How To Change Macbook Wallpaper 2024 Guide

Method 1: Using System Settings

The first way to change the desktop background on Mac is to do it using System Settings. If you’re tired of the default Mac desktop wallpaper, you must try other Apple backgrounds that come pre-installed on your machine. Here’s how you can do it:

Open System Settings from the Dock or go to Apple Menu -> System Settings. From the left bar, click on Wallpaper. If you’ve connected an external display to your Mac, choose the display you want to change. Apple offers a number of desktop backgrounds, including Solid colors, Pictures, Shuffle Aerials, Light & Dark wallpapers, Dynamic wallpapers, and more.

Browse through the available options and select a wallpaper you like. As soon as you make a selection, it will be instantly changed to your Mac desktop background.

Method 2: Using Finder

If none of Apple’s pre-styled wallpapers strikes your fancy, you can choose an image from your Mac as well. Interesting, the process isn’t as complicated as you might think. Let me show you how to change the wallpaper on MacBook to the picture of your choice.

Launch Finder and navigate to the location that has your preferred image. Once you’ve found the image, right-click on it. Now, choose the “Set Desktop Picture” option from the list.

And, that’s all it takes to put the image of choice as the desktop background on your Mac.

Method 3: Using Photos app

Before you think that you don’t have any images that you could choose as your Mac’s wallpaper, make sure to check your photo albums. When I checked mine, I found many sweet memories worthy of my Mac’s desktop background. While you can set a photo as your MacBook wallpaper from System Settings, there’s also a faster way as well.

Open the Photos app on your Mac and select the photo you wish to choose as your Mac’s desktop background.

Click on the Share button from the top and select Set Wallpaper.

Those were the three common ways to change your MacBook wallpaper. Apple offers several pre-styles wallpapers that perfectly blend over the screen. You can always choose an image or picture of your choice as your Mac’s background. Now, go ahead and customize the wallpaper on your Mac.