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RyanMacm

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Feb 15, 2012
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You know how when you close your lid then open it so you're at the log-in screen or walk away from the laptop for a while then it goes to sleep. Then, it goes into the log in screen. It's grey/dark grey but I've seen people's log in screen with a picture there instead of the default dark grey/grey screen, how do I do that? Let me know if I'm not doing a great job at explaining this.
 
I haven't tested this on Lion:

To replace login screen background:
  1. Enter the following commands in Terminal, pressing Enter after each:
    • cd /System/Library/CoreServices
    • sudo mv DefaultDesktop.jpg DefaultDesktop_Old.jpg (enter password when prompted)
  2. Quit Terminal
  3. Rename desired image to DefaultDesktop.jpg
  4. In Finder, drag and drop the image into /System/Library/CoreServices
  5. When asked, click Authenticate and enter user name and password for your Admin-level account.
  6. Restart
 
Unfortunately GGJ that doesn't work on Lion. Slightly different procedure:

To change the background of Mission Control, you'll want to replace /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/defaultdesktop.png. You'll need to logout or execute killall Dock in the Terminal in order for this change to take effect.

To change the background of the login window and full-screen apps that have a linen background, you'll want to replace /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/Resources/NSTexturedFullScreenBackgroundColor.png.

You may have to re-apply these changes again after installing OS X updates . Note that it changes more than just the login screen, so select the wallpaper accordingly.
 
Unfortunately GGJ that doesn't work on Lion. Slightly different procedure:
I suspected things might have changed with Lion, so thank you for taking the time to dig out that info! I've bookmarked your post for future reference.
 
Unfortunately GGJ that doesn't work on Lion. Slightly different procedure:

To change the background of Mission Control, you'll want to replace /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/defaultdesktop.png. You'll need to logout or execute killall Dock in the Terminal in order for this change to take effect.

To change the background of the login window and full-screen apps that have a linen background, you'll want to replace /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/Resources/NSTexturedFullScreenBackgroundColor.png.

You may have to re-apply these changes again after installing OS X updates . Note that it changes more than just the login screen, so select the wallpaper accordingly.

Ccrew is there a terminal execute for login window? i have tried your procedure with no luck
 
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