Thanks for the reply. It seems that my permissions are correct. Those for my iPhoto library folder are correct, and also those for the year folders inside it. I'm puzzled. On Oct 2, 2005, at 1:20 AM, Adrian Abraham wrote: > > On Oct 2, 2005, at 10:15 AM, shopdog wrote: > > >> an iPhoto album, the option to have it change the desktop every >> few minutes is greyed out. It is not greyed out if I choose a >> picture folder on my hard drive, or if I choose an apple desktop >> pattern. >> >> Does anyone know why the option is greyed out? >> > > I'm guessing this is a file permissions issue. Logged into the > account you are as, at the moment, you may not have sufficient file > privileges to do this. in Finder, right click the drive or folder > that your pictures reside in and check under "Ownership and > Permissions" to see if you have "Read and Write" privileges to this > folder. If not, and logged in as an Administrator, you should be > able to change this and try that setting again. > > Good Luck > > -- > Regards > Adrian > PowerMac G4 Digital Audio OSX.4.2 > > > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >