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Pictures as Backgrounds

68kMLA Troubleshooting 16 posts Jul 2, 2008 to Sep 1, 2008

#1 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 - 18:52 68kMLA

I have recently gotten a PowerBook 180c and want to change the desktop pattern to a 640x480 PICT image. I open it in simpletext and copy the whole thing, though when I paste it into the desktop pattern control panel, It says that the picture is too big. Is there any software that can help me out here?

#2 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 - 20:57 68kMLA

Try Decor:

http://pauillac.inria.fr/~fpottier/decor.html.en

#3 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 - 18:45 68kMLA

Thanks! Worked very well! Take a look! http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb271/benjgvps/desktoppb180c.jpg

#4 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 - 20:48 68kMLA

Not sure if it works on System 7 or resolution bigger than a regular compact Mac, but I've had good luck with Tim Maroney's public domain utility Backdrop.

#5 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 - 20:56 68kMLA

Thanks! Worked very well! Take a look!

Apart from the broken alias icons.

#6 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 - 21:02 68kMLA

Desktop Rebuilds are for wimps.

#7 Fri, 4 Jul 2008 - 01:49 68kMLA

Thanks! Worked very well! Take a look!

Click to expand...

Apart from the broken alias icons.

Heh, The original programs lost their icons when I moved them from my Powerbook 150 via floppy. I don't mind, though it is annoying.

#8 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 23:18 68kMLA

Not sure if it works on System 7 or resolution bigger than a regular compact Mac, but I've had good luck with Tim Maroney's public domain utility Backdrop.

Where can you find Backdrop?

#9 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 23:25 68kMLA

Heh, The original programs lost their icons when I moved them from my Powerbook 150 via floppy. I don't mind, though it is annoying.

Highlight icon

Get info

Select icon with mouse in get info window

Cut

That should restore the original icon

Else, a desktop rebuild.

#10 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 - 00:20 68kMLA

Sweet.

I'm going to use this on my 5300.

Thanks for the tip on the Decor extension.

#11 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 - 07:57 68kMLA

Heh, The original programs lost their icons when I moved them from my Powerbook 150 via floppy. I don't mind, though it is annoying.

Click to expand...

Highlight icon

Get info

Select icon with mouse in get info window

Cut

That should restore the original icon

Else, a desktop rebuild.

Or open resedit and cut out the icon from inside the program (cant remember the exact name of the full sized colour icons) and paste it into the alias's get info window. This is how i do it anyway :

#12 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 - 19:14 68kMLA

How can I rebuild my desktop?

#13 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 - 22:29 68kMLA

How can I rebuild my desktop?

Are you serious?

Reboot your machine and hold down the option and command keys as the Finder starts (technically as it mounts the volume).

#14 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 - 02:46 68kMLA

I remember doing it once, just couldn't remember now!

#15 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 - 06:06 68kMLA

Ah, where to find Backdrop...I think it may be in one of those big public domain collections online but it's been a while since I got it and I don't remember what archive it's from!

#16 Mon, 1 Sep 2008 - 00:22 68kMLA

You can get backdrop at my site. The version online was in a mystery archive and hard to get opened. I repackaged it as an .img file in Disk Utility, I even included a nice readme and two backgrounds.

http://mrmacplus.gryphonclaw.net/downloads