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Authored by: sveiki on Wed, Jun 11 2008 at 9:18AM PDT

What I really want to do (but don't have the time at the mo' to code) is to find a way to do desktop background changing but where I specify a folder and potential images are taken from that folder and from subfolders. I've tried doing this with a smart folder, and it doesn't seem to work.

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Authored by: musselrock on Wed, Jun 11 2008 at 10:27AM PDT

You might find your answer here:

http://www.apple.com/applescript/features/system-prefs.html

A script demonstrating how to set the desktop to display a folder of images in random sequence