Comments on: Customize the Mac OS X Login Screen

By: macbookuser

macbookuser — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:56:15 +0000

thanks! is there anyway to change the black lock screen ?(the one where you login in after screensaver)

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Change the Background Picture of Google.com - OS X Daily — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:33:51 +0000

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Elsewhere, on April 22nd - Once a nomad, always a nomad — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:55:46 +0000

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By: seriousissueslol

seriousissueslol — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:03:15 +0000

i run mac osx 10.5.8, by the way

By: seriousissueslol

seriousissueslol — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:02:24 +0000

i’m thinking that i have the same issue as Liko…my login screen is now a boring blue color instead of the image that i wanted.
i then made the (repeated mistake) or trying the non-sudo way this site gives.
ive rebooted a couple of times and still no changes.

please help!!

By: Liko

Liko — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:16:15 +0000

So i was trying to change my background in 10.6.2 and when i did it it just changed the background in the login screen to the blue picture u see in startup. can i fix it? if not would i have to pop in my osx disk? PLEASE EMAIL ME AT wyseboy@rocketmail.com PLEASEEEE

By: Personalizar la pantalla de usuario « Macintosh Mx

Personalizar la pantalla de usuario « Macintosh Mx — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:30:07 +0000

[...] si es que se le quiere dar un poco de variedad a la pantalla inicial. A esto se le puede unir el truco, en verdad complicadísimo, para cambiar también la imagen de apple en la pantalla de selección de usuario. El tip viene a través de la gente de OS X Daily e incluye [...]

By: nick

nick — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:14:14 +0000

i tried this~~ “nicholai-mitchkos-macpro31:~ nm$ sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow DesktopPicture “/Users/nm/Desktop/Mac.jpg”

2010-03-07 16:12:52.191 defaults[577:a0b] _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35

can anyone help me change it i run snow leopard 10.5.5

By: John Doe

John Doe — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:17:42 +0000

I would like to know how I could change the Mouse Position on the Login Screen, I find it a bit of a drag bringing down the mouse from the upper left corner of the screen, plus I want to know how to change the cursor speed on the Login Menu as well. Lets say for example for the new Position of where the mouse begins I want it to be at the center of the screen or have it sitting else where thats near the Login Window, to make things easier.

Thanks

By: whorider

whorider — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:44:09 +0000

Fix Permissions:

sudo chmod 644 /System/Library/CoreServices/Your_New_Wallpaper_Name

By: Bo

Bo — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:48:45 +0000

Does anyone know what the hex color code is for the background of where the logo icon is placed? It doesn’t appear that .tif images can be transparent and I would like the background to match.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:41:17 +0000

So I have this really sweet desktop background right now, and I set my login screen to be the same image b/c that’s how sweet it is. Then I thought “what if I could link them so whenever I change my desktop, it also changes my login screen?!”

The first thing that came to mind was to create a symlink/alias to the desktop image and drop it in place of the DefaultDesktop.jpg. So I found the plist file where that’s located:

defaults read com.apple.desktop
or
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist

But I can’t figure out how to access the right node of that object. It’s buried in Background.default.ImageFilePath (I come from javascript land, so I usually access nested objects with dot syntax). Does anyone know how I can retrieve that property in terminal?

Does that seem like it would work? Or am I oversimplifying a task that is way to complex to be worth the time in the first place?

By: Change the Mac Login Screen Background - OS X Daily

Change the Mac Login Screen Background - OS X Daily — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:59:13 +0000

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By: harry

harry — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:54:06 +0000

Found this one as background. Only 1440×900 for 15″.
He scares the intruders.

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/2689/defaultdesktop.jpg

By: zorro

zorro — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:01:45 +0000

Xes, viva la revolution