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Creating multiple desktop picture collections (revisited)
Authored by: Ganymede on Aug 05, '04 11:55:19PM

AlexTaylor,

What editor did you use on this file? The .plist file is in xml format, and the text you show is a reformat of standard xml. If you use the Apple's Property List Editor (in the Developer's tools, under Applications-> Utilities), you will get a graphical, expandable-&-collapsable rendering of each of the elements; click the "DUMP" button at top right of the window, and you'll see the XML code unadorned in the lower pane.

If you open the .plist in BBEdit, you'll see just the XML code as well. I imagine that whatever application you opened the file in, it undoubtedly offers the option (somewhere) to view the XML without reformating.

That said, I am curious about your statement, "Making any changes causes most options to disappear" - what options are you talking about? AFAICT, the only option available is the showScalingPopUp, and only on the userPictures and subsequently selected folders.

To Fuzzle: I beg your pardon? Are you able to drag and drop any pictures folders onto the prefpane list? Please share your method; the lack of that ability makes me relegate "Desktop Pictures" to the never-use category. I use SwitchPic by Joe Howard instead (homepage.mac.com/maceuph/apps/SwitchPic). He hasn't updated it in quite a while, and it could use some fresh paint, but it is still leaps ahead of Apple's fare.

Ganymede



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Creating multiple desktop picture collections (revisited)
Authored by: Fuzzle on Aug 08, '04 09:49:10PM

When you say prefpane list do you mean the list of folders on the left hand side of the Desktop preference pane? That is followed by your pictures and albums from iPhoto? Because if that's the case, I most certainly can drag and drop folders there.

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