop
- ribit0
Go to http://www.unsanity.com
Get Fruit Menu... it includes enhancements to the contextual menus for this and a bunch of other stuff...
- atomica0
The rotating images folder also works in OS9 at work, throw the pics in a folder then while the appearance->desktop is open drag n drop the folder on the image of your desktop pic within that control panel.... works like a charm.. ;]
- ********0
he's looking for a shortcut click.
I know what you are trying to say... sadly, there aint a shortcut like the one on PC.
sorry
- df1notfound0
I don't think its important enough to be at peoples fingertips like that so I think thats perhaps why its left out of the browsers I use which i dont mind seen as i've always found it a little strange. However try asking on the proper apple form like MacNN because you should be able to applescript it into the browser or something, I've seen it done with other stuff.
- ribit0
If you set a folder for desktop pictures, you could just drag the image you want from the browser directly to that folder...
or drag to desktop, then use the Fruit Menu CM 'Set as desktop picture'
- unknown0
what's the big whoopy... control click the desktop and boom done- how much shorter do you want it?
- ********0
it's a cool feature on PC. it's a pain the ass on MAC. don't get all sensitive cuz MAC is not up to date on this one itsy bitsy freature!