Desktop Background is all black

All I see on my desktop background is just black. I have no idea how to fix this.

How about going to your Desktop and ScreenSaver preferences in System Preferences and picking another desktop.

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Default PDF text colour is desktop background instead of black

Noticed odd behaviour with new Firefox 6 and viewing PDFs inline (using the Adobe plugin): the default text colour is the desktop background instead of black. Firefox and all plugins up to date.

Troubleshooting extensions and themes
* https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting%20extensions%20and%20themes
Clear Cookies & Cache
* https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Template:clearCookiesCache
Clear the Network Cache
* https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/How%20to%20clear%20the%20cache#w_clear-the-cache
Troubleshooting plugins
* https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting%20plugins
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My ITunes Store screen background is all black. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the newest version and it still is black. Any ideas how to fix this?

My ITunes store background is all black. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the newest version and it's still all black. Anyone have any ideas?

With that one, perhaps try Drgoo's suggestion from the following post:
Re: Itunes Store - ALL Text Black/Cant See Anything

Customise desktop background for all network user accounts

Hi,
I have 12 MAC OS X 10.6 Clients on A Windows 2008 R2 Server. I cannot use Group Policies from Active Directory to customise my default user desktops on the MACs. Can I do this from the MAC stations? It has to work for network users not just local accounts?
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Tim

If you're looking to make a desktop background universal and system wide regardless of user, then it's easy. The default user folder is in /System/Library/User\ Template
It's protected from access unless you're logged in as root, either in the gui or terminal.
Just change the pertenant preference file in the Library folder to reflect your new desktop background and all should be well. Any time a NEW user logs in, when their home folder is created, it will include that desktop background pref file.
If you're running the magic triangle, then you just have to set that preference in Workgroup Manager.
If you're not sure or comfortable with this, then write back and we'll help you further. More info on your server set up etc would be helpful in this regard.
-Graham

When I updated iTunes on windows 7 and I restarted my computer I lost my desktop, it is all black. How do I fix it?

When I updated iTunes on window 7 I lost my desktop, after I restartedit. It is all black. How do I get my desktop back?

hey so i dont know if anyone else has posted a fix but i completely uninstalled anything that has to do with Apple of my PC including leftover data files (program folders, data folders from Common Files, Local, LocalLow, Roaming, and Program Data) and reinstalled iTunesx64.exe and now everything works perfectly. no errors or anything.. just follow instructions on this link step by step and in order and it should work for you. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923.. hope this helps anyone.

Desktop background changed to black

After closing Photoshop CS6 my desktop background had turned to black. I had been playing around with the background color choices in the program before i exited.
Winsows 7 starter edition SP 1
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ATI 7800 video card

I didn't even think you could set a desktop background image in Windows 7 Starter. Did you do something out of the ordinary to get it there? Or are you saying you had a different solid color?
In any case, it's hard to imagine changing Photoshop settings had anything to do with that. Any chance you actually changed the desktop color by accident, thinking you were changing Photoshop's background? What dialog were you using to "play around with the background color choices"?
-Noel

Desktop backgrounds all changed?

Hello internets! So my desktop backgrounds have all been downloaded with a resolution of 1600x1200, while my resolution in settings is 1280x800. And while this has never been a problem before, now all my backgrounds are zoomed in slightly and are cut off on the bottom. I don't have zoom on and the rest of desktop is the same....anyone know what to do?
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Take these steps if the cursor changes from an arrow to a white "prohibited" symbol when you try to move an icon on the Desktop.
Sometimes the problem may be solved just by logging out or rebooting. Try that first, if you haven't already done it. Otherwise, continue.
Select the icon of your home folder (a house) in the sidebar of a Finder window and open it. The Desktop folder is one of the subfolders. Select it and open the Info window. In the General section of the window, the Kind will be either Folder or something else, such as Anything.
If the Kind is Folder, uncheck the box marked Locked. Close the Info window and test.
If the Kind is not Folder, make sure the Locked box is not checked and that you have Read & Write privileges in the Sharing & Permissions section. Then close the Info window and do as follows.
Back up all data.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
xattr -d com.apple.FinderInfo Desktop
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). You should get a new line ending in a dollar sign ($). Quit Terminal.
Relaunch the Finder.
If the problem is now resolved, and if you use iPhoto, continue.
Quit iPhoto if it's running. Launch it while holding down the option key. It will prompt you to select a library. Choose the one you want to use (not the Desktop folder.)

