Ok so i'm cutting and pasting, but i still couldn't solve this problem on my brand new G4 as a PC user who's had it for 3 days:
I have gone in system preferences, selected desktops, tried my hardest by clicking and dragging a different colored background to that square, which works, but nothing then happens or changes (why is there no "apply" button?) and i just have to close the desktop window---
even Ed's advice here did not work, I've been trying this but nothing changed. I've just been trying it with the images that the computer already had:
Vic, to change the wallpaper go to System Preferences, either in the dock or under the apple menu, Choose desktop from the personal line, then select choose folder from the collection menu and then select the picture from the line of images,/i>
Yaaaargh! Even MORE frustrating is that I cannot even OPEN pictures I've tried saving off the web. I select a picture, go to "save as," and save it as a jpg in the "pictures" folder - so far so good, right? then when i go to open this picture (lets say its called 11), by opening the pictures folder and double-clicking on the icon, it says "the file 11.jpg could not be opened." no matter what i do, no pics open. what am i doing wrong? what is supposed to be used to open them?
i want to cry! heh :( waah this is a G4 something-somethin, if its supposed to be so good, i wish i was smarter to use it!
― Vic (Vic), Sunday, 22 December 2002 13:55 (twenty-three years ago)
isnt my lack of HTML skillz indicative of my lack of computer skillz - such an apt illustration, b4 U
― Vic (Vic), Sunday, 22 December 2002 14:29 (twenty-three years ago)
Drag the file onto Preview, or iPhoto. If you open it in iPhoto, there's an option somewhere to directly make it the desktop picture.
What happens if you select the file, choose File>Get Info, and then choose Preview in the popup menu?
― Graham (graham), Sunday, 22 December 2002 14:40 (twenty-three years ago)
I'm at my G4 right now - are you using OS X? Do you have instant messenging -- I might be able to help you here
though if yr Mac is from '86 well that's the problem right there ;)
― J0hn Darn13ll3 (J0hn Darn13ll3), Sunday, 22 December 2002 14:44 (twenty-three years ago)
yes i have instant messaging and os x (bot not os x.2 or whatever) - iodine999. and preview was not working for me. L ( it's weird, i must be doing something wrong with it.
oh, it was 111, in reality. 11 was just hyporthetical. draw ur own conclusions!
― Vic (Vic), Sunday, 22 December 2002 15:39 (twenty-three years ago)