Mac OS X Hints published two new OS X tips:

- Change desktop picture without Finder restart
- Use additional buttons of Logitech gaming mice



Change desktop picture without Finder restart

This is a revision of an 8 year old hint - listed here - on how to update the desktop picture from a downloaded image.

Things have moved on a bit from 2002, but since at least one person is still interested in this hint, here's a revised version for 10.5.x and 10.6.x.

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Use additional buttons of Logitech gaming mice

Logitech sells several button-laden gaming mice, but does not provide any software support for them on the Mac. Worse, applications like USB Overdrive and SteerMouse are unable to detect many of the buttons on said mice, severely limiting their utility. For instance, on the Wireless Gaming Mouse G700, four of the buttons are tied up with on-the-fly DPI switching, profile switching, and battery status and cannot be changed on the Mac side.

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