Comments on: Get the Grey Linen Wallpaper Tiles Found in Mac OS X & iOS

By: Change the Notification Center Background Pattern in Mac OS X

Change the Notification Center Background Pattern in Mac OS X — Fri, 03 May 2013 05:23:43 +0000

[...] of seeing that linen wallpaper in the background of Notification Center of OS X? You can change that linen pattern to something else, giving a nice customized appearance to the Notifications panel when you’re [...]

By: Marcus S. Cross

Marcus S. Cross — Wed, 16 May 2012 06:30:18 +0000

every since i updated OSX to 10.7.4, this doesn’t work anymore! Help!

By: coffeelover

coffeelover — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:14:10 +0000

no, the background i’m talking about is not for my desktop, it’s for my finder.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:44:18 +0000

Go to System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver, and change it manually there.

By: coffeelover

coffeelover — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:31:38 +0000

Ever since I updated my osx from snow leopard to lion, i never get to put a background in my finder anymore!!! And the some that were already there before the update went from occupying the whole finding screen to being this really small picture!!! I dunno what happened. It used to work out fine Now, everytime I click “picture” under “background” from “show view options” of a particular folder, nothing seems to happen anymore!! sometimes I can’t even click it at all!!! please help!!!

By: Disable Elastic (Rubber Band) Scrolling in Mac OS X

Disable Elastic (Rubber Band) Scrolling in Mac OS X — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:19:14 +0000

[...] it kicks in as an overscrolling effect that runs out of the scrollable region revealing the linen background before snapping back into the scrollable region. Scroll up quickly with or without inertia in [...]

By: Matthias

Matthias — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:10:29 +0000

In 10.7.3, you cannot tile any picture that’s 1024×1024 or larger, i.e. 1 Megapixel.

I have no idea why they would change that because it means my background image doesn’t “work” anymore unless I change plist files.

By: dave

dave — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:48:50 +0000

Does anybody have a smaller tile version of this?

By: Phillip

Phillip — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:03:55 +0000

I just noticed this morning, while booting up my iMac, that the linen background is 3D.

You know those goofy looking pictures where, when you blur your eyes, you can see a 3D image? Well, the Mac OSX Linen tiles are that way. If you stare through the screen about eight inches, the background will come together and everything else will lift off of the screen.

By: Moritz

Moritz — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:28:36 +0000

Thanks, that worked fine until 10.7.3. Have anybody an idea for version 10.7.3. Apple changed something.

By: Change Launchpad’s Background Image Effect in Mac OS X Lion

Change Launchpad’s Background Image Effect in Mac OS X Lion — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:32:49 +0000

[...] Other than changing the actual wallpaper, you can’t change Launchpad specific wallpaper, although you can change Launchpads folder background image to something other than the linen default. [...]

By: Christopher Price

Christopher Price — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:54:59 +0000

Thank you for the clear instructions!

By: Will

Will — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:49:27 +0000

We’ve received a few questions about this so I just made a post:

http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/26/how-to-tile-desktop-background-wallpaper-in-mac-os-x-lion/

In short, you have to use a picture that is smaller than your screen resolution. These linen wallpapers work perfect for this, whereas the default images don’t. Hope that helps!

By: synchro

synchro — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:13:55 +0000

Still can’t see a setting in Desktop & Screen Saver for tiling images for the desktop. Anyone know the setting for Lion 10.7.2? Thanks.

By: Beurlen

Beurlen — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:11:46 +0000

Couldn’t find where to change between Full Screen and Tile in the Desktop & Screen Savers preference pane.