Tiling multiple photos on desktop background

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tilttilt
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Hi



Pardon me if this has been addressed before; if it has, I have been unable to find it, hence this question.



I have a few photos in my iPhoto library that I would like to use as my desktop background. However, instead of the picture changing every n seconds, I would like then all to be displayed at the same time in a tiled fashion.



Is there any way I can do this?



Thanks and cheers



*Edited to correct typo

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  • Reply 1 of 11
    whyatt thrashwhyatt thrash Posts: 421member
    Photoshop? No, seriously, I'm clueless.
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  • Reply 2 of 11
    ricksbrainricksbrain Posts: 517member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Whyatt Thrash

    Photoshop? No, seriously, I'm clueless.



    You could fake it by laying out the photoes on your desktop and taking a screen grab of them...
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  • Reply 3 of 11
    tilttilt Posts: 396member
    Thanks for the responses ricksbrain and whyatt. The reson I asked that question is that I vaguely recall seeing Steve Jobs demonstrate exactly that and wanted to know how to do it. Or maybe I just dreamed up the wholde demo *grin*



    Cheers
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  • Reply 4 of 11
    whyatt thrashwhyatt thrash Posts: 421member
    You might be thinking about the F9 or F12 key...



    Like I said, I don't think this can be done, save maybe with the use of some third party software.
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  • Reply 5 of 11
    tilttilt Posts: 396member
    F12? What does F12 do? I tried it and nothing happened! (Pardon me, though I have used Mac for a year I am still a dumb newbie )
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  • Reply 6 of 11
    addaboxaddabox Posts: 12,665member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by tilt

    F12? What does F12 do? I tried it and nothing happened! (Pardon me, though I have used Mac for a year I am still a dumb newbie )



    Rotates video 90º.



    No, it invokes the Expose "show all open windows at once, tiled onto the existing screen real estate" functionality.



    If you're not using Expose, you must start.
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  • Reply 7 of 11
    tilttilt Posts: 396member
    Addabox, I use Expose a great deal and love it. The function you mention seems to be the one invoked by F9, not by F12. F12 does nothing



    Cheers
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  • Reply 8 of 11
    addaboxaddabox Posts: 12,665member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by tilt

    Addabox, I use Expose a great deal and love it. The function you mention seems to be the one invoked by F9, not by F12. F12 does nothing



    Cheers



    Oh yeah, you can remap the Expose commands from its preferences pane; I just have mine moved around from default, which I had forgotten.
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  • Reply 9 of 11
    tilttilt Posts: 396member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by addabox

    Oh yeah, you can remap the Expose commands from its preferences pane; I just have mine moved around from default, which I had forgotten.



    Ah, OK
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  • Reply 10 of 11
    cosmonutcosmonut Posts: 4,872member
    F12 is usually for Dashboard, the widget utility in Mac OS X Tiger.
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  • Reply 11 of 11
    tilttilt Posts: 396member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by CosmoNut

    F12 is usually for Dashboard, the widget utility in Mac OS X Tiger.



    Ah, OK. I think I will skip one cat generation and go straight to Leopard from Panther



    Cheers
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