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Re: name of the current desktop picture

Subject: Re: name of the current desktop picture
From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 11:56:49 -0500

On May 11, 2014, at 6:39 PM, Robert Poland wrote:

AND
set picture to <a preset image>
Does nothing.

I tried this, thinking it might set the desktop picture ...

property myPict : alias "OS_X:Library:Desktop Pictures:Solid Colors:Maroon.png"

property testPict : alias "OS_X:Library:Desktop Pictures:Solid Colors:Solid Aqua Blue.png"

tell application "System Events"

set picture path of current user to (myPict as text)

picture path of current user

end tell

log the result

It does change the value of picture path, but this does NOT modify the desktop picture.

Not even after a restart. But the changed value of picture path is retained.

This prompts the question:

"If the picture path property does not change the desktop picture, then what is it supposed to do?"

Is there a bug here, or do I simply not understand what's happening ?

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