Same Desktop Wallpaper Between Client Macs

Hi,
I am wondering if there is a way I can keep my desktop paper in sync acrosss the client macs. I know I could have a standard desktop paper set that if a user changed it would reset back next time they log in, but this is not what I am looking for. Any ideas? Can I sync some type of plist file that would enable me to have the same desktop paper across all macs? Thanks for your help!
Also is there a way to sync safari bookmarks?

Have you tried looking at the server logs, particularly the 'System' & 'Open Directory' log sets?
Anything seen in there?
Also logs on the client machines using the Console app. It's a bit tedious going though logs but they can be very illuminating.

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I have a scenario wherein we have two Remote Trading Partners (say Remote1 and Remote2). Both these clients send EDI-850 documents and expect EDI-997.
So,
1. I first go to the Protocols Tab.
2. Create a Business Action (Process_850) and Follow the Wizard for the details.
In the process i create
a. Process Protocol
b. Document Protocol
c. Exchange Protocol
Now for the second client also sends us the EDI-850 document. So can I reuse all the above created objects and just have two Agreements one with Remote1 using the same Business Action (Process_850) but different Delivery Channels
Or should i be creating different Business Actions for the different Clients?
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gents does any of you manage to share the same Aperture Library between your iMAC and a MacBook?
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P

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Hi Everyone,
Just wanted to run this by the community and see if anyone could help me keep my desktop wallpapers in sync between my Macs. I have three Macs (iMac 27", iMac 20" and a 17" Macbook Pro) and being a college student with the month off and working in IT, I set up a Snow Leopard Server and make Portable Home Directories which sync my desktop and wallpapers and all this is working great.
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I could really use the help and if anyone could post a potentual soltuion that would be great! Thanks!
-Mike

Hi Mike,
We (at Skyriser Media) are still working on WallpaperSync, a simple way of syncing wallpapers between multiple computers running Windows, Mac OS X and iOS (iPhone/iPad).
More info:
http://www.wallpapersync.com/
Right now only the Mac and Windows versions are out (still beta), but we are working hard on the iPhone version too.
Let us know if you have any suggestions or feedback.
Thanks!
Chris

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Should I setup the desktop wallpaper to change every x amount of time? or is it just my imagination and anyway the pixels just dim and burn with the years?
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I don't know what Apple says but I say YES.
I change my desktop wallpaper every few days because of this.
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Every time i turn on my macbook the desktop wallpaper has resets to its original wallpaper that it uses when you turn on the mac when you first buy it. I have tried changing it to one of the provided wallpapers in the system preferences and ones from my iPhoto but it still changes back to the default wallpaper when i turn it off and on.
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Hi all,
I have had this same issue with OS X Lion and it continued on to OS X Mountain Lion as well. I have had the wallpaper switching on me to the default solid blue color whenever I restarted (every month or so) and when switching between users (every other day or so). So this issue was very frustrating having to go back in and reset the wallpaper to my preference whenever I switched to either user. I found a solution that has been working for me for several restarts and several switching of users now:
First, I took some of your advice by locating all of my wallpapers into a 'Wallpaper' folder located in each user's 'Documents' directory. I copied to same wallpapers to each user so both user's have the same wallpapers to choose from.
Then, I installed the latest stable version of 'OnyX' (freeware software). I used OnyX on both user accounts to run through practically all the settings to clean up the entire Mac (Mac Mini, mid 2011) including: Verify [S.M.A.R.T. Status, Structure of volume, and Preferences], Maintenance [Permissions], Cleaning [System cache, User cache, Internet cache, Fonts cache, Log cache, Misc. cache]. I generally left the default checked boxes alone and didn't change any settings and Executed the program to run as default.
After running OnyX, I re-set my wallpapers for each user and went ahead and tested the restarting of the computer and switching back and forth between users. It was very easy to duplicate the bug previously, but now I could not get the wallpaper to switch back to the default blue as before. Everything seems stable with my wallpaper selection now.
Hope this helps someone. Thanks everyone for your input too.
As a side note, my Mac is running much smoother and quicker now too. =)

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Whenever I lock my screen on my mac (by closing the lid) the login screen I see on reopening my computer is a faded version of my desktop image (which is normal, and fine) however when I close my laptop while it's in fullscreen mode (when I'm using a web browser or other application in full screen) the lock screen displays the default desktop image, which is what i'm trying to change. My macbook has always done this.
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Conflict between program Mac mail and program Microsoft Outlook e-mail???

