Q: my desktop picture changed automatically this morning when I turned on my computer. I'm not on a network and nobody should have ac ... my desktop picture changed automatically this morning when I turned on my computer. I'm not on a network and nobody should have access to my computer settings besides myself. Should I be concerned? Why did the picture change on its own? more
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Sep 14, 2016 4:58 PM in response to samawhamaby dialabrain,Check the settings… System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver. Make sure "Change Picture" is unchecked.
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Sep 14, 2016 6:12 PM in response to dialabrainby samawhama,Thanks for answering. Change picture is and was unchecked. Any other ideas about why my picture changed on its own? Should I be concerned that someone is accessing my computer remotely?
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Sep 14, 2016 6:16 PM in response to samawhamaby dialabrain,I would try toggling it on then off. As far as why it changed I don't know. You could try creating a new user and see if it does the same thing although you would have to wait awhile on the user.
I doubt anyone would want to control a computer just to change the wallpaper.
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Sep 14, 2016 7:08 PM in response to dialabrainby samawhama,Of course nobody would change the wallpaper for its own sake. I was just thinking perhaps someone was testing out their remote connection to my computer by doing something innocuous first. I don't know the mo of hackers and how they operate, so am just speculating. Or procrastinating...it's such a fine line.
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Sep 14, 2016 7:16 PM in response to samawhamaby dialabrain,I know. I was just attempting to inject some humor. At any rate, if it was a hacker which has about a .00000001% chance, they would have to be a very poor one to leave an obvious sign like changing the wallpaper without changing it back.
What I can say is see if it happens again. It could be a corrupted plist file but no one seems to know which one it would be in El Capitan. OSX is very complicated and sometimes just restarting can straighten out a problem.
If it happens again, post back.
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Sep 15, 2016 11:09 AM in response to dialabrainby mariefromnewengland,My desktop picture changed "by itself" a while back. I discovered I had changed the name of my photos file to "my photos". When I changed the file name back, and selected my desk top picture, all has been well.