Dynamic Desktop not working

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Dynamic Desktop not working

Dynamic Desktop used to work on two different MacBooks (a Pro and a non) running Mojave 10.14.3. One was running darkmode, the other was not. As of last week, Dynamic Desktops on both stopped working and the desktop photos are stuck on the sunset sand dune. It used to cycle through daytime/sunset/night time as normally. Time and location is turned on and correct. FWIW, the sand dune photo from the Dynamic Desktop option has moved down to the Desktop Pictures section (below). Maybe that's the problem? Any way to get it back and to get DD working again?

MacBook Pro 13", 10.14

Posted on Feb 17, 2019 7:55 PM

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manicmumday Author

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Feb 17, 2019 9:06 PM in response to leroydouglas

I was wrong; Dynamic Desktop was working on the MacBook, not on the MacBook Pro. It's a MBP provided by a school district that controls it remotely with some crappy asset management software. Looks like they overwrote the mojave.heic file with their own district logo file, while still keeping it named 'mojave.heic'. Well, I just renamed that one to 'districtcrap.heic' and airdropped the mojave.heic from the MacBook to the Pro. Works now!

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leroydouglas

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Feb 17, 2019 9:11 PM in response to manicmumday

I was wrong; Dynamic Desktop was working on the MacBook, not on the MacBook Pro. It's a MBP provided by a school district that controls it remotely with some crappy asset management software. Looks like they overwrote the mojave.heic file with their own district logo file, while still keeping it named 'mojave.heic'. Well, I just renamed that one to 'districtcrap.heic' and airdropped the mojave.heic from the MacBook to the Pro. Works now!

That is good computing manicmumday.

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leroydouglas

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Feb 17, 2019 8:37 PM in response to manicmumday

<< Dynamic Desktop used to work on two different MacBooks (a Pro and a non) >>

This may be telling if 2 different computers same issue, you might suspect third party software interfering?

You can Try a SafeBoot https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

Takes noticeable longer to get to the login screen, does a 5 minute disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches, dynamic loader cache, etc. get cleared and rebuilt. You can test in this environment, then reboot as normal.

Sometimes this is enough to resolve anomalies not easily understood.

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