Geek Posted November 20, 2011 Posted November 20, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/show-location-of-wallpaper.jpg" alt="Show current wallpaper location on the Mac OS X desktop" title="show-location-of-wallpaper" width="620" height="203" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24023" /></p> <p>Ever set a desktop background picture and have no idea where the original wallpaper image is stored? Or maybe you’ve wondered where that default background image is stored so you can share it with your iOS device? Me too, and using a <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/defaults-write/">defaults write</a> debug command, you can display the full path to the currently active desktop image, directly on the wallpaper itself.</p> <ul> <li>Launch Terminal in /Applications/Utilities/</li> <li>Type the following defaults write command:</li> </ul> <p><code style="font-size:95%;">defaults write com.apple.dock desktop-picture-show-debug-text -bool TRUE;killall Dock</code></p> <ul> <li>Go to the desktop to see the path</li> </ul> <p>After you’ve retrieved the desktop picture (use Command+Shift+G to bring up the Go To Folder window), you can hide the path text by using the following command: <code style="font-size:95%;">defaults delete com.apple.dock desktop-picture-show-debug-text;killall Dock</code></p> <p>Both of these commands automatically kill/refresh the Dock as well. If you’re not fond of the command line, you can find the path information in a <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/16/access-debug-options-in-desktop-system-preferences/">hidden debug mode for Desktop System Preferences</a> too.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WufJuXImUpuqSperFsDoSxPuh1k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WufJuXImUpuqSperFsDoSxPuh1k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WufJuXImUpuqSperFsDoSxPuh1k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WufJuXImUpuqSperFsDoSxPuh1k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=wh8o3uZJpno:Xrb-vNC24Os:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=wh8o3uZJpno:Xrb-vNC24Os:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=wh8o3uZJpno:Xrb-vNC24Os:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=wh8o3uZJpno:Xrb-vNC24Os:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=wh8o3uZJpno:Xrb-vNC24Os:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=wh8o3uZJpno:Xrb-vNC24Os:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=wh8o3uZJpno:Xrb-vNC24Os: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/wh8o3uZJpno" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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