Set Scaled OS X Desktop Wallpaper via Automator
I regularly enjoy the pictures Romain Guy posts on his blog. Often they make for great desktop backgrounds, but at a whopping 20 megapixels they are just a little too big for my iMac's 1920x1200 screen.
When today I came across his most recent picture called False Kiva I went through my usual list of steps:
These are the steps in textual form:
When today I came across his most recent picture called False Kiva I went through my usual list of steps:
- Go to the "original size" version of the picture on Flickr
- Drag it to the desktop
- Open the file with a double click
- Scale it to 1920x1200 in Preview.app
- Save it to the Pictures folder
- Set it as the wallpaper
These are the steps in textual form:
- Service receives selected image files in Finder.app
- Copy Finder Items To Pictures
- Add Text to Finder Item Names; Add Text_1920x1200 after name
- Scale Images To Size (pixels) 1920
- Set the Desktop Picture
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