Hi Peter, Is this solved now? I'm trying to clear out a backlog of WAMUG emails I've replied to but have not received an update on the result.
Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > On 30 Jul 2014, at 9:46 pm, Peter Crisp <petercr...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > > Oops, yes you're right, sorry. I got up at midnight last night to head off to > my work thinking it was 0530! I think I need a software update. > > I hope to revert with successful response sometime soon :) > > Regards > > > Pete > >> On 30 Jul 2014, at 9:35 pm, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Peter, >> >> I thought my original instructions were easy to follow. >> >> Because you have the photo/s you want to use as your desktop image in an >> iPhoto library on an external drive... You need to create a new Folder, name >> it My Desktop Images and place the images you want to use as your Desktop in >> that folder... and place the folder in your Home > Pictures Folder on your >> Mac. >> >> Then follow my instructions below. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >> >> >>> On 30 Jul 2014, at 9:11 pm, Peter Crisp <petercr...@westnet.com.au> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Ronni, whilst I'm a bit delayed in responding, finally had a chance to >>> look at his tonight. Within the 'Pictures' folder I don't have a sub-folder >>> called My Desktop Images. All I have is 'Apple TV photo cache' and iChat >>> icons as folders. >>> >>> Maybe there is a folder elsewhere? >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Pete >>> >>>> On 17 Jun 2014, at 7:17 am, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Peter, >>>> >>>> If your wallpaper changes back to default after reboot or after logout it >>>> is because the wallpaper you set is on another drive and this drive loads >>>> after your settings are loaded. >>>> >>>> Lion / Mountain Lion/ Mavericks does not save your wallpaper on the native >>>> HDD, rather tries to load the wallpaper from the original HDD, only the >>>> path to the wallpaper is saved in the OS X settings. >>>> When your OS X boots up it does not find the path to your wallpaper since >>>> the HDD you've saved your wallpapers in has not mounted yet. >>>> >>>> One basic solution for this is to save your wallpapers in the HDD where >>>> you've installed the Mac OS X >>>> 1. Create a new folder, called My Desktop Images within the~/[Your user >>>> name]/Pictures folder. >>>> >>>> 2. Open a new Finder window and navigate to ~/[Your user name]/Pictures/My >>>> Desktop Images >>>> >>>> 3. Navigate to > System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver and ensure >>>> that the Desktop button is selected. >>>> >>>> 4. With Finder open, drag the My Desktop Images folder to the Desktop & >>>> Screen saver system preferences pane. When you see a white plus symbol >>>> inside a green circle, release the mouse and the folder will be added. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> >>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 17 Jun 2014, at 6:46 am, Peter Crisp <petercr...@westnet.com.au> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi there, I have a recurring minor thing occurring with my new 2014 13" >>>>> Retina MBP. I use an external drive to hold my iPhoto library and I >>>>> usually select a photo from the iPhoto library as a desktop picture. >>>>> >>>>> Whenever I next reboot the MBP, the desktop image reverts to the default >>>>> Mavericks Wave picture. It's a nice picture, but I want MY picture. I >>>>> keep the external drive attached even during reboot but the order of >>>>> activities during boot up may not see it until after it has set the >>>>> screen picture. I'd have thought that OSX would 'localise' the image >>>>> selected in a C:/ folder separated from the iPhoto library at the point >>>>> when the image is selected as the desktop image and it would be there for >>>>> use at all times. >>>>> >>>>> Any clues how I can intervene on this default picture? >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> Pete
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