Change the desktop picture on the second monitor

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#1

Hello,

could someone tell how to change the desktop picture of the second monitor from within an apple script?

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks for your help!

Regards

Stefan

#2

I think you would have to UI script it in window 2 of the desktop preferences pane. I have two monitors, but have never tried it - will look into it.

#3

Thank you for your help.

I found another way that works for me but, this is also very nice.

Greets

Ty

#4

Ahem…

Btw your script does not work for me.
It produces no error, but also doesn’t change the background…

Strange… :confused:

This is my script:


set bgImg to POSIX path of (choose file default location alias "MacSystem:Library:Desktop Pictures:") as text
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.desktop Background '{69670400 = {\"ImageFilePath\" = \"" & bgImg & "\";};}'"
tell application "System Preferences"
	activate
	set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.desktopscreeneffect"
	quit
end tell

Note: I want both displays to have the same background so this works fine for me. :slight_smile: