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Re: Applescript and Mission Control
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Re: Applescript and Mission Control


  • Subject: Re: Applescript and Mission Control
  • From: Robert Poland <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 07:28:10 -0700

Thanks 2551,

I’ll try to figure that out later, after work.

On Nov 22, 2013, at 7:08 AM, 2551 <email@hidden> wrote:

> I’m not sure if I understand you correctly. Do you mean you want to change all the Desktop/Spaces to display the same background image?
>
> If so, I wrote a bash script to do that back in 10.7. You could convert it to an applescript by running the ‘defaults write’ line from a ‘do shell script’ instead.
>
> Note, it only work on one monitor at a time. I never did solve the problem of getting it to work across monitors.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> #! /bin/bash
> #script to change all desktop backgrounds
>
> echo "Drag and drop an image file here"
> echo -n "then press return or press control-c to cancel..."
>
> read -e WLPR;
>
> function change_wallpaper
> {
> defaults write com.apple.desktop Background "{default = {ImageFilePath='$WLPR'; };}"; killall Dock
> }
>
> change_wallpaper
>
> #EOF
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> On 22 Nov 2013, at 20:21, Robert Poland <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am just getting into Mission Control.
>>
>> It’s annoying to me that the Desktop has different images in different Spaces
>>
>> Is there any reasonable way for Applescript of switch these images?
>>
>> I see that Mission Control has no Applescript dictionary.
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>>
>> Robert Poland
>> iMac, Mid 2011, 12,2
>> 2.7 GHz Intel Core I5, 27”
>> 12 GB Ram, 1TB HD
>> OS X 10.9
>>
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