Use an AppleScript to force a desktop picture change
Jun 11, '08 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: musselrock
Jun 11, '08 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: musselrock
I have my desktop images set to change every 30 minutes in random order. Sometimes the desktop will display an image that displayed earlier in the day, and I wanted a way to 'advance' the image easily. The following AppleScript will cause the desktop image to change, in whatever order you have set, each time it is run:
[robg adds: This works as described, and is also useful if you just don't happen to like whatever image was randomly chosen. Save the script as an application and drop it somewhere easy to access for a one-click solution. In my case, I put it into a Butler AppleScript action, and assigned it a keyboard shortcut for a no-click solution. I had to change the script somewhat to make it work in Butler, and my image actually toggles twice -- I basically had to remove all the theSwitch references and loops, leaving just two tell application loops.]
property theSwitch : 0
if theSwitch = 0 then
tell application "System Events"
tell current desktop
set change interval to 1801.0
end tell
end tell
set theSwitch to 1
else
tell application "System Events"
tell current desktop
set change interval to 1800.0
end tell
end tell
set theSwitch to 0
end if[robg adds: This works as described, and is also useful if you just don't happen to like whatever image was randomly chosen. Save the script as an application and drop it somewhere easy to access for a one-click solution. In my case, I put it into a Butler AppleScript action, and assigned it a keyboard shortcut for a no-click solution. I had to change the script somewhat to make it work in Butler, and my image actually toggles twice -- I basically had to remove all the theSwitch references and loops, leaving just two tell application loops.]
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