Nov 17, '09 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: Anonymous
killall DockWhen the Dock restarts, it will shuffle to another desktop picture.
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Manually switch to next desktop picture in shuffle mode
Nov 17, '09 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: Anonymous
I noticed that if you have your desktop picture (wallpaper) set to shuffle between a number of images, and you don't like the currently-selected picture, you can manually skip it by killing and restarting the Dock. Just type the following into Terminal:
killall DockWhen the Dock restarts, it will shuffle to another desktop picture. [robg adds:
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Manually switch to next desktop picture in shuffle mode
I've actually created an app a while back that does just this. =)
A simpler approach
There is a simpler approach that doesn't need to kill the poor Dock; using Applescript you can tell the system to change the desktop:
You can assign this script to a hotkey (using Spark, for example).The script temporarily changes the picture rotation interval to 1 sec., allows the system to change the picture and then restores the original interval.
A simpler approach
You can also make this applescript a service using Automator and the run applescript action save as a service then add a shortcut using the new keyboard shortcuts option in the keyboard prefpane. Works quite well.
Manually switch to next desktop picture in shuffle mode
robg adds: I believe a "friendlier" version of this command is killall -QUIT Dock, which tells the Dock to quit nicely"
Actually, that is completely false, Rob. Contrary to expectation, adding the When used on normal applications, such as TextEdit, iChat, etc., this provokes a crash report from the operating system like this: TextEdit quit unexpectedly.The only reason why using killall -QUIT Dock doesn't provoke a crash report is that the Dock is a special and essential application that Mac OS X is set to relaunch immediately---and silently---if it ever crashes.
However, there is a way to do what you wanted this to do, without typing a full
Manually switch to next desktop picture in shuffle mode
One thing to be aware of when restarting the Dock is that Dashboard lives in the Dock's memory space. This means every time you restart the Dock, all your Dashboard widgets are being closed down as well, and won't relaunch until you open Dashboard again. If you like your Dashboard widgets responsive and don't want to wait for them all to start up again every time you open it, I wouldn't recommend relaunching the Dock on a regular basis.
Manually switch to next desktop picture in shuffle mode
I use Change Desktop, which not only changes the desktop picture at preset intervals--with some cool optional transition effects (ripple, swipe, dissolve, etc.)--but also provides hotkeys for changing the picture at any time, hiding desktop files, and other features. |
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