Aperture messing up Systemprefs "Desktop Image" in Leopard

hi all,
i did a clean install from mac os x 10.5 leopard. since i installed aperture, updated it to v1.5.6, i can´t choose my own desktop images from system preferences. my own folders disappeared. if want to add them again, system prefreferences is telling me, that they are in the library already.
the problem is reproducible. 2 other imacs here having the same issue.
/M
Message was edited by: slackstar

I am experiencing the same issue. in system preferences I can choose any photo from iPhoto but aperture shows nothing. I can see all of my Aperture project names but no photos. My problem extends to the iwork apps too. When I choose the inspector I can choose anything form iPhoto but Aperture only shows up as blank grey squares.

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Aperture messing up Systemprefs "Desktop Image"

hi all,
i did a clean install from mac os x 10.5 leopard. since i installed aperture, updated it to v1.5.6, i can´t choose my own desktop images from system preferences. my own folders disappeared. if want to add them again, system prefreferences is telling me, that they are in the library already.
the problem is reproducible. 2 other imacs here having the same issue.
/M

slackstar wrote:
strange. i guess everybody using aperture and leopard should have that problem.
Nope, but then I didn't have any folders before. I just added one to test your theory. Showed up fine.
PS. Maybe try and delete the com.apple.desktop.plist preference file?
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It seems that in 10.5 it now only shows the images in a selected folder, and not the folders therein, which makes picking new desktop images far more time consuming.
Is there some hidden option somewhere, or is this part of 10.5 just a bit gimped compared to the earlier version?

I'm not talking about adding a single folder. I'm talking about once a folder has been added (such as the pictures folder), you can no longer just browse through all the folders within the selection window.
In 10.3 if you had a folder selected it would show all the pictures & folders within, then, without having to choose 'add folder' you could search through the full contents of a folder, which it seems you can't now.
Being able to just search all you pictures at one time was far more user friendly than having to add every bloody folder with a picture in it to the list.

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