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| − | == Multi Monitor Wallpaper Troubleshooting ==
| + | This Page Has Moved [https://blog.hobbyistsoftware.com/multi-monitor-wallpaper-troubleshooting to here] |
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| − | the most common problems are the following:
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| − | # Wallpaper won't set for a screen
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| − | # Wallpaper is lost on reboot
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| − | The bad news is that both of these relate to bugs in Mac OS itself.
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| − | The good news is that there is generally a workaround
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| − | === Background ===
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| − | Setting the wallpaper is actually a [https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsworkspace/1527228-setdesktopimageurl very simple command] in Mac OS. Essentially - I say 'set this image for screen N'
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| − | Once that is done - Multi Monitor Wallpaper has no part in 'keeping the wallpaper active', so when the wallpaper is 'lost' - that means that the operating system failed to properly save and restore the configuration.
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| − | Similarly - there really isn't any way that Multi Monitor Wallpaper can set the image wrongly. This means that if some screen doesn't get set - It is simply that Multi Monitor Wallpaper is asking the operating system to set a wallpaper, and the operating system is failing to do so.
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| − | I have seen both of these issues from time to time on my own Mac, and I have submitted formal bug reports to Apple. Unfortunately these are intermittent bugs, and those are really hard for Apple to pin down and fix.
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| − | === Workaround ===
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| − | There is a workaround which seems to work in almost all cases.
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| − | You can do this on all screens, or just the screens that are 'playing up'
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| − | 1) right click on the desktop and select 'change desktop background'
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| − | 2) pick one of the standard Apple photos provided
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| − | 3) (this step may not be needed) Log out, reboot
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| − | 4) Log back in and set your wallpaper with Multi Monitor Wallpaper
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| − | My guess here is that somehow, the system configuration for wallpapers gets messed up - and using the Apple system to set the wallpaper resets it. This is just guesswork though.
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| − | === Notes ===
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| − | From version 2.0, Multi Monitor Wallpaper always moves the wallpaper it applies to the main drive where the application data is stored.
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| − | This should fix a possible potential problem if the wallpaper was stored in a secondary drive which might not be available at the time the system restores the wallpaper
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| − | From version 2.0, by default Multi Monitor Wallpaper sets the wallpaper whenever you change spaces. This is the best workaround to make your wallpaper apply to all your spaces.
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