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Changing background behind the User Account Menu

post #1 of 4
6/25/10 at 6:53pm
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Is it possible to change the background behind the top level User Account Menu screen (log in screen)



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post #2 of 4
7/11/10 at 2:27am
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Is it possible to change the background behind the top level User Account Menu screen (log in screen)



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not that i know of
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post #3 of 4
7/11/10 at 6:24am
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Originally Posted by alphajack7 View Post

Is it possible to change the background behind the top level User Account Menu screen (log in screen)



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Yes, you can change it. But it gets a little tricky.

The file is here:

/System/Library/CoreServices/DefaultDesktop.jpg

But it seems sometimes you have to fiddle with permissions on your replacement file to make it work right
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post #4 of 4
7/12/10 at 11:14am
I've seen more than one App to do this. Here is one:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macos...s/loginox.html
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