https://github.com/dmerrick/set-desktop

Sets the desktop image on OS X.
https://github.com/dmerrick/set-desktop

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Sets the desktop image on OS X.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/dmerrick/set-desktop
• Owner: dmerrick
• Created: 2009-06-10T22:03:56.000Z (over 15 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2009-06-11T16:12:00.000Z (over 15 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-31T20:04:04.351Z (4 months ago)
• Language: Ruby
• Homepage: http://tinyurl.com/setdesktop
• Size: 105 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.rdoc

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This program is used to set the background on a computer running OS X.

The tricky thing is that it saves the desired image inside the script itself.

This is useful for pranking your friends who leave their computers unprotected

insofar as you could run something like:

    curl -L http://tinyurl.com/setdesktop | ruby

To quickly set the background to whatever you'd like to make them look at. (The -L flag is needed when using an alias like tinyurl.)

=== Changing the saved image

To change the image stored in this file, simply run this script on your 

computer with the filename as an argument. It can even be a URL!

For instance:

    set_desktop.rb ~/Downloads/funny.png

    set_desktop.rb http://farm1.static.flickr.com/4/6532650_7c255cbbd8_o_d.jpg

=== Using a screenshot

To quickly recreate an old computer prank, you can choose to use a screenshot

instead of a stored image. Once you do, you can hide all of their windows

and watch them try to figure out why nothing is reponding to their clicks.

To do this, use the #create_image_from_screenshot method.

=== Changing the login image

To be even more devious, you can use this program to change the image on the

OS X login screen. They won't notice til they reboot, and most people don't

know how to change it back!

To do this, use the #set_login_image! method.

Author:: Dana Merrick (mailto:[email protected])

Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009 Dana Merrick

License:: Released under the MIT license