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6. Choose the maximum number of items that are dis-
played in Recent Items menus for Applications,
Documents, and Servers.
7. Click Show All to return to the main System Preferences
screen.
8. Click the Desktop & Screen Saver icon.
9. In the Desktop & Screen Saver settings window that
appears, click the Desktop button to bring Desktop set-
tings to the front (see Figure 1-3), if they aren’t shown
already.
10. Click an image folder on the left side of the settings
window and then choose a picture or swatch on the
right to use as your desktop background. Choices
include
• Apple Images: These are standard background graph-
ics supplied with OS X.
• Themed images: OS X also includes stock photos of
nature scenes, plants, and other things, which can be
used as desktop backgrounds.
• Solid Colors: Choose a color swatch to make your
desktop background a solid color.
•
Pictures Folder: Click this to use any image from
your Pictures folder, as shown in Figure 1-4.
11. Using the menu at the top of the Desktop window,
choose whether you want to tile smaller images or
stretch them to fill the whole screen.
Enable the Change Picture check box at the bottom of the screen to
automatically change the background image periodically. By using
this feature, you can turn your desktop into a slide show.
Figure 1-3: Click the Desktop button to bring desktop settings to the front.
Figure 1-4: You can use almost any picture as your desktop background.
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