Desktop images changer question
I'm relatively new to using a Mac, so bear with me on this one: I have a MacBook Pro with the most recent version of OS X Leopard on it. I downloaded some wallpaper/desktop images off the Internet, created a separate folder for them inside the Library - Desktop Images folder, but I want to have the system change them at intervals, in random order, which is easy enough to do. I'd also like the system to cycle through all the desktop images in the desktop images folder, and not just the newly created Downloaded Images folder. Will Leopard do that automatically (or can it)? If not, is there a way to implement this?
Thank you, ahead of time.
you need to put all images in the same folder if you want the system to cycle through them It can't cycle through images in two different folders at once.
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