[muglo] Re: Desktop Pictures ++

I use this handy utility called "Morphile"
 <http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Archive/dev/morphile-152.hqx>
to change file types. It works pretty good....

Later,
Chris 
> From: malbinger <max@xxxxxx>
> Reply-To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 07:41:33 -0500
> To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [muglo] Re: Desktop Pictures ++
> 
> 
>> 
> 
> Wouldn't you know it. Just after reading this little bit on the desktop
> picture
> mine does the same on the 7200 running OS 8.6. Like you Paul I have a couple
> of
> picture that will work and most won't!!  The only change that was made to the
> computer was that my son updated Quicktime to version 5.
> 
> Here' is a work around I've found seems to work. Convert the picture you want
> into
> PICT format (that'
> s the Apple preferred picture format. I think I used MacLink Plus to do it. My
> picture is now working. I tried deleting preference files both "Appearance"
> and
> "Destop Pictures" , installed a clean copy of the control panel etc but it did
> not
> seem to work. The abovce did. Gicve it a try. If you don't have ML+ try
> Graphic
> Converter most any version should so the job.
> 
> 
>> 
>>>> 
>>> This is a follow on from my earlier message concerning the "Background
>>> Picture" - when I do a search for it using Retrieve It! it finds two copies
>>> of the file - the one on the HD and the other in the Downloads folder which
>>> when 'opened' has nothing in it!!!!  So maybe it is due to a virus??  If so,
>>> how does one get rid of it??  Actually the picture of clouds in a blue sky
>>> is not unpleasant!!!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Paul
>>> 
> 
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