Applescript to change desktop image on all monitors?
I have the following code to change the desktop image of my Macbook
tell application "System Events"
tell current desktop
set picture to "/Library/Desktop Pictures/Beach.jpg"
end tell
end tell
How do change all desktops - I have a second monitor.
The previous answers look great, but I wanted to share a way I found to do this with much less code.
tell application "System Events"
tell every desktop
set picture to "path/to/picture.png"
end tell
end tell
You could even condense it to one line:
tell application "System Events" to tell every desktop to set picture to "path/to/picture.png"
Here's a little script I use to set most of the Desktop Background properties for my dual monitors:
tell application "System Events" tell desktop 1 set pictures folder to "/Library/Desktop Pictures" set picture rotation to 2 -- using interval set change interval to 1800 set random order to true end tell tell desktop 2 set pictures folder to "/Library/Desktop Pictures/Mine" set picture rotation to 2 -- using interval set change interval to 1800 set random order to true end tell end tell
I use this because MacOSX often resets my backgrounds to the default.
This might work. I only have one monitor so couldn't properly test it.
tell application "System Events"
set desktopCount to count of desktops
repeat with desktopNumber from 1 to desktopCount
tell desktop desktopNumber
set picture to "/Library/Desktop Pictures/Beach.jpg"
end tell
end repeat
end tell