shawn girsberger
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Mac OS X

Q: Choice of desktop picture doesn't "stick"

I like to change my desktop picture every few months. I don't use the "Change Pictures" option. One photo is fine at a time.

 

I haven't been able to get my choice to "stick" after either restart, log out (then log back in), or shutdown and restart. I don't know if any of my Login Items might be interfering--it seems unlikely, and I haven't been able to verify that.

 

My Login Items include Android File Transfer Agent (hidden), join.me Launcher (hidden), TotalFinder (hidden), AdobeResourceSynchronizer, and EpsonLowInkReminderAgent (hidden).

 

Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), 1.7 GHz Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM

Posted on Aug 28, 2016 8:08 AM

by Eric Root,Solvedanswer
Eric Root Eric Root
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A:

Might be a corrupt .plist.

 

Do a backup, preferably 2 backups on 2 separate drives.

 

Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J.  When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder.  Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist and com.apple.desktop.plist.  Move the .plists to your desktop.

Re-launch Finder by restarting the computer and test. If it works okay, delete the plists from the desktop.

If the same, return the .plists to where you got it  from, overwriting the newer one.

 

Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.

Posted on Aug 28, 2016 8:48 AM

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  • by Eric Root,Solvedanswer

    Eric Root Eric Root Aug 28, 2016 8:48 AM in response to shawn girsberger
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    Aug 28, 2016 8:48 AM in response to shawn girsberger

    Might be a corrupt .plist.

     

    Do a backup, preferably 2 backups on 2 separate drives.

     

    Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J.  When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder.  Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist and com.apple.desktop.plist.  Move the .plists to your desktop.

    Re-launch Finder by restarting the computer and test. If it works okay, delete the plists from the desktop.

    If the same, return the .plists to where you got it  from, overwriting the newer one.

     

    Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.

  • by shawn girsberger,

    shawn girsberger shawn girsberger Aug 28, 2016 9:02 AM in response to Eric Root
    Level 1 (9 points)
    Mac OS X
    Aug 28, 2016 9:02 AM in response to Eric Root

    Logical choice. Should have thought of this myself! Thanks so much.

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Aug 28, 2016 9:14 AM in response to shawn girsberger
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    Aug 28, 2016 9:14 AM in response to shawn girsberger

    You are welcome.