Desktop background turns to white

Hi, this just started today. During startup, the selected desktop background picture flashes. When all applications that are set to open at startup have loaded and all disks have loaded, the desktop background turns all white, except the menu bar which still displays the selected desktop background. I have tried restarting several times, I have tried using different background pictures, all the same result, my desktop is all white which makes it hard to discern various open windows since most window backgrounds are white too. Please help.
Thank you.

I am having the same problem, have you had any luck fixing it?

Can I get Desktop background to be plain white or black?

I'm sure this is already in the forum(s) somewhere, but my searches haven't found exactly what I'm looking for. Is there a way to have my Desktop color just plain black (as I can do in Windows?). The "Solid Colors" in the Prefs doesn't seem to have it. I did figure out how to get white-- kind of stupid the way they have the white square "hidden" in the set of color boxes, though! But I'd like to just get a black background. I'm not afraid of using the terminal if that would do it. Thanks in advance.

You could do this to add black to your choices:
1. Navigate to "/Library/Desktop Pictures/Solid Colors"
2. Double click the Solid Gray Dark.png file to open it in Preview
3. From Tools select Image Correct and drag the Exposure all the way to the left so that the image becomes black
4. Go File menu Save As and rename the file Sold Black and click the Save button
When you open System Prefs Desktop you will now have Solid Black as one of the choices.
If you have an image editing program you can add any color your little heart desires. Just create a 128x128 file, fill it with the color of your choice, then save it to the above folder as a png file.
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Black desktop background

Hi everybody: I have a very strange issue here.
In my wife's iBook G4 the ability to change the desktop background colour while the picture is centered is out. Anything she does, the colour remains black (maybe very dark blue). We tried everything, repairing permissions, trashing finder and desktop .plist, playing with calibration, re-installing basic system, with no results. With Panther, and for the first week of Tiger use, it was possible to change the colour, now is stuck to black, out from the blue. I know it is not a serious problem, but is annoying that one cannot control such a simple thing, don't even knowing why. Anybody can help?
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i am having the same problem. how did you solve it? it seems to be, the black background issue is only occurring with pdf files (pictures in pdf format, not changeable text) that i am trying to use as desktop photos. however, the problem only started when i just recently tried to change the background, and then decided to change it back. before, i had it set to the white background i wanted, so that the image would blend in without having to stretch. now, the photo (pdf) that was working fine before will only appear with that black background when set to "center" the image. can't get it to change colors to white or anything else.
the image won't appear at all when i change the format from .pdf to .jpg or anything else, and when i did a save-as to a new file (.jpg), it's all stretchy... not what i wanted.
any suggestions? how did you fix yours?

I'm trying to hook up my Macbook Pro to my TV. I'm using the 'mini-display port to female HDMI" adapter. all i can see is my desktop background. no folders or icons and when i play a movie it goes blank.

I'm trying to hook up my Macbook Pro to my TV. I'm using the 'mini-display port to female HDMI" adapter. all i can see is my desktop background. no folders or icons and when i play a movie it goes blank.

Drag applications from your main desktop off the right side of the screen and they will appear on the TV. This is the extended desktop mode.
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Captfred

When I open a pdf in Adobe Acrobat xi pro it is not displaying correctly. If a file is all black with orange writing, I will see only the orange writing. Its not until i print it or open crop pages dialog box that i see the background. i am on a Windows 7

When I open a pdf in Adobe Acrobat xi pro it is not displaying correctly. If a file is all black with orange writing, I will see only the orange writing. Its not until i print it or open crop pages dialog box that i see the background.
i am on a Windows 7 professional PC, 64-bit.

If anyone is reading this still looking for what caused the issue and how to fix it here is what I discovered.
The antivirus program our company uses, Bitdefender Antivirus Plus, was causing some of the PDF files not to open. After troubleshooting the different modules and settings the culprit was..
Scan SSL in Privacy Control Settings. Turning it OFF solved the problem and all the PDF files that previously would not open now open just fine. This issue has been sent to Bitdefender for them to review. If you use a different antivirus program and are having this issue try locating the Scan SSL setting and see if turning it off solves the problem.

