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Setting up a wallpaper under Mac OS



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Looking how to set-up a picture as your desktop wallpaper or desktop background under Mac OS ? Here are the answers: There is a fast method that may work with any operating system, directly from your internet browser. And there is what we call the proper method which consist to go to some kind of control panel and to select the image you want to use as wallpaper.

Fast method to install a wallpaper

With some browsers, you just need to click on the wallpaper image with the right mouse button and select
set as wallpaper
or
set as background
.

But some browsers do not have this option and in some cases the option exists but doesn't work. Below are the proper wallpaper installation methods for the Mac OS operating systems.

Detailed method to install a wallpaper under Mac OS

Mac OS 7.x or lower
This operating system has no native support for desktop wallpaper. To install a wallpaper, you will need a third party program.

Mac OS 8
Once you did save your elected wallpaper picture on your hard-disk,
- Go to the
Apple menu
and select the
Control Panel
.
- Select
Desktop Pictures
.
- Click on the
Picture
tab.
- Click on the
Remove Picture
button to remove your old wallpaper if you already had one.
- Click on the
Select Picture
button.
- Choose the folder and the filename of the wallpaper image you did save previously.
- Click on the
Set Desktop
button and close the window.

Mac OS 8.5 or 9
Once you did save your elected wallpaper picture on your hard-disk,
- Go to the
Apple menu
and select the
Control Panel
.
- Select
Appearance
.
- Click on the
Desktop
tab.
- Click on the
Remove Picture
button to remove your old wallpaper if you already had one.
- Click on the
Select Picture
button.
- Choose the folder and the filename of the wallpaper image you did save previously.
- Click on the
Set Desktop
button and close the window.

Mac OS X
- Go to the
Apple menu
and select
System Preferences
.
- Click on
Desktop
.
- Click on the
Choose Folder
button
- Go to the folder of the wallpaper image you did save previously
- Drag the image into the screen.

Other Os

Wallpaper installation under other operating systems.





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