[lameladijobs]

This thing is a bit of a challenge. I wanted to change via the terminal (using the defaults command) the background picture in Finder windows...
This is set in the com.apple.finder preference file:

};

Code:
    StandardViewOptions = {
        icnv = {
            BackgroundFlags = 0; 
            BackgroundPictureURL = "file://localhost/Volumes/Macintosh%20HD/YOURPICTURE.jpg"; 
            BackgroundType = PctB; 
        }; 
    };

I've done a lot of experiments but the problem is that this tag is double nested...

For example with this command,

Code:
defaults write com.apple.finder "DesktopViewOptions" '{ "ArrangeBy" = grid; "BackgroundFlags" = 0; "BackgroundPictureURL" = "file://localhost/Library/Desktop%20Pictures/Abstract%204.jpg"; "BackgroundType" = PctB; "IconSize" = 48; }'

You can overwrite a single nested tag...

[lameladijobs]

anyone?

[macspert]

dude open finder then click view then view options and at the bottom u will be able to add whatever you want.

[Photo678]

Yeah, i dont think its necessary to complicate it...do as macspert suggests

[smoke-tetsu]

For a sec I was hoping he knew how to tile the bg in the folder. =p

[crooner]

Originally Posted by smoke-tetsu

For a sec I was hoping he knew how to tile the bg in the folder. =p

You could do this in Panther buy changing the 0 to a 1 in the right background flags section of the Finder preferences, but this doesn't fully work in Tiger. It will sort of tile an image a few times, but seems to stop after one horizontal row.

I spoke with the author of TinkerTool regarding making this a future option in this excellent piece of shareware but he ultimately said it could not be done. Why Apple can’t do it and add it as a preference I just don’t get.