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Finder background picture in El Capitan

I've just upgraded to El Capitan and I don't see a way to put in a background picture on my Finder window. When I go to View>Show View Options that function is greyed out. I always had a background image on that window in other OS X configurations. Any advice?

PowerBook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Oct 4, 2015 2:11 PM

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Oct 4, 2015 2:25 PM in response to Happy Traum

Or do you mean your Desktop background?

 (Apple menu) > System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver.

Choose Photos.

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Oct 4, 2015 2:33 PM in response to Happy Traum

Happy Traum

a background picture on my Finder window

edit- sawry miss read the question

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Oct 4, 2015 2:31 PM in response to Happy Traum

You have to be in Icon View and have Arrangement set to None

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Oct 4, 2015 3:00 PM in response to Happy Traum

Ah! It was Arrangement>None that did it. I hadn't thought to look there. Thanks a lot!

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