Try to change me desktop background but it keeps crashing

I tryed everything but no luck, I use utility to correct permissions but that did not work. I think the one problem is I have too many photos on computor is there anyway to di it by key command?

OS X normally needs 10-15% of the HD available to run, if your HD is too full you need to move large libraries such a photos, music and movies off to an external HD. Here are Apple's instructions for doing this:
iPhoto: How to move the Library to an EHD
iTunes: How to move the library to an EHD
iMovie: How to move the Library to an EHD

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When I try to change my desktop background nothing happens

When I find a new image on the internet, for example with google images, and I attempt to change it to be the desktop background nothing happens. I attempted to save the file to the desktop or downloads and then set it to be the desktop background but again nothing happens. This has happened to me a couple of times and I am not sure what is causing it. When I restart the laptop the new background is set but this is really getting annoying.

No problem using PC terms with me. Most of my computer are Windows PCs. I'm fully versed on both platforms.
Well you are setting it to the desktop background. "Sorry" all you need to do is reboot to make it active.
Never done that and have no desire to try it. But I would think that if you Right Clicked (two finger click or control left click) on the image, selected Save As and saved it in the folder I pointed to in my other post or to any folder on your hard drive and then went to Sys Pref, Desktop & Screen Saver and selected that image, whether in the default desktop pictures folder or in another folder on your drive, it would change right then and there without a reboot.
Doing it from Safari makes you reboot to have it displayed.

Not able to change the desktop background

I have a MAC 27inch MID 2011
OS X 1O.8.2
The problem is when I try to change the Desktop Background is says loading images,the mouse pointer has now changed to a revoling disc and I am unable to select anything ,for me to get out of it I need to force quit the System Preferences Icon on the Dock.
Please can someone help
Thank You
alligator

Hi paulheu
It is not the question of first time posted or second time posted. Whther the issues are genuine or not?
I have checked with othe Lumia 800 also observed same issues.
Do you think that this is the low end phone?
Whatever the issues i have raised all those are very basic requirements. And for your information those are available in normal ordinary phones (symbian os phones).
This is the smartphone having Rs.13000 cost. and i give extra care & respect to my phone.
How can you say that without any homework did i raised the question?
Whatever i mentioned the issues those are only i faced. I think lot more which i have not used/ observed.
And finally could you pls tell me what are the issues are not generally true?

How to block changes of desktop background image

I manage a 30-computer Mac lab in a public high school and I would like to prevent users from changing the desktop background image.
As far as I know, there are two ways to change the desktop background image: through System Preferences and by right-clicking an image and selecting Set Desktop Picture.
Blocking System Preferences is easily done through Parental Controls.
But how do I prevent the right-click, Set Desktop Picture method of changing the desktop image?
You can imagine the kinds of images that end up as desktop backgrounds in a high school computer lab.

You might try going to System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts. In the left pane select Services, then uncheck the item "Set Desktop Picture" under Pictures in the right pane. Once that's done, block that prefs pane.

Why is my system services crashing every time I want to change my desktop background??

I want to change my desktop background and every time I try my system services crashs. I tryed to changed it for 5 times and did't work, I restarted and shut down my computer and nothing happens. Please if someone knows about it let me know, I am a brain new apple's user and I dont know what its going on.

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
Try deleting the Desktop settings file. Open a Finder window, select the Go menu (on the menu bar) > Go to Folder, and type:
~/Library/Preferences
Then, delete "com.apple.desktop.plist" and "com.apple.systempreferences.plist", and restart. Finally, open System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver, and change the desktop wallpaper

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for some reason when i changed my desktop background to a photo from my picture folder, i cant seem to undo it. i cant even get into the desktop and screen saver preferences. as soon as i click on the desktop preferences, a window pops up and says " the application sysyem preferences quit unexpectedly....... it then asks me if i want to reopen,report,or close." if i reopen, it goes through the same thing again. i also reported this to apple. i dont know if it will do anything, but owell.
is there anyway to reset this?
is the image that i chose for my background (jpeg) have something to do with this?
please, if anyone can help me with this, it will be greatly appreciated.
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.7)

i have had this exact same problem for quite a while now, i have tried niel's suggeston but that didn't work for me. i just put up with it and when i do want to change my desktop i open iPhoto select a picture and go share/desktop. but if someone has a better solution i'd love to hear it.

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You can't go to System Preferences>Desktop&Screen Savers and change the display? Try it and see. I've never seen that problem.
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The dark background on the desktop can make it difficult to see a fine keyline. We were previously using Acrobat 7 Professional which had a white background.

Doesn't work
^ ^
Obviously, I can't, in this particular screenshot show everything.
This is what the fellow is talking about. Naturally if his keyline item is in Black it ain't going to show up In Acrobat previous to 9 all this back Ground was grey.

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