Size or Tile Background Picture
Hi!
There used to be settings for the Desktop background image, such as: Tile, Size to Fit, and Center.
It seems to me that these settings were in the Desktop pref pane in System Preferences, but I cannot find them now. Where has Apple hidden them?
Message was edited by: sudont
But if the image were bigger, then that's where you'd want to use "shrink to fit", or "fit to screen", right? It seems to me that, only if an image were the exact size as your screen resolution, would you not need the drop-down menu. But that's not the case with the image I was trying to fit.
It doesn't seem to be a format issue either, since they're all JPEGs.
Any other ideas?
Message was edited by: sudont
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