Comments on: Set Mac OS X Desktop Background Wallpaper from any Image in Safari

By: Locate the Wallpaper File When Set as Desktop Picture from Safari

Locate the Wallpaper File When Set as Desktop Picture from Safari — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:58:11 +0000

[...] you ever set a desktop wallpaper from Safari, only to wish you had saved the file directly so you could access it later or do something else [...]

By: iCloud Beta Wallpaper

iCloud Beta Wallpaper — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:11:01 +0000

[...] put a similar shadow on it with Photoshop. The result is this 2000×1080 PNG file, ready to be set as your desktop [...]

By: David

David — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:12:24 +0000

Agreed, I remember doing this with Internet Explorer 3!

By: NicholasA

NicholasA — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:12:31 +0000

Are you kidding me? This is news? This should’ve been a feature ten years ago

By: APo

APo — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:29:28 +0000

Well it is assumed as new since it’s posted here…

By: Alberto

Alberto — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:07:27 +0000

Nobody has told it was new to Lion

By: xf

xf — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 06:24:43 +0000

I don’t see it in Chrome but it is definitely in Firefox. Maybe you need to upgrade.

By: Swaroop M S

Swaroop M S — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 05:31:32 +0000

This is a very useful feature which makes it easy for us to set desktop backgrounds. It is also available in Firefox 4 and the menu names it as “Set As Desktop Background…”

By: Trench

Trench — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 05:18:01 +0000

Works in Firefox and Chrome too. Didn’t test in Opera.

By: Will

Will — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:43:52 +0000

Correct, this is a general Mac OS X & Safari feature

By: hawk

hawk — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:55:54 +0000

this is not new to Lion

By: How to Change the Desktop Background Picture in Mac OS X

How to Change the Desktop Background Picture in Mac OS X — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:49:21 +0000

[...] image on the web and you are using the Safari browser, you can just right-click on that picture to “Use as Desktop Picture” – this is the easiest for pictures on the [...]