Denmark, Kolding, 30th of September 2010
A conflict between program Mac mail and program Microsoft Outlook e-mail?
For several months tried to discuss and resolve with several Apple specialists/support, but without much luck.
Therefore I have discussed these issues with 2 different and independent Mac users to find out in testing other Mac users will have the same problems as outlined in the below mentioned situations.
I will therefore outline the coverage issues, as mentioned, including occurs on my iMac 21.5 " with serial number: <Edited by Host> and 2 friends with their Macbooks of new dates as follows:
1. Sending from my Mac plain mail as "plain text "(during formatting):
Plain text mail as "Plain Text "(during formatting) Verdana font size 10, sent and received on Windows PC with the correct letter size - but with the font changed to Century Gothic!!!
2. Sending from my Mac plain mail "formatted text" (during formatting):
Eg. with my signature/signature-colored types and Verdana as font and size 10, possibly with underlining and italics in the text dispatched - the mail received as text with New Times Roman size 12 and signing /signature color Verdana now in size 13.5!!!!
3. Sending plain mail "as normal text "(during formatting)
In the mail text underlined and made bold - the program asks whether to convert to RTF format (to keep underlining, bold, etc.) and Verdana as font and size 10, YES - this mail is received on the Windows PC as text with New Times Roman with the desired underlining and bold text and size 12!!!!
4. Plain text mail as "formatted Text"
Eg. with signature / signature-colored types and Verdana as font and size 10, possibly with underlining and italics in the text sent - received as text with New Times Roman and signing / signature as colored Verdana now in size 13.5!!!
5. Sending mail with file attached:
After producing a normal text document modified to PDF and directly from the Adobe Reader sent this PDF file in e-mail formatted as normal text with font Verdana 10 point, with signature. This is received on the Windows PC with a PDF file OK, but the font of the mail text is changed to Century Gothic and missing signature. Signature is available as an attachment on the Windows Outlook e-mail program as a ATT00113.text file. This can be opened and there is the missing signature!
6. Sending e-mail with photos directly from iPhoto
iPhoto opens and click on the desired photos eg. 5 pcs. (Exactly as mentioned in the demo video!) and click on the e-mail icon at iPhoto and the program opens and e-mail that is opened with the attached photos and rich text is being used in the mail. Signature disappears and must be clicked on the mail by the sender.
The mail is received with the attached pictures OK - text changed to Times Roman with the desired bold - though no signature and 5 pcs. Att0028.html files attached. These can be opened and contains the file number each picture!
The above problems can be partly avoided by the following:
1. Only send mails as plain text
Without any underlining, attachments, etc.. When the Windows PC Outlook receiver opens the mail where only the text fond is changed!!
2. Sending mail with attached file
Start opening the mail program and use formatted plain text first and then attach (with the staple) file, and the Window receiver will get the file, but text and signature changed to Times New Roman size 13!!
3. Sending mail with photos from iPhoto
Start by opening mail program text in Verdana 10 and click the Photo Browser and find (look for - takes its time!) the pictures you want to send and pull/drag them into the mail and send, - images, text and signature are in the mail on Windows PC - but with the font changed to Century Gothic!!!
If sent as formatted text with various underlining, italics, etc. together with the photos will be received OK - but the writing is now New Times Roman size 12 signatures Verdana now in size 13!!!
I must say – I am disappointed with the Mac mail program – it actually means that sending a perfect mail with underlining, colours, a.s.o. also photos directly from iPhoto – will received at a Windows computer in a totally mess.
Looking forward to some good news from either Mac supporter or some clever Mac users who can help me to adjust my Mac to avoid these problems IF POSSIBLE!!!!.
Apple/Mac is too good a product to make these problems!!
Best regards
Peter Larsen
<Edited by Host>

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
The PC sets the font on its side, the Mac does on its side for plain text. There is no "font size" in plain text coding. Rich Text gives you a bit more control, but only if both e-mail clients support it. HTML gives you a bit more control, but only if both e-mail clients support it. Use the asterisk, parenthesis, underscore, or any keyboard symbol that is part of the original ASCII. Otherwise, the chance is nobody else will be able to read it who does not have your e-mail client in the same version.
Sadly there are no e-mail standards except MIME for attachment, and even that isn't universally supported. E-mail is not the ideal medium for anything except plain text that is ASCII. To learn more about ASCII, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII
If you want to post a website that is universally understood, see the hints here:
http://www.anybrowser.org/

Mountain Lion desktop wallpaper won't change!

