Yup. The donkey photo showed up on another desktop today, and scrolled just like every other photo. Meanwhile, whatever photo shows up on desktop #5 — and only desktop #5 — shows the "stationary scroll" behavior. I'm truly flummoxed.
> On Jul 28, 2018, at 8:44 PM, Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote: > > Funny you should say that. I watched the desktop auto update when I scrolled > into it earlier today, and the behavior seems to be particular to that > desktop, not the photo that is showing on it. Any photo on that desktop > behaves this way. I went looking at the Mission Control panel to see if there > was some sort of per desktop setting, but if there is, it isn’t there, it’s > somewhere else. > > On Jul 28, 2018, at 5:26 PM, Robert Zusman <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Have you tried changing the photo on that desktop, and seeing if it behaves >> the same way? >> -RZ >> >>> On Jul 28, 2018, at 3:53 PM, Macs R We <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> I have an interesting small mystery. >>> >>> I have my desktop background set to rotate through a folder of photos that >>> I have published on our family calendar. I also have my Mac set up with >>> multiple desktops, with each desktop devoted to a certain class of task >>> (mail, RSS reader, accounting tools, Windows, etc.) >>> >>> Under this arrangement, MacOS throws up a different desktop photo on each >>> desktop, rotating them according to schedule (though often not performing >>> the rotation until that desktop is selected as live, which is a tiny bit >>> less than deluxe, but not the issue here). >>> >>> I have noticed that some desktop photos are more equal than others. >>> >>> For instance, check out this movie of me scrolling through three desktops >>> <http://macsrwe.com/misc/static-desktop.mov>. You will notice that for most >>> desktops, the photo and desktop contents scroll together like a static >>> image. But for one desktop (the one with the large donkey head), the >>> photo's position stays fixed on the screen while the desktop contents, menu >>> bar, and neighbor desktop windows scroll across it. >>> >>> I figured there was something special about that one — like perhaps it was >>> a PNG while all the rest were JPGs. But nope, they're all JPGs. And know >>> their specs are identical as to size and resolution, because they were all >>> created to identical specs for the calendar print process. >>> >>> Then I thought, maybe something is special about that desktop. I dragged >>> the Desktop & Screen Saver control panel through all the desktops. All >>> were set to Fill Screen. The only difference was that some were not set to >>> change the photo every hour, but the desktops set identically to the donkey >>> one weren't acting like the donkey one (plus I took the opportunity to fix >>> the setting so they all rotated). >>> >>> I'd love to know why this is happening, and if it can be made to occur on >>> purpose. Does anybody know what causes this behavior? >>> >>> -- >>> Macs R We -- Personal Macintosh Service and Support >>> in the Wickenburg and far Northwest Valley Areas. >>> http://macsrwe.com <http://macsrwe.com/>
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