Comments on: OS X Quick Tip: Make your Screen Saver your Wallpaper

By: Noah

Noah — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:34:28 +0000

Small correction. Put a backslash before the ampersand like so:

$ echo /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background \& > saverBack

Noah — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:32:00 +0000

You can set this to work on startup by doing the following:

from the terminal:

$ echo /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background & > saverBack

$ chmod +x saverBack

$ ./saverBack

To run this in the background on every startup just add it to your Login Items in the Accounts preference in System Preferences.

phil — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:49:13 +0000

neat! pity you have to let the terminal window open, though.