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10.5: Change login panel background
Here my upadated Applescript version to do just that.
Thanks so much to stormen for the "hard work"... ;) http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070610164328933 It's for 10.5 only (as there is no default "DesktopPicture" key in apple.com.loginwindow file in Leopard). [code] (* ---------------------------------------- Created by Stormen (Stormen81 AT gmail DOT com) on June 14, 2007 Modified by morespace on November 15, 2007 (for Mac OS 10.5) ---------------------------------------- *) -- Get current loged in user tell application "System Events" to set c_user to name of current user -- Restore default pic or choose a new one set my_result to display dialog ¬ ¬ "Would you like to change the Login Background or restore the default one" with icon 1 buttons {"Restore", "Change"} default button 2 if button returned of my_result is "Restore" then set chosen_pic to true set my_choice to "Restore" else set chosen_pic to choose file with prompt "Please select a Background Image for the Login Window:" without invisibles -- set the image path set image_path to quoted form of (POSIX path of (chosen_pic as alias)) set ThePic to image_path set my_choice to "Change" end if -- set the shell script for the user if my_choice is "Restore" then set myScript_s to " sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow \\DesktopPicture" else set myScript_s to "sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow \\DesktopPicture " & ThePic end if -- user must enter the root password for the shell set inpwd to display dialog "Enter Root password " default answer "" with icon 2 with hidden answer if inpwd is not false then -- set the user password set pwd to text returned of inpwd -- run the shell command do shell script myScript_s password pwd with administrator privileges --end if end if --Log Out prompt set my_result to display dialog "Done!" & return & "Would you like to Log Out immediately?" with icon 2 buttons {"Cancel", "Log Out"} default button 2 if button returned of my_result is "Log Out" then tell application "System Events" keystroke "q" using command down & shift down & option down -- Log Out end tell end if [/code] There must be a zillion ways to make this more compact or more elegant but it works for me. |
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