Solution for changing Big Sur login wallpaper to custom.

FWIW, when I restarted my MacMini after going through Soren Pearson’s information, then doing a complete shutdown. I now notice that each of my 3 monitors now has its corresponding image on its startup screen. That was unexpected, but welcome.

A UUID value is a Universally Unique Identifier assigned and unique to your user account.

When you put the UUID value as the folder name for the desktop pictures, it tells the operating system this is the user account the desktop picture is for and to use it as your login screen background.

Hope this helps.

Hi rob185

So when you changed the desktop background from this screen are you saying the login screen did not change with it, because mine did.

The screen I can’t change and is still stuck on the Big Sur offensive picture is the select user screen that come up first for me because there are multiple MacBook users.

And you people think that's simple enough just to change a screen...There should be just a click.

And by the way, you should stop adding stuff people simple doesn't need or want. Specially because its impossible to erase a lot of junk you put in my pc each actualisation.

Sincerely.

Ha, Rob185! Exactly, and I think they will fix it given the amount of customer reaction. It may be times gone by when Apple ran the 1984 ad and the Apple customer was someone who, by their nature, did not want to be cookie cutter identical to an IBM or HP concept of PC. I think they are still responsive to their customers ‘ wishes and have hope. But it would be really funny to see HP run an ad with “Mac” as a fat old guy wearing golf shorts in that Big Sur pattern playing on an oceanfront course, and “PC” is an athletic young guy who says “I think you know my grandfather.” LOL, I date myself remembering these old Apple ads.

This is what’s supposed to happen in theory but on my setup it didn’t match like others in this thread so I had to follow the steps and it worked brilliantly. For me the desktop folder didn’t exist so had to create it and it’s synced now.

I get that there are solutions but why do we have to go to such lengths to have something that was never an issue before? I went on Apple support and was told there is no fix and to submit a feedback to Apple and hope they fix it. This type of stuff is absolutely unnecessary on apples part. And to say there is just no fix. Come on now.

I upgraded to Big Sur on iMac. When i power on iMac, the login screen background is exactly the wallpaper that I chose. I recalled previously before upgrade my login screen background is always the default Mac OS wallpaper.

Ha ha, the thread that always wants to be followed even when it’s turned off.

You sure you unfollowed it from your profile settings on discussions.apple.com? For me I would go to my profile and then remove the specific thread I’m following.

hooe this helps

I think Soren is right. Just in case you need more detail, I found the following route (someone else may know of a shorter route):

1. In the upper right, click on "my subscriptions."
2. In the upper left, click on "Filter."
3. On the left, under "Recent Activity," Select "Participated." That will give you a list of the threads in which you recently posted something.
4. Find the thread you want to "unfollow" and click on the + to the right of that thread.
5. Click on the button that says "Following." That should unfollow it. If you click on it again, it should give you the option to "Follow," so you will know you have unfollowed it.

I hope that works if the button on the discussion page itself is not working for you. Again, I'm very sorry for my venting if that is the problem. I won't post any more on this thread as I'm sure it must have become annoying.

It looks like you’ve tried some good guesses for multi-user systems, Glennly.

Yes. The procedure given in this discussion strictly changes the lockscreen of a single user, but that is sufficient, when the system is recognized as a Single-User system; in which case, the Loginscreen is “skipped” for the Lockscreen of the sole user of the system.

The question, unfortunately, remains: where can one set a replacement Loginscreen for a multi-user system?

I wouldn’t be surprised if it is not to be called lockscreen.png, but something else.

Your idea of using the Default User was a good one.

It may not be intended to be within any user’s directory. Or, maybe, the Root User’s directory?

Just some brainstorming, there.

LdyGatr:

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Hi Soren

I was not looking at the right directory, I switched to the entire Mac drive the UUID world was already there

but does not contain the grotesque Big Sur lock screen image.

I created a new UUID and renamed it again placed a new image in put it still comes up with the ugly Lock Screen image

apparently I have two desktop picture folders with the same UUID the first what that has lock screen is my old lick screen. I still have the Big Sur ugly abstract vector image?

please advise.

thank you

James

here are the screen shots

Hi Soren

I was not looking at the right directory, I switched to the entire Mac drive the UUID world was already there

but does not contain the grotesque Big Sur lock screen image.

I created a new UUID and renamed it again placed a new image in put it still comes up with the ugly Lock Screen image

I have two Desktop Pictures folders with same UUID,