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I currently have two accounts on my mac, and for some reason when i switch from the first acount to the second account (and not the other way around) a picture always pops up for the switch. It was my desktop image in a slideshow months back, and i cannot find a way to get rid of this image. WHAT THE [censored], DO I [censored] DO?!
it's not a huge problem, but i could've fixed it on a pc :@.
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ds004 
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Posted 21 August 2007 - 12:56 AM
yep i tried those /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
they don't work.
on a pc if you make a picture your desktop off the internet it saves it differently, such that if you change the desktop picture using a picture off your harddrive, then as your turning on the computer you see the picture off the internet, on older versions of windows at least, but that picture was always on my harddrive.
that's all the insight i have.
they don't work.
on a pc if you make a picture your desktop off the internet it saves it differently, such that if you change the desktop picture using a picture off your harddrive, then as your turning on the computer you see the picture off the internet, on older versions of windows at least, but that picture was always on my harddrive.
that's all the insight i have.
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Posted 21 August 2007 - 06:15 AM
I still don't understand exactly what you're seeing. Can you provide a bit more detail as to when and where this image appears? Are you saying it's your desktop picture? Or is it, as you described, a picture that "pops up?"
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ds004
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Posted 21 August 2007 - 01:27 PM
hmm, well you know when you have two users, and you switch from one user to the next, and the screen like spins from left to right into the other account?
during said spin, only from user a to user b, (not the other way around) the wallpaper changes to a different image, only for that time.
during said spin, only from user a to user b, (not the other way around) the wallpaper changes to a different image, only for that time.
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Posted 23 August 2007 - 08:37 AM
I'm still stuck on the question.
You use fast user switching and a new desktop picture appears?
errrrr yeah???
Make both logon accounts have the same desktop pictures if you want.
Desktop pictures are stored in your User>pictures file.
You use fast user switching and a new desktop picture appears?
errrrr yeah???
Make both logon accounts have the same desktop pictures if you want.
Desktop pictures are stored in your User>pictures file.
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Posted 24 August 2007 - 03:33 PM
no!!!!
a new desktop appears only during the switch, like a desktop i never chose.
alright i have account A, and account B right?
and account A has desktop A, and account b has desktop B right?
when i switch from account a to account b the wallpapers go like this
desktop A -> desktop C -> desktop B
during the switch from account a to account b, desktop C appears, which i haven't chosen and i'm trying to get rid of it.
This desktop only appears during the switch from account a to account b, and not the other way around. (i.e. account b to account a)
ANY ideas?
and it has nothing to do with the image which is desktop C.
a new desktop appears only during the switch, like a desktop i never chose.
alright i have account A, and account B right?
and account A has desktop A, and account b has desktop B right?
when i switch from account a to account b the wallpapers go like this
desktop A -> desktop C -> desktop B
during the switch from account a to account b, desktop C appears, which i haven't chosen and i'm trying to get rid of it.
This desktop only appears during the switch from account a to account b, and not the other way around. (i.e. account b to account a)
ANY ideas?
and it has nothing to do with the image which is desktop C.
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Damien
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Posted 24 August 2007 - 10:11 PM
Have you installed any desktop or wallpaper-switching software? There are a number of 3rd-party utilities out there that help users switch their desktop pictures. Maybe you installed one of these in the past and forgot about it and now it's causing the behavior you're seeing?
Another possibility is that there's some kind of damaged cache file getting in the way. When you set a desktop picture in the System Prefs, the OS stores a value and cached copy of the image in /Library/Caches/Desktop Pictures/ for each user on the system. The OS references this cache file to load the image you've set as your desktop picture. My thinking is that perhaps the cache file for your user account(s) has become fubar'd in such a way as it's causing this behavior. The easy check is to either flush (delete) these cache files and relogin (so they'll be re-created) or even just to change your desktop picture to something else and then back to original which should refresh these cache files.
Aside: Go ahead and try this sometime: set your desktop picture to an image, then delete that image from your HD. Relogin backin--and voila, your desktop picture is still the deleted image--because the OS is pulling that info from the cache file.
Another possibility is that there's some kind of damaged cache file getting in the way. When you set a desktop picture in the System Prefs, the OS stores a value and cached copy of the image in /Library/Caches/Desktop Pictures/ for each user on the system. The OS references this cache file to load the image you've set as your desktop picture. My thinking is that perhaps the cache file for your user account(s) has become fubar'd in such a way as it's causing this behavior. The easy check is to either flush (delete) these cache files and relogin (so they'll be re-created) or even just to change your desktop picture to something else and then back to original which should refresh these cache files.
Aside: Go ahead and try this sometime: set your desktop picture to an image, then delete that image from your HD. Relogin backin--and voila, your desktop picture is still the deleted image--because the OS is pulling that info from the cache file.
