Wallpaper settings on Mac
On your Mac, use Wallpaper settings to change the picture or color shown on your desktop (the background area of the screen), and to choose screen saver options for hiding the desktop when you’re not using your Mac.
Browse through the options below for details about customizing your settings.
To open these settings, choose Apple menu 
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)
Open Wallpaper settings for me
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Current wallpaper thumbnail | The wallpaper currently used on your Mac. If you’ve created additional desktop spaces on your Mac, or you’ve connected more than one display, turn on “Show on all Spaces” to use the same wallpaper on every desktop space and display. |
Screen Saver | Select a screen saver image, choose when the screen saver starts, and choose whether to use automatic or custom settings. See Change Screen Saver settings |
Clock Appearance | Choose whether the large clock appears, and where it appears (on the Lock Screen, or on both the Screen Saver and Lock Screen). Choose a clock font and weight (how light or heavy the font appears). |
Dynamic Wallpapers | Choose an image as your wallpaper. If a pop-up menu appears next to the current wallpaper thumbnail, you can choose an appearance:
If |
Your Photos | From photos, folders, and albums that you’ve added, select an image as your wallpaper. |
Landscape, Cityscape, Underwater, and Earth aerials | Choose an aerial image as your wallpaper. If |
Shuffle Aerials | Choose to rotate through several aerial images as your wallpaper. From the pop-up menu next to Shuffle at the top of the window, choose how often you want to rotate through the aerials. |
Pictures | Choose an image as your wallpaper. If |
Colors | Choose a color as your wallpaper. Click Click |
appears next to a Dynamic Wallpaper name, you need to click the image to download and use it.
to shuffle through the available colors as your wallpaper.
to add a color.