Long story short, I need to change my desktop background without use of the preference pane. I have tried SpaceSuit, but you have to keep the app open at all times. I have tried WallSaver, but I can't figure out how to have just an image, not a screen saver. If there are any programs like this, please help me out.
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My computer is company-owned and I cannot use the mac os x background feature at all. It needs to be a separate application, there is no other way that I know of.
boot into single user mode (CMD-S) type
you can now set up a new user with administrator rights and change the administrator password, so you can do whatever you want 
of wait, you'll get fired for doing that...
edit:
if your computer is at home you could do that then upgrade your current account to admin with it, then delete it again - wiola!
the root password will remain what you specified after deleting /var/db/.AppleSetupDone and rebooting
Code:
rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
rebootof wait, you'll get fired for doing that...
edit:
if your computer is at home you could do that then upgrade your current account to admin with it, then delete it again - wiola!
the root password will remain what you specified after deleting /var/db/.AppleSetupDone and rebooting
I believe Hyperspaces lets you use different wallpapers without going into the System Prefs, and you can use different walls with different spaces.
its a crap app, needs to run all the time, uses system prefs to change... well prefs...
boot into single user mode (CMD-S) type
you can now set up a new user with administrator rights and change the administrator password, so you can do whatever you wantCode:rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone reboot
of wait, you'll get fired for doing that...
edit:
if your computer is at home you could do that then upgrade your current account to admin with it, then delete it again - wiola!
the root password will remain what you specified after deleting /var/db/.AppleSetupDone and rebooting
I actually have the admin password, but I am supposed to use my own non-admin account. My machine is pretty heavily-modified. Not even the admin account can enable the root account. And even if it could, I'm not going to go that far to change my desktop.
I use Geektool to put images on my desktop. You can do all kinds of crazy customization that way.