Video as desktop background?

Is it possible to make a video a desktop background? If so, how? If not, it should be (hint hint).

Hi and welcome to Discussions,
ScreenWatcher http://code.google.com/p/screenwatcher/ for example.
There should be more to find on MacUpdate.
Regards
Stefan

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Video Desktop Background or Screensaver?

Hello,
Can I put a video (such as something from iMovie) and set it as a desktop background, and just loop the video? Is this also achievable as a screensaver? There is a widget that will make your screensaver as a desktop background, so either option would get the job done.
Thanks.
C h r i s t o p h

I think it is possible, but VERY tricky.
First, you would have to find a screensaver online that is a video (it would have to contain a ".qtz" animation), then you would replace the .qtz animation with a file YOU create, and convert to .qtz (which I'm not sure can be done). Apart from that, there is no other way that I know of.
Good luck!

Only seeing desktop background on LG TV from iMac

I connected my iMac via mini-DVI to VGA on my LG TV. When I choose the input on the LG, I am only seeing the desktop background but with no dock or windows. When I try to select the LG in Detect Displays in Preferences, nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?

HI Emiko,
By default Mac OS X uses an external display to extend the desktop. If you want to mirror the built in monitor you need to enable it.
go to the menu bar
click on the apple menu
chose system preferences
click on display
click on the arrangement tab
check "Video Mirroring"
happy new year!

Thin white lines on desktop background

After having my computer on for a while, one or two thin horizontal white lines will appear on the screen. They are around a few inches long, and never appear in the same place twice. They only affect my desktop background, not any windows or screen saver at all.
Reloading the desktop background or restarting the computer makes the lines go away, but I'm wondering what is causing them, and if it's a sign of some underlying problem.

Insert your MacOSX DVD
reboot while pressing ALT key
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Line Through Desktop Background

Recently a horizontal line has developed through my desktop background. If I switch backgrounds, it goes away for a while, but then reforms. It begins on the left-hand side of the screen, and then progresses horizontally across with time. It always occurs at about the middle of my screen. It DOES NOT cross through any window I have open. It is only in the desktop pattern. Is this a software or a video card problem?
Thank you in advance for your help!

I don't have the right cable to hook up an external monitor, but that would be a great idea.
The only tool I have to test with is Tech Tool Deluxe which said the Video Ram was OK, as well as everything else it checked.
I noticed that I now have a line up at the top of the screen. Time to contact Apple Support.
Thanks!

Why do i lose desktop background on my extra monitor

When I turn my mac on I hace normal desktop background on both the system monitor and the peripheral monitor i have added through an hdmi cable and mini display adaptor. Hwoever, when I go to use the machine after the screen saver has been on the desktop for the perihperal monitor is blank??

Probably an issue with the adapter or HDMI cable not being able to transmit. I would recommend using either VGA or DVI, you won't notice any degradation in video quality.

Flickering Desktop Background Yosemite

Hello!
I have a 15" MacBook Pro early 2011, recently upgraded OS X to Yosemite 10.10.1,
Specs: Processor: 2 GHz Intel Core i7; Memory: 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3; Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB.
I was working with Word and suddenly the keyboard stopped responding. Since then the desktop background has been flickering on and off and applications are working erratically. I´ve tried to fix it by restarting the computer, resetting PRAM, using Terminal to killall Finder, changing the Dashboard setting to Off in System Preferences, and none of these have worked.
I believe it is a problem with the user, since I am able to use my computer if I log in as a guest user.
Is this a bug? How can I fix this?
Tips and suggestions are very welcome and appreciated!
Thanks!

Thank you Eric!
The system did not operate normally in Safe Mode either but I managed to run EtreCheck when I rebooted normally.
The report:
Problem description:
Flickering Desktop Background
EtreCheck version: 2.1.5 (108)
Report generated December 19, 2014 at 6:06:51 AM GMT-3
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
1 2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
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Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
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Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1440 x 900
AMD Radeon HD 6490M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 4 days 8:28:51
Disk Information: ℹ️
Hitachi HTS545050B9A302 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Reco[redacted]ery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 498.88 GB (307.05 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
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Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
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[killed] com.apple.ctkd.plist
[killed] com.apple.nehelper.plist
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[killed] com.apple.periodic-weekly.plist
[killed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
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Launch Agents: ℹ️
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[loaded] com.adobe.CS5Ser[redacted]iceManager.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.a[redacted]ast.userinit.plist [Support]
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[loaded] com.a[redacted]ast.uninstall.plist [Support]
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[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Support]
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Flash Player [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
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      45% fseventsd
      8% WindowServer
      3% ReportCrash
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94 MB helpd
92 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
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Problems with System Launch and Dock?
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Firefox freezes when i visit websites with videos on the background or i watch videos.I have windows 7 and the laatest version of mozilla.

I have windows 7 and the latest version of firefox.When i watch videos on youtube or visit websites with videos on the background mozilla freezes. I tried to disable all the extensions and plugins but it had no result.I didn't had this problem with versions of mozilla previous to 4.

