About This Particular Macintosh 6.04 - eDisk

About This Particular Macintosh 6.04 - eDisk About This Particular Macintosh 6.04 - eDisk

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If you haven’t seen the older parts of the series, they are: Yellowstone National Park 4 , Drops 5 ,Toronto 6 , Niagara Falls 7 , Monaco 8 , Montréal 9 , Bahamas 10 , Clouds 11 , Aerial 12 , Made withMacs 13 , Landscapes 14 , Northwest 15 .Placing Desktop PicturesMac OS 8.5 and Newer Go to the “Appearance” control panel. Click on the “Desktop” tab atthe top of the window. Press the “Place Picture...” button in the bottom right corner, thenselect the desired image. By default, it will show you the images in the “Desktop Pictures”subfolder of your “Appearance” folder in the System Folder, however you can select imagesfrom anywhere on your hard disk.After you select the desired image file and press “Choose,” a preview will appear in theAppearance window. The “Position Automatically” selection is usually fine. You can playwith the settings to see if you like the others better. You will see the result in the little previewscreen.If you are satisfied with the selection, click on “Set Desktop” in the lower right corner of thewindow. That’s it! Should you ever want to get rid of it, just go to the desktop settings againand press “Remove Picture.”Mac OS 8.0 and 8.1 Go to the “Desktop Patterns” control panel. Click on “Desktop Pictures”in the list on the left of the window, and follow steps similar to the ones above.Random Desktop Pictures If you drag a folder of pictures onto the miniature desktop inthe Appearance or Desktop Pictures control panel, your Mac will choose one from the folderat random when it starts up.4. http://www.atpm.com/5.03/yellowstone.shtml5. http://www.atpm.com/5.05/drops/6. http://www.atpm.com/5.07/toronto/7. http://www.atpm.com/5.08/niagara/8. http://www.atpm.com/5.09/monaco/9. http://www.atpm.com/5.10/montreal/10. http://www.atpm.com/5.11/bahamas/11. http://www.atpm.com/5.12/clouds/12. http://www.atpm.com/6.01/aerial/13. http://www.atpm.com/6.02/madewithmacs/14. http://www.atpm.com/6.03/landscapes15. http://www.atpm.com/6.04/northwest/ATPM 6.04 ← 70 → Extras: Desktop Pictures XII: Northwest

DeskPicture An alternative to Mac OS’s Appearance control panel is Pierce Software’sDeskPicture, reviewed 16 in issue 5.10 and available for download 17 .16. http://www.atpm.com/5.10/roundup.shtml17. http://www.peircesw.com/DeskPicture.htmlATPM 6.04 ← 71 → Extras: Desktop Pictures XII: Northwest

If you haven’t seen the older parts of the series, they are: Yellowstone National Park 4 , Drops 5 ,Toronto 6 , Niagara Falls 7 , Monaco 8 , Montréal 9 , Bahamas 10 , Clouds 11 , Aerial 12 , Made withMacs 13 , Landscapes 14 , Northwest 15 .Placing Desktop PicturesMac OS 8.5 and Newer Go to the “Appearance” control panel. Click on the “Desktop” tab atthe top of the window. Press the “Place Picture...” button in the bottom right corner, thenselect the desired image. By default, it will show you the images in the “Desktop Pictures”subfolder of your “Appearance” folder in the System Folder, however you can select imagesfrom anywhere on your hard disk.After you select the desired image file and press “Choose,” a preview will appear in theAppearance window. The “Position Automatically” selection is usually fine. You can playwith the settings to see if you like the others better. You will see the result in the little previewscreen.If you are satisfied with the selection, click on “Set Desktop” in the lower right corner of thewindow. That’s it! Should you ever want to get rid of it, just go to the desktop settings againand press “Remove Picture.”Mac OS 8.0 and 8.1 Go to the “Desktop Patterns” control panel. Click on “Desktop Pictures”in the list on the left of the window, and follow steps similar to the ones above.Random Desktop Pictures If you drag a folder of pictures onto the miniature desktop inthe Appearance or Desktop Pictures control panel, your Mac will choose one from the folderat random when it starts up.4. http://www.atpm.com/5.03/yellowstone.shtml5. http://www.atpm.com/5.05/drops/6. http://www.atpm.com/5.07/toronto/7. http://www.atpm.com/5.08/niagara/8. http://www.atpm.com/5.09/monaco/9. http://www.atpm.com/5.10/montreal/10. http://www.atpm.com/5.11/bahamas/11. http://www.atpm.com/5.12/clouds/12. http://www.atpm.com/6.01/aerial/13. http://www.atpm.com/6.02/madewithmacs/14. http://www.atpm.com/6.03/landscapes15. http://www.atpm.com/<strong>6.04</strong>/northwest/ATPM <strong>6.04</strong> ← 70 → Extras: Desktop Pictures XII: Northwest

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