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Is there a way to restrict users to change desktop background (including by right clicking on an image on safari/firefox)?

Is there a way to restrict users to change desktop background (including by right clicking on an image on safari/firefox)? Are there any software which can do this?

FYI - spoke to Apple senior OS support engineer, He said there is no way.

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Apr 9, 2012 8:02 AM

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Posted on Apr 9, 2012 10:28 AM

Not sure on 10.7.x, but I suspect it's the same as what worked in the past, that is Locking the folder that holds the Desktop pics, & or locking/changing permissions on...


/Users/TheirUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist


/Users/TheirUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist

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Is there a way to restrict users to change desktop background (including by right clicking on an image on safari/firefox)?

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