#Set photo as desktop background mac for free#

You can see the progress right here and you could see here this illustration that's used. Some of these are illustrations like this one for instance. So if I wanted this one I could click and it would download.

#Set photo as desktop background mac for free#

But you can just download them for free by clicking on the Cloud icon. Apple isn't going to include these large images when it installs macOS. But you have these other ones as well including ones that were used in Big Sur and Catalina. So in macOS Monterey you've got the Monterey graphic as the default. It's actually a collection of images in a single file. This is an image, like the current one I'm using, that will change throughout the day. The first type of Desktop Background is the Dynamic Desktop. You'll see other choices you can make in a list here on the left and here on the right when you select one of these. If we go to System Preferences and then select Desktop & Screen Saver, then click Desktop, you'll see the current Desktop background right here. But there are different types of Desktop Backgrounds. It's essentially just a high resolution image that can be almost anything. Some people like to call it the Desktop Wallpaper or just Wallpaper. Now when you're looking at your Mac the image that you see behind everything is called the Desktop Background. Join us and get exclusive content and course discounts. There you can read more about the Patreon Campaign. MacMost is brought to you thanks to a great group of more than 1000 supporters.

Lets take a look at all the different types of Desktop backgrounds. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Gary with. Check out Understanding the Different Types of Mac Desktop Backgrounds at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.