Geek Posted October 26, 2011 Posted October 26, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/tile-image-mac-os-x-lion.jpg" alt="Tile a background image for wallpaper in Mac OS X Lion" title="tile-image-mac-os-x-lion" width="620" height="234" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22966" /></p> <p>Mac OS X Lion changed the way desktop background pictures are handled. In short, if the image is fit to or larger than your Macs screen resolution, it won’t tile. Likewise, the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/13/14-new-wallpapers-mac-os-x-lion-dp3/">default OS X Lion wallpapers</a> don’t have the option to tile or change how they are orientated on your display. </p> <p><img alt="Linen wallpaper tile from OS X Lion and iOS 5" src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/NSLinenBackgroundPattern.png" title="Linen wallpaper tile from OS X Lion and iOS 5" class="alignright" width="256" height="256" /> The easiest solution to this is simple: you have to use a background image that will tile, meaning it is smaller than your screens resolution. </p> <p>For the purpose of this walkthrough, we’ll use the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/15/os-x-lion-ios-5-grey-linen-tile-wallpaper/">linen wallpaper tile from OS X Lion and iOS 5</a>:</p> <ul> <li>Have the wallpaper tile somewhere easy to find, like the OS X Lion desktop</li> <li>Open “System Preferences” from the Apple menu</li> <li>Click on “Desktop & Screen Saver”</li> <li>Drag the wallpaper image you want to tile into the picture window</li> <li>When the pull-down menu becomes visible, select “Tile” from the list</li> </ul> <p>If you don’t select “Tile” manually, the default will usually be “Stretch” which looks terrible for most images that are meant to be tiled. </p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/set-tile-os-x-lion-background-picture.jpg" alt="set a background image to tile in Mac OS X Lion" title="set-tile-os-x-lion-background-picture" width="419" height="250" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22965" /></p> <p>Why was this behavior changed in <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">Mac OS X Lion</a>? Who knows, but we’ve received several <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/15/os-x-lion-ios-5-grey-linen-tile-wallpaper/#comment-262191">questions about this</a> and a few emails which indicates there’s a fair amount of confusion on how this background pictures are handled in 10.7.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RglvmoRrG3BVaOc7fpjdojtE4sM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RglvmoRrG3BVaOc7fpjdojtE4sM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RglvmoRrG3BVaOc7fpjdojtE4sM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RglvmoRrG3BVaOc7fpjdojtE4sM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=kRGjNK8nqf4:QEcYa8QLYDA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=kRGjNK8nqf4:QEcYa8QLYDA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=kRGjNK8nqf4:QEcYa8QLYDA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=kRGjNK8nqf4:QEcYa8QLYDA:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=kRGjNK8nqf4:QEcYa8QLYDA:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=kRGjNK8nqf4:QEcYa8QLYDA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=kRGjNK8nqf4:QEcYa8QLYDA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/kRGjNK8nqf4" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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