Automatically Rotate through Desktop Backgrounds

This is a basic tip but a feature many of you may not know about.

Inside System Preferences -> Desktop & Screensaver you can set your desktop background to automatically change at a set interval.

This interval can be as short as 5 seconds or as long as 24 hours. It can even be set for when your computer wakes up or at login.

Check “Change picture” and select the interval you’d like:

Personally I’ve come to love my “Grass Blades” background, but this is a great feature for rotating through photos of family, friends or landscapes.

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Written by Brad Jasper on April 24, 2008 at 6:00 am - Automatically Rotate through Desktop Backgrounds has 7 comments - Categorized in Easy Tips, Leopard Tips, OS X Tips, Wallpapers & Screensavers

7 Responses to “Automatically Rotate through Desktop Backgrounds”

1. 
   ndc
   I very much like the images Apple provided us with and wish to include them with images I've downloaded. However, this Mac newbie can't locate the default images. I've tried Spotlight (nothing) and Finder (poking around, nothing). Does anyone know where the Nature and Plants folders hide in Leopard?
   
   TIA April 24th, 2008 at 8:38 am
   
   
2. 
   Firebird
   Why does my non-Apple pictures for the desktop (Family photos) shift colors? Lips or skin turn green. Apples default pictures are just fine. April 24th, 2008 at 11:08 am
   
   
3. 
   Nathaniel
   Although not quite as elegant, there is a free software for Windows that does this. Check it out.
   
   http://tinyurl.com/6mbk3z April 24th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
   
   
4. 
   TMS
   ndc-
   The default Apple backgrounds can be found in /Library/DesktopPictures April 24th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
   
   
5. 
   ndc
   TMS,
   
   Interesting...when you click on your username and then Library there is no such folder. However, if I click on "Macintosh HD" then Library - Success! No wonder I couldn't find the thing.
   
   Many, many thanks! April 24th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
   
   
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   PleanBean
   ndc: For future reference, a tilde "~" is used to represent the Home folder, and if a filepath doesnt have a "~", you should look from your root folder. April 25th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
   
   

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