Desktop pictures - iPhoto-dual monitors

I did a search and noticed that this topic has been discussed before but I didn't see any solution. What I did notice is that in the System Preferences pane, if I select an (iPhoto) album from the lower portion of the left-hand panel, the "change" checkbox is grayed out. However, if I use the "desktop" button in iPhoto then a folder called "iPhoto Selection" is created in the upper portion of the left-hand panel and the "change" checkbox is functional and the images rotate on my desktop. However, this last option doesn't seem to be available for my second monitor. The folder "iPhoto Selection" does not exist in the Preference pane associated with the second monitor. I am running 10.4.4. Thanks, Bill

I was able to find a solution to this based on another thread in these forums.
When you create an "iPhoto Selection" for the desktop background a folder is created: Pictures/iPhoto Library/iPhoto Selection. This folder contains aliases to the photo files in the album you selected in iPhoto.
So, use iPhoto to create an iPhoto Selection for your first monitor, then on the second monitor's preferences rotate images from the iPhoto Selection folder. You can then go back to the first monitor and change its background (the iPhoto Selection folder remains).
Hope this helps. I never would have figured this out on my own. Apple, please fix this broken feature!

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