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Don't change the System prefPane!
Authored by: duckie on May 11, '02 04:36:03AM

Take advantage of how MacOS X works. Duplicate the System's DesktopPictures.prefPane and move it into the "PreferencePanes" directory of your home folder's Library. If you don't have a directory called "PreferencePanes" in your Library, create one. Once you've duplicated DesktopPictures.prefPane to your Library, do whatever you like to it. Relaunch the Finder for changes to take effect.

MacOS X will always check your home folder's Library for any items before it consults /Library or /System/Library, and in the instance of duplicates, it will go with what's in your home folder. So in this case you're overriding the System's DesktopPictures.prefPane with your own -- and since it only takes effect for your account, feel free to add whatever directories you like (e.g. don't worry about making them be accessible to every user.)



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Don't change the System prefPane!
Authored by: duckie on May 11, '02 08:05:17AM
It seems I overlooked the fact that this causes the Desktop prefPane to be displayed twice in the System Preferences application, once under Personal and once again under Other. However both will display your custom collection list.

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