Why does my older PDF files print an all black background and white letter/numbers?

I have a laserjet 1536dnf MFP. Printing older adobe pdf's results in an all black background with white letters / numbers. How can i correct this. It doesn't happen with newly created PDF's from the 1536dnf scanner.

Hello imcpa2!
Try taking a look at this thread for possible solutions:
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Printer-All-in-One-Install-Setup/laserjet-1536-dnf-fax-pdf-printing-pro...
Hope this helps!
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Imac display problem, the resolution seems to be unusual, top bar and all folders on the desktop background is off the screen

Need help with 21" imac display problem. The resolution seems to be unsual, everything on the desktop background goes off the screen. The resolution is set at 1920 x 1080

Quit the game and restart the iPad.
To quit the game - Go to the home screen first by tapping the home button. Quit/close open apps by double tapping the home button and the task bar will appear with all of you recent/open apps displayed at the bottom. Tap and hold down on any app icon until it begins to wiggle. Tap the minus sign in the upper left corner to close the apps. Restart the iPad. Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.
If that doesn't work try this.
Reset the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons.

Desktop background disappears, Mission Control doesn't work correctly

Sometimes it happens that my desktop background completely dissappears, and Mission Control stops working as well.
It seems to happen when I open a new window in a fullscreen app (like Safari), and while it's opening I switch to another space.
Whenever this happens, my desktop changes to the Dashboard background, and Mission Control doesn't show the other spaces anymore (but you can see active windows in your main space). I've added pictures below.
I can still swipe between spaces, my dock still works and all apps still work in all spaces.
Any way to fix this without rebooting? To avoid this happening (apart from me being more patient)?
This is my desktop at the moment:
And this is Mission Control:
I am using: Macbook Pro 5,4
OS X 10.7.1
2,53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

I am experiencing the same thing as most of us, exactly as explained by - Acid_Raccoon.
UK-Max - This is not just a specific problem involving external screens. The dissappearing wallpaper, and loss of function of mission control (do not show spaces, but you can click in empty area where it should be located and it actually works as normal) occurs also when there is no
external screen input involved - You have to restart computer for it to return to normal. As a matter of fact, I am experiencing it right now for the 10th time in 1 week period, and it´s quite annoying. I would guess more than just a few people are experiencing this, and as postmechanical mentioned about having a brand new computer - this shouldn´t occur, and if so should get a fix immediately.
Over time, I have experiencing other system problems produced from installing OS lion. Sure it deliver a few smart, and smooth features, but since more and more bugs are discovered (and not fixed by apple), I am considering returning to snow leopard. For instance, sometimes when my computer goes into screensaver, it can shift to a picture of pixels (black&white) in 4:3 screen ration. This has never occurred before installing Lion. Another thing which is extremely annoying is that since installing lion, my computer refuses to go to sleep when I close my lid. Nothing happens, and it just stays on. I have to manually select in apple-menu to sleep.
I really hope Apple take these notes people have mentioned in this forum (and others) seriously, and fix them. I really hope Apple show more custumer service-spirits, than Apple´s lack of hardware-quality. (I have owned 4 apple computers(1 powerbook G4, 1 macbook & 2 macbook pro), brand new, and 3 of them have experienced hardware-failure on more than one occasion in less than a year. The one that didnt required service was my powerbook G4 titanium, released in 2001, and kept going for 4 years straight without any problems.) (Actually, the last one experienced 3 times in-a-row mother-card failure). I only go for Apple´s products due to its smart and clean features (and seriously PC is not an alternative if you want to stay mentally healthy), but what I´ve been reading on multiple forums over the web, more than a few, experience occuring hardware problems with their Apple computer.
I guess this is the result of Apple trying to push for higher revenues. If Apple keep go in the same directions as it has been doing in the last 4-5 years it will be its doom, and loose the customers that once caught the Apple-wave due to it´s innovative and personal aspect, but most important - it´s superiour quality it once had! Apple´s products is quite expensive, and thus should be combined with its smart and innovative system, along with lasting quality. But if $ revenue is the only thing that keep Apple going nowdays, and produce smart product that is meant to last for only 2-3 years maximum, it is deeply disturbing and the company will loose track of what stevie was initially producing - clean, smooth system (just works, no migraine), with everlasting quality far seen in PC-world. Apple - please consider !

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