I have had a similar problem with my system. I just recently (within a week of this post) built a brand new desktop. I installed Windows 7 64-bit Home and had a clean install, no problems. Using IE downloaded an anti-virus program, and then, because it was the latest version, downloaded and installed Firefox 4.0. As I began to search the internet for other programs to install after about maybe 10-15 minutes my computer crashes. Blank screen (yet monitor was still receiving a signal from computer) and completely frozen (couldn't even change the caps and num lock on keyboard). I thought I perhaps forgot to reboot after an update so I did a manual reboot and it started up fine.
When ever I got on the internet (still using firefox) it would crash after anywhere between 5-15 minutes. Since I've had good experience with FF in the past I thought it must be either the drivers or a hardware problem. So in-between crashes I updated all the drivers. Still had the same problem. Took the computer to a friend who knows more about computers than I do, made sure all the drivers were updated, same problem. We thought that it might be a hardware problem (bad video card, chipset, overheating issues, etc.), but after my friend played around with my computer for a day he found that when he didn't start FF at all it worked fine, even after watching a movie, or going through a playlist on Youtube.
At the time of this posting I'm going to try to uninstall FF 4.0 and download and install FF 3.6.16 which is currently on my laptop and works like a dream. Hopefully that will do the trick, because I love using FF and would hate to have to switch to another browser. Hopefully Mozilla will work out the kinks with FF 4 so I can continue to use it.
I apologize for the lengthy post. Any feedback would be appreciated, but is not necessary. I will try and post back after I try FF 3.16.6.

Desktop background changed to black

After closing Photoshop CS6 my desktop background had turned to black. I had been playing around with the background color choices in the program before i exited.
Winsows 7 starter edition SP 1
1 GB Ram
ATI 7800 video card

I didn't even think you could set a desktop background image in Windows 7 Starter. Did you do something out of the ordinary to get it there? Or are you saying you had a different solid color?
In any case, it's hard to imagine changing Photoshop settings had anything to do with that. Any chance you actually changed the desktop color by accident, thinking you were changing Photoshop's background? What dialog were you using to "play around with the background color choices"?
-Noel

Satellite C50-B-13T - Win 8.1 cannot change desktop background

Hi folks,
I'm new to this forum so please bear with me.
I bought a new Toshiba Satellite C50-B-13T laptop yesterday with Windows 8.1 installed and I cannot change the desktop screen from a blank black one to a picture of my choice... I've tried everything, and even looked for videos on Youtube to see if there's a remedy for it.
When I look at the control panel the thumbnail shows the picture I've chosen, but the actual desktop (not the smart screen bit) is still plain black. All of my icons work just fine but the background will not change.
If anyone can help me sort this out I'd be really grateful?
Thanks everyone :O)

You ask how to change the Windows background?
This is not very tricky.
Microsoft released a useful article regarding Windows system personalization.
Please check this aricle:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/personalize-pc-tutorial
Note: there is a difference between the desktop background and the lock screen.
The lock screen is the screen you see when you lock your PC (or when it locks automatically after you haven't been using it for a while).

IMac very slow, no Dock, Desktop Background cycling every 1 to 5 sec

So i have always had the issue of the main display not coming back on from sleep.... I have given up on trying to fix it so i just deal with it. But i really needed my mac and so forced it to shut down because it seemed to be acting strange and i could not see the main screen just my external monitor.
Anyway when it restarted i now have a very slow machine.... creazy slow. Every click is a delay. My background which normally cycles through the standard images every 30 min does so every 1 to 5 seconds. And i have no Dock.
My machine is an intel iMac.. 27" late 2009, 8 gigs of ram 1 tera of HD. 60 gb free. 2.8 ghz i7
Oh and OS X 10.9.1 (13B42)
I have tried resetting pram and plists for the main things including the Dock. I repaired permissions and did a disk repair.
I am kind of stuck.
Does anyone have any ideas?
I tried changing the Dock settings but they dont make any difference. I also tried changing the desktop background settings and they dont do anything either and they do not save their settings when i reboot etc...
Thanks
Q

