make iCal the desktop?

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make iCal the desktop?

I'd like to be able to make the monthly view of iCal be my desktop. I think the only way I could do this currently would be to take a screenshot of it and then use System Preferences>Desktop & Screen Saver and add the image there.

Ideally, it would be nice to have the desktop calendar automatically change the month, automatically change any events that are changed in iCal. There's no way to do that currently, is there?

iMac 24", Mac OS X (10.6.7), 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo; 1 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Posted on Mar 27, 2011 3:26 PM

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Answer 1

Ferd II

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Mar 27, 2011 5:41 PM in response to Christopher Philippo

Christopher,

There's no way to do that currently, is there?

Correct, and I hesitate to say no way, but not that I know of. Your method is the only workaround available.

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Answer 2

Asatoran

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Mar 28, 2011 1:09 PM in response to Christopher Philippo

The closest I have been able to come to having iCal as my "desktop wallpaper" was to have iCal displayed on a second monitor. I have a 7" [Mimo USB monitor|http://www.mimomonitors.com> with iCal displayed full screen on it all the time It's not really a "wallpaper", but it's also not blocked by any application.

The biggest negative is if you use Spaces. iCal is just an app on one of the virtual desktops in Spaces. So when you switch spaces, iCal moves just like any other app. I haven't found any way to keep iCal pinned to every space.

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