Hi guys,
Hope somone can help with this, it's been bugging me ever since I upgraded to Mountain Lion!
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Here are the outpouts for each step:
Step 1:
com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver (1.0.0)
Step 2:
com.timesoftware.timemachineeditor.backupd-auto
com.mcafee.virusscan.fmp
com.mcafee.virusscan.ssm.ScanManager
com.mcafee.ssm.Eupdate
com.logmein.raupdate
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ws.agile.1PasswordAgent
com.facebook.videochat.Sulaiman.updater
com.divx.agent.postinstall
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AEProfiling.framework
AERegistration.framework
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Adobe AIR.framework
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DivX Toolkit.framework
FxPlug.framework
HPDeviceModel.framework
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HPSmartPrint.framework
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VirusScanPreferences.framework
iTunesLibrary.framework
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AdobePDFViewer.plugin
DirectorShockwave.plugin
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DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
GarminGpsControl.plugin
Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
LogMeIn.plugin
LogMeInSafari32.plugin
LogMeInSafari64.plugin
OVSHelper.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
Quartz Composer.webplugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
TVUPlugin.webplugin
flashplayer.xpt
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
iPrint.plugin
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt
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com.google.keystone.agent.plist
com.logmein.logmeingui.plist
com.logmein.logmeinguiagent.plist
com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin.plist
com.mcafee.menulet.plist
com.mcafee.reporter.plist
org.thebends.iphonedisk.mobile_fs_util.plist
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com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
com.logmein.logmeinserver.plist
com.logmein.raupdate.plist
com.mcafee.ssm.Eupdate.plist
com.mcafee.ssm.ScanManager.plist
com.mcafee.virusscan.fmpd.plist
com.timesoftware.timemachineeditor.backupd-auto.plist
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Feisar-K770.phoneplugin
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DivX.prefPane
Flash Player.prefPane
Flip4Mac WMV.prefPane
HP Scanners.prefPane
MacFUSE.prefPane
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:
/Library/QuickLook:
GBQLGenerator.qlgenerator
iBooksAuthor.qlgenerator
iWork.qlgenerator
/Library/QuickTime:
AppleIntermediateCodec.component
AppleMPEG2Codec.component
DivX Decoder.component
DivX Encoder.component
Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component
Flip4Mac WMV Export.component
Flip4Mac WMV Import.component
/Library/ScriptingAdditions:
Adobe Unit Types.osax
/Library/Spotlight:
GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter
Microsoft Office.mdimporter
iBooksAuthor.mdimporter
iWork.mdimporter
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Aladdin
HP IO
HP Trap Monitor
HWNetMgr
cma
/etc/mach_init.d:
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/etc/mach_init_per_user.d:
Library/Address Book Plug-Ins:
SkypeABDialer.bundle
SkypeABSMS.bundle
YMsgrCallABPlugin.bundle
YMsgrMsnABPlugin.bundle
YMsgrSmsABPlugin.bundle
YMsgrYimABPlugin.bundle
Library/Fonts:
Library/Input Methods:
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Library/InputManagers:
Smart Crash Reports
Library/Internet Accounts:
V1
Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
FacebookVideoCalling.bundle
Library/Keyboard Layouts:
Library/LaunchAgents:
com.apple.AddressBook.ScheduledSync.ABExchangeSource.67885491-CF2E-4726-ABF0-7F6 D698DA360.plist
com.apple.AddressBook.ScheduledSync.PHXCardDAVSource.C575A6AF-BB78-4B6F-8953-9D6 A2947010D.plist
com.apple.FolderActions.enabled.plist
com.apple.FolderActions.folders.plist
com.apple.SafariBookmarksSyncer.plist
com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist
com.facebook.videochat.Sulaiman.plist
ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist
Library/PreferencePanes:
Perian.prefPane
Library/QuickTime:
AC3MovieImport.component
Perian.component
Library/ScriptingAdditions:
1Password Addition.osax
LimeWire/Incomplete:
Step 5:
Backup Engine, iprint-listener, iprint-listener-gui, HP Scanjet Manager, HP Scheduler
Not sure what all those are as long as they help fixing this annoying issue!

Nautilus: no desktop wallpaper

hello!
i don't find a solution to this weird and annoying problem.
when i try to set a desktop wallpaper i only see the background color, no wallpaper is shown.
the really funny thing is: when i drag a picture to the desktop with middle mouse button and select "set as background" the wallpaper fades in and directly out again.
i tried to create a new user account, same problem. reinstalling nautilus or searching the gconf settings didn't help.
this problem appeared after i switched back from xfce to gnome... i googled and searched this forum , but didn't find a solution. don't know how i can find out what's the problem. maybe some missing library or broken package? does nautilus set the wallpaper with an external tool? can i start nautilus somehow in verbose mode?
(nautilus 2.30.1)
thanks,
joschi

Hi,
Before going further, as suggested by Martin in the following thread, I need to further confirm whether users can open the wallpaper file. Besides, we need
to check whether the "Wallpaper" value exists in this registry path
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop.
Black Desktop wall paper after implementing group policy
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/0c36d7bf-4694-46e1-b408-d644111c0264/black-desktop-wall-paper-after-implementing-group-policy?forum=winserverGP
Moreover, for Windows 7 clients, we can try installing the hotfix also mentioned in the above thread to see whether it can work.
The "Desktop Wallpaper" Group Policy setting is not applied in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977944/en-us
In addition, regarding how to deploy wallpaper via group policy, the following blog can be referred to for more information.
Using Group Policy to configure Desktop Wallpaper (“Background”)
http://www.grouppolicy.biz/2011/03/best-practice-using-group-policy-to-configure-desktop-wallpaper-background/
Best regards,
Frank Shen

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