OK thanks it took a long time to do that,.. here are the results.
Hardware Information:
iMac (27-inch, Late 2009)
iMac - model: iMac11,1
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
ATI Radeon HD 4850 - VRAM: 512 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 5:26:8
Disk Information:
ST31000528ASQ disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.35 GB (56.84 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
USB Information:
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Logitech USB Receiver
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
jp.plentycom.driver.SteerMouse     (4.0.3f1)
com.parallels.virtualsound     (1.0 22731.929773)
com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring     (9.0)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] cn.com.zte.PPPMonitor.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.dispatcher.launchdaemon.plist
[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.kextloader.launchdaemon.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
Launch Agents:
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[loaded] com.Nokia.NokiaInternetModem_AppStart.plist
[loaded] com.Nokia.NokiaInternetModem_icera-zerocd.plist
[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.prl_deskctl_agent.launchagent.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
User Launch Agents:
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[redacted]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
[loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.startgui.launchagent.plist
User Login Items:
smcFanControl
iTunesHelper
Skype
Kelly C
EEventManager
SteerMouse Manager
Raid D1
TotalFinder
EEventManager
3rd Party Preference Panes:
DivX
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
MacFUSE
Perian
SteerMouse
Internet Plug-ins::
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FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
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OVSHelper: Version: 1.1
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.0
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 3.5.6f4 - SDK 10.6
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.60831.0
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
Bad Fonts:
None
Old applications:
Audacity:     Version: 1.3.13.0 - SDK 10.4
/Applications/Audacity/Audacity.app
Basketmania:     Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.0
/Applications/Basketmania.app
Holes-and-Balls-Free:     Version: 1.1 - SDK 10.0
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Keynote:     Version: 5.3 - SDK 10.5
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Numbers:     Version: 2.3 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/iWork '09/Numbers.app
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Unicorn Rainbow Munch:     Version: 23.5 - SDK 10.0
/Applications/Unicorn Rainbow Munch.app
Unity Bug Reporter:     Version: 3.5.6f4 - SDK 10.4
/Applications/Unity/Unity Bug Reporter.app
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO
Volumes being backed up:
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Destinations:
Mac Back 2TB [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 0 B
Total number of backups: (null)
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 877.77 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
46%     Dock
8%     prl_pm_service
4%     WindowServer
4%     Finder
1%     launchservicesd
Top Processes by Memory:
311 MB     Safari
180 MB     WindowServer
172 MB     com.apple.IconServicesAgent
123 MB     Skype
82 MB     Finder
Virtual Memory Statistics:
4.91 GB     Free RAM
1.69 GB     Active RAM
721 MB     Inactive RAM
706 MB     Wired RAM
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Desktop Background - Slide Show - Fast Cycling Issue

I have an issue with my PC since upgrading from Windows 8 to 8.1. I have even tried a fresh install of Windows 8.1 and I am still having this issue. Not sure what the problem is and I'm looking for some pointers on how I can troubleshoot it.
What I do is set ANY Windows Theme, or any desktop background set of pictures, with more than one picture. I select the option to shuffle the background with various times from 10 minutes to hourly on when to change the background.
The issue is that 2 or 3 times a day the background starts quickly cycling, at a rate of a new background every second. This last about a minute and then it goes back to normal.
I know one solution would be to select one picture, but I am looking for a solution to get this to work as it should. Could this be a video card issue? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

Hi,
It's really strange about this problem. Since a fresh installation can't fix this problem, We should consider the hardware problem or system installation disc problem.
I need to confim that whethter this problem occures as soon as system reinstalled? Did your computer join into domain? If this is Video card driver problem, you need to check Graphic Driver edition firstly, make sure it is compatible with Windows 8.1. What
about uninall Graphic driver and use system build in driver?
Roger Lu
TechNet Community Support

How do I use one of my photos for the desktop background?

I have a photo which I would like to have as my desktop background. How do I accomplish this?

Hi leduckmrb,
Are you talking about your computer desktop? If so, that isn't a Firefox thing at all. You'll have better luck looking at the [http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/display_change_desktop_background.mspx?mfr=true Microsoft documentation].
Hopefully this helps!

For some reason, I cannot change my desktop background no matter how many times I delete the "active" folder. It's as if it's locked. Any ideas how I can fix it?

For some reason, I cannot change my desktop background no matter how many times I delete the "active" folder. It's as if it's locked. Any ideas how I can fix it?

Yes it sounds like you have a corrupted preference file.
The setting you make in individual programs get saved to a Preference file in your Users/Library/Preferences folder.
All you have to do is drag out the old file to the desktop, reboot and load the program and the preference file gets rebuilt without your preferences which you reset.
For your case I beleive the preference file is
com.apple.desktop.plist

On Windows Server 2012 R2 the "Show my desktop background on Start" is grayed out

Hi
As shown below, the new 8.1/2012R2 function "Show my desktop background on Start" is not available on Windows Server 2012 R2.
I have tried multiple solutions:
- Activate OS (In Win 8.1 - the feature is unavailable when Win8.1 is not activated)
- Install Desktop Experience
- Playing with the registry key "Subkey: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent Entry:
MotionAccentId_v1.00
But no luck. Does anyone have a solution.
The reason why I need this is, that I am building a Remote Desktop solution, and here we want to give users the same experience as from their desktops.
Looking forward to some exciting feedback.
Regards,
Mr. Thomas

Hi,
I am trying to involve someone to further look at this issue. There might be some time delay. Appreciate your patience.
Thank you for your understanding and support.
Jeremy Wu
TechNet Community Support
Jeremy,
I, too, am facing this issue.
Do we have any update on this?
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