
Go to the desktop to see the path printed over the wallpaper imagesĪfter you’ve retrieved the desktop picture (use Command+Shift+G to bring up the Go To Folder window), or done what you have needed to do, you can hide the path text by using the following command:ĭefaults delete desktop-picture-show-debug-text killall Dock. Type the following defaults write command:ĭefaults write desktop-picture-show-debug-text -bool TRUE killall Dock.
Launch Terminal in /Applications/Utilities/.Here’s how to show the file path to the currently active wallpaper in Mac OS X:
By using a defaults write debug command, you can display the full path to the currently active desktop image, directly printed on the wallpaper itself.