Since I upgraded to OS Monterey the login screen after I start my laptop shows the purple shades that are literally called "Monterey"
I really don't like the colors! Looking through system preferences I don't see a way to change the image.
Icon yes, but not the screen? Is there something I'm missing? How can I change the image?
I *really* don't like the colors!
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.0
The pre-login boot wallpaper now loads from a sealed snapshot. It is not editable.
macOS today operates by separating the system files and the data files into two totally separate volumes. The system files are "sealed". It is, essentially, a read-only volume which Apple distributes. Since the hard disk is encrypted before you login, the computer does not have access to anything other than a little metadata associated with the accounts (username and a small icon and that's about it). Once you enter a password, the data volume can be decrypted. The computer then essentially "merges" the system files and data files together in real time like a zipper through a series of firmlinks.
macOS now boots in a state that is always fresh and identical. Only once you login do all the changes you've made (including wallpaper) become visible to the system.
Don't know if you are talking about the login screen (where you wouldn't see thru system preferences) since you haven't logged in to get to system preferences.
But if you are looking to change your desktop color or other ways to have it look go to to system preference>desktop and screen saver, click on desktop and click any number of choices.
I’m not by my computer at the minute but what might be possible is to search for an image with the title Monterey, and replace it with a personal image with the title changed to Monterey. I don’t know if this would cause problems so backup first (Time Machine). This obviously depends on the generic login image being titled Monterey in the first place.
Worth a try, but unfortunately it's still the pink and purple Monterey.
BTW, what bugs me most is that I live on the Monterey Bay. I can literally see Monterey across the water, it never ever looks pink and purple. I don't understand the color palette, it's absolutely ridiculous.
This worked for me:
I am having a similar problem, except my login/Lock Screen is stuck on the CHROMA RED wallpaper.
When I login, the wallpaper is set to the Monterey. The purple default one. But if I restart my MBP and get to the login, I'm seeing this ugly red one. I tried all the tricks on YouTube, and the ones listed here. Nothing works to change it.
The CHROMA RED, for reference:
With "customization" of everything being one of the hottest trends the past 10 years, it boggles the mind that Apple's developer's have chosen to immutably lock in the boot up screen. I personally find the chosen color scheme abhorrent, but that is irrelevant. We should each have the latitude to select our own screen. I hope the Apple crew will enable us to do so soon.
DavidWeisman wrote:
Apple is not the only business that has taken away owner rights. Owners have no choice on Microsoft updates (even when they suck), and few Android owners have been able to avoid updates as well.
You are sort of proving my point. One should distinguish between "taking away owner rights" and things that ruin functionality (updates that cause failures), versus something cosmetic and unimportant (in my view) such as a login window color. There was never an "owner right" to change this or that color. And other posters went to such extremes to try to change it as to interfere with normal operation (one said his/her Mac would not shut down after a "fix"). The login window probably appears for a minute or two at most before someone logs in or the machine sleeps. This has to be an issue that is pretty low on the list of things for Apple to address.
For people with the "stuck on Chroma Red" problem, I may have found relief with the latest update with no other actions taken save for just doing the update to 12.2.
I am hoping others get similar relief!
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253409682?answerId=256803064022#256803064022
The problem with even any of these methods is you have to have FileVault- a vital security component that encrypts & protects your data- permanently disabled. That is something no one should have to do to simply have their login wallpaper not be an unchangeable ugly pink/purple picture.
Has anyone tried my Benniedog method published on July 17? It worked for me.
By the way, there can't be a guest user
Have you tried Apple menu > System Preferences >Users and Groups > Login Options > (unlock at the bottom) > set Automatic Login to Current User (admin)
This worked for me on my new MacBook Pro
My FileVault is turned off - maybe that's necessary
Have you tried: Apple menu > System Preferences >Users and Groups > Login Options > (unlock at the bottom) > set Automatic Login to Current User (admin)
This worked for me on my new MacBook Pro
PS. It shouldn't. be so hard to put your own pictures in the Login and Screensaver - it didn't feel like my computer until
I was able to do that.
I think you are talking about the Lock Screen background which is also your Desktop wallpaper. the the background you get when you rest a Mac. You can change your Lock screen background.
This is the suggestion I found that didn't work for me. Maybe it works for somebody else.
Has anyone called AppleCare for support about this issue? I might try that.
That used to work when I had BigSur, but it does not work in Monterey, with no de-encrypted drive or with encrypted drive.
Can I change login screen with OS Monterey
