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TaliesinSoft

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Dec 29, 2009, 2:55:21 PM12/29/09
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I'm using Visage to set the background of the login screen. Visage has a
setting which allows one to revert from one of their custom backgrounds to
that of the Apple default login screen background. Somehow I did something
which resulted in the Apple default login screen being a blue pattern
background and not the "Aurora" (the space theme) which is the usual default
for Snow Leopard. So, my question is "what do I do to set the Apple default
background to the "normal" default?

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Tom Stiller

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Dec 31, 2009, 5:21:20 PM12/31/09
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In article <0001HW.C75FBAC9...@News.Individual.NET>,
TaliesinSoft <talies...@me.com> wrote:

> I'm using Visage to set the background of the login screen. Visage has a
> setting which allows one to revert from one of their custom backgrounds to
> that of the Apple default login screen background. Somehow I did something
> which resulted in the Apple default login screen being a blue pattern
> background and not the "Aurora" (the space theme) which is the usual default
> for Snow Leopard. So, my question is "what do I do to set the Apple default
> background to the "normal" default?

Look for /Library/Desktop Pictures/Nature/Aurora.jpg.

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TaliesinSoft

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Jan 1, 2010, 8:23:29 PM1/1/10
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On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:21:20 -0600, Tom Stiller wrote (in article
<tom_stiller-3350...@news.individual.net>):

> In article <0001HW.C75FBAC9...@News.Individual.NET>,
> TaliesinSoft <talies...@me.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm using Visage to set the background of the login screen. Visage has a
>> setting which allows one to revert from one of their custom backgrounds
>> to that of the Apple default login screen background. Somehow I did
>> something which resulted in the Apple default login screen being a blue
>> pattern background and not the "Aurora" (the space theme) which is the
>> usual default for Snow Leopard. So, my question is "what do I do to set
>> the Apple default background to the "normal" default?
>
> Look for /Library/Desktop Pictures/Nature/Aurora.jpg.

Perhaps my opening posting which produced the above responsewasn't phrased
well.

I'm using an add-on system preference "Visage" which allows one to select a
login screen that differs from the default which comes with Snow Leopard. The
Visage control panel allows one to import pictures which can then be selected
within that control panel to be used as the login background. One of the
options is "Apple Default". The remaining options are the pictures one has
imported into Visage as alternative login screens. What I am trying to deal
with is that when I select Apple Default I don't get the Aurora picture but
Aqua Bllue.

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RGM

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Jan 2, 2010, 1:53:31 AM1/2/10
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> James Leo Ryan --- Austin, Texas --- taliesins...@me.com

If you need to change login Background
Go to HDD/System/Library/coreservices/DefaultDesktop.jpg
(change the DefaultDesktop.jpg image with yours note the file Name
should change it should be same "DefaultDesktop.jpg")

Regards,
Rahul Mehta
http://rahulgmehta.blogspot.com/

Jolly Roger

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Jan 2, 2010, 11:13:52 AM1/2/10
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In article <0001HW.C763FC31...@News.Individual.NET>,
TaliesinSoft <talies...@me.com> wrote:

Does it really matter, when you can easily select the right one manually?

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Fred McKenzie

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Jan 2, 2010, 12:39:35 PM1/2/10
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<c14a3122-f96a-4000...@r5g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,
RGM <rahulgm...@gmail.com> wrote:

> If you need to change login Background
> Go to HDD/System/Library/coreservices/DefaultDesktop.jpg
> (change the DefaultDesktop.jpg image with yours note the file Name
> should change it should be same "DefaultDesktop.jpg")

How? I received a message that "Core Services cannot be modified".

Fred

Joseph Mostarda

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Jan 6, 2010, 11:26:58 PM1/6/10
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You cannot drag and drop files into CoreServices. You must physically
delete a file, type in an administrator's password and then replace the
file.

RGM

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Jan 7, 2010, 5:24:48 AM1/7/10
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On Jan 2, 10:39 pm, Fred McKenzie <fm...@aol.com> wrote:
> In article
> <c14a3122-f96a-4000-a7d3-7894cd0d3...@r5g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,

>
>  RGM <rahulgmehta1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > If you need to change login Background
> > Go to HDD/System/Library/coreservices/DefaultDesktop.jpg
> > (change the DefaultDesktop.jpg image with yours note the file Name
> > should change it should be same "DefaultDesktop.jpg")
>
> How?  I received a message that "Core Services cannot be modified".
>
> Fred

you should have a admin account

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