iCal as desktop?

im looking for a way to keep iCal as a desktop picture.

ive messed with automator, and it can do it. but the screenshot is zoomed in, and its not doing exactly what i want it to.

i can either take a "whole screenshot" and include menubar and icons (which i dont want. or i can take a One window screenshot, which again will span the picture on the desktop.


anybody got a fix?

You mean you want a picture of the iCal window as the Desktop background,
but unstretched??

If that's what you meant,
just open System Preferences > Desktop & Screensaver > Desktop
and choose to not stretch/fit it to screen.

right, but i dont want it centered either, because all icons are to the right


hmmm

1. Move your icons to the left or center of the desktop. Hide the dock.

2. Open iCal, set it to the left of your screen so that it fills the screen height wise but leaves an open stripe on the right with your current desktop image/color visible.

3. Press Apple+Shift+4 to define the area you want to take a screen shot from.

4. Now select the whole screen.

5. You should now have a screen shot of the iCal with some empty desktop visible.

6. Set it as your wallpaper (centered).

7. Move the icons back to the right and voilá!

EDIT: Actually.. You can select the whole screen with the menubar. When you have the image centered, it will remain under the actual menubar. I wasn't sure if it spans the images under it or not so I tested it in practice.

If this is what you mean...

Okay, I think I understand what you are after, but I want to be clear. Are you looking to put a picture of iCal like this:



or like this:

on the desktop?

Or are you trying to use the icon on the desktop that will update daily and show the correct date on the desktop?

d3, your first suggetion is what i want. the post above yours is what im looking for, just seems to be a litle of a pain in the **** todo. it will have to be more like MCHammers suggestion, becuase i dont want the HD and folder icons in the screeny.

i am really looking for it to be the wallpaper, like you both have said, but i want it to autoupdate! hmm