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Asked: 2026-05-11T20:16:09+00:00

I have written the following really simple python script to change the desktop wallpaper

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I have written the following really simple python script to change the desktop wallpaper on my mac (based on this thread):

from appscript import app, mactypes
import sys 

fileName = sys.argv[1:]

app('Finder').desktop_picture.set(mactypes.File(fileName))

However when I run it I get the following output:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “../Source/SetWallPaper2.py”,
line 6, in
app(‘Finder’).desktop_picture.set(mactypes.File(fileName))
File
“/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/appscript-0.19.0-py2.5-macosx-10.5-i386.egg/appscript/reference.py”, line 513, in call
appscript.reference.CommandError:
Command failed: OSERROR: -10000
MESSAGE: Apple event handler failed.
COMMAND:
app(u’/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app’).desktop_picture.set(mactypes.File(u”/Users/Daniel/Pictures/[‘test.jpg’]”))

I’ve done some web searching but I can’t find anything to help me figure out what OSERROR -10000 means or how to resolve the issue.

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  1. Editorial Team

    fileName = sys.argv[1]
    instead of
    fileName = sys.argv[1:]

    mactypes.File(u"/Users/Daniel/Pictures/['test.jpg']")

    See the square brackets and quotes around the filename?

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