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Sonoma: Is It No Longer Possible to Fetch Wallpaper File Names?
Under Ventura, desktop wallpaper image names were stored in a sqlite database at ~/Library/Application Support/Dock/desktoppicture.db. This file is no longer being used under Sonoma. I have a process I built that fetches the desktop image file names and displays them, either as a service, or on the desktop. I do this because I have many photos I've taken, and I like to know which one I'm viewing so I can make edits if necessary. I set these images across five spaces and have them randomly change every hour. I tried using AppleScript but it would not pull the file names. A few people have pointed me to ~/Library/Application Support/com.apple.wallpaper/Store/Index.plist. However, on my system, this only reveals the source folder and not the image name itself. On one of my Macs, it shows 64 items, even though I have only five spaces! Is there a way to fetch the image file names under Sonoma? Will Sequoia make this easier or harder?
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