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How to Change Backgrounds In Dashboard and Notification Center

Shawzborne

Shawzborne

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hi shawn, dont know about notification centre background but i do know about dashboard b/g. i assume you want it to go back to before the sh***y table cloth look. well in the dock right click on dashboard icon hit preferences and uncheck "show dashboard as a space" and you will have dashboard back the way it was.
 
i have been working with the same issue since they no longer use perlli
i don't know which one to replace....
 
dbgrid.png

In mavericks you gotta look for " dbgrid.png" instead of pirelli !!!
 

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mikelavio said:
In mavericks you gotta look for " dbgrid.png" instead of pirelli !!!
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I changed mine but it's fading in and out like it's trying to force the grey background to take over. I noticed it a few times and my rMBP started to flicker. I put the original file back and all is good. Have you noticed this? Thanks
 
I tried Ncbackgrounder and Lion Designer they both will not change notification center background in Mavericks
 
zimondk said:
what is the location of the dbgrid.png file??
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system/library/coreservices/

find Dock
right click and click show package contents

go into contents folder then resources
the dbgrid.png & dbgrid@2x.png are located there

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any one experiencing the dashboard going to grey screen when you shut down and then restart? the grid isn't showing just the grey. i killall dock and its fine. i have changed both dbgrid.png files
 
TofSanity said:
system/library/coreservices/

find Dock
right click and click show package contents

go into contents folder then resources
the dbgrid.png & dbgrid@2x.png are located there

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any one experiencing the dashboard going to grey screen when you shut down and then restart? the grid isn't showing just the grey. i killall dock and its fine. i have changed both dbgrid.png files
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Thank you :)
 
Can i have some help? I did was everyone said, and I managed to change the dashboard background.... to the Mavericks wave (not what I wanted at all) :p
 
zimondk said:
Does anyone know the name of the mission control background file?
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It doesn't look like there is one. I have searched all folders and just gave up. it used to be a default desk.png or jpg i changed the one I saw but nothing happened.
 
Does anyone know the location of the Notification Center resource(s) or the Mission Control background resource(s)?

osx_mavericks_by_macgoddess-d6sekw4.png
 
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theRAMman said:
This is what is happening at the moment :p
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If I understand you correctly, you have that water background as your Dashboard background and you don't want it to be that background. To fix it:

  • Simply find another picture that you like (in png format) duplicate it. You need two of the same picture.
  • Name one dbgrid.png and name the other dbgrid@2x.png
  • Drop those into the folder: system/library/coreservices/Dock (right click and click show package contents)/contents/resources. You will have to input your password to verify.
  • Then open Terminal and type:" killall Dock " (no quotes) and return.
  • A three finger sweep up should show you your new dashboard background.

I don't think the size of the picture matters, but both the regular and @x2 for mine were 1440x990
 
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Macgoddess-tn said:
If I understand you correctly, you have that water background as your Dashboard background and you don't want it to be that background. To fix it:

  • Simply find another picture that you like (in png format) duplicate it. You need two of the same picture.
  • Name one dbgrid.png and name the other dbgrid@2x.png
  • Drop those into the folder: system/library/coreservices/Dock (right click and click show package contents)/contents/resources. You will have to input your password to verify.
  • Then open Terminal and type:" killall Dock " (no quotes) and return.
  • A three finger sweep up should show you your new dashboard background.

I don't think the size of the picture matters, but both the regular and @x2 for mine were 1440x990
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What i did originally:
Found pictures
made 2 dupes like you said and named the correctly
placed them in said folder
put killall dock into terminal

what then happened was my desktop reset to the wave, as did the background of dashboard.

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Was I supposed to remove the original grid files that where in there already?

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UPDATE

Never mind, I found out the problem, on one of the files I had put dp instead of db :p
 
Change dashboard background with an app, easy!

Hi everybody!

I have developed an app that allow you to change the background of your Mac dashboard in the easiest way! Just need to select an image and click in "Change" and it will be done!

You can download the program here:
http://easydebug.blogspot.ie/2013/11/change-dashboard-background-image-app.html

Or follow my tutorial to do it manually:
http://easydebug.blogspot.ie/2013/10/change-your-dashboard-background-on-mac.html


I hope you like it! And if you have any question please let me know! :)
 
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jesuslg123 said:
Hi everybody!

I have developed an app that allow you to change the background of your Mac dashboard in the easiest way! Just need to select an image and click in "Change" and it will be done!
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It worked flawlessly.

Thanks
 
jesuslg123 said:
Hi everybody!

I have developed an app that allow you to change the background of your Mac dashboard in the easiest way! Just need to select an image and click in "Change" and it will be done!

You can download the program here:
http://easydebug.blogspot.ie/2013/11/change-dashboard-background-image-app.html

Or follow my tutorial to do it manually:
http://easydebug.blogspot.ie/2013/10/change-your-dashboard-background-on-mac.html


I hope you like it! And if you have any question please let me know! :)
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Yes!! Thank you! This worked perfectly! :):):):):)
 
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