Which image is displayed on Mac desktop?

Question

I have set up my Mac (10.6.4) to display random image from iPhoto on desktop. From time to time I would like to know which image is displayed (I have a lot of them), but I could not find a way how to do it. Something like right click > show file (like iPhoto has) would be great.

Answer 1

The following Applescript should work:

on run
    tell application "System Events"
        tell current desktop
            set desktopProperties to (get item 3 of (get properties as list) as text)
        end tell
    end tell
    tell application "Finder"
    reveal desktopProperties
    end tell
end run

In Snow Leopard, to turn this into a useful action, open up Automator.app and from the template menu select Service.

In the top bar, make it read: Service receives No input in any application. Then drag Run Applescript from the Library pane beneath it and paste the above Applescript code into that window (replacing the default template code).

Save it as a suitably named workflow (e.g. Show Wallpaper). This will then appear as an action in the Services menu of all applications, or you can assign it a keyboard shortcut in the System Preferences\Keyboard Shortcuts pane under Services.

References:

1. http://ask.metafilter.com/89541/OSX-Leopard-How-to-show-the-current-wallpaper-in-finder