Hello, I can't change the permission, so I cannot use for example a dynamic wallpaper I downloaded, because I can't paste it in the desktop pictures folder. This is very confusing. I would like a rational solution to this problem. Thanks in advance.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.1
What folders are you trying to change?
Since Big Sur, the top of the drive is mounted as read-only, so the contents of the OS are preserved from modification.
If you are trying to make changes to /System/Library/Desktop Pictures, it is not going to be possible, by design.
You can of course put those pictures in a location inside your user folder, and use them as desktop pictures anyway.
What folders are you trying to change?
Since Big Sur, the top of the drive is mounted as read-only, so the contents of the OS are preserved from modification.
If you are trying to make changes to /System/Library/Desktop Pictures, it is not going to be possible, by design.
You can of course put those pictures in a location inside your user folder, and use them as desktop pictures anyway.
I copied a .madesktop file from the system library into my own folder. That showed up as a Dynamic selection.
A plain .heic file does not work.
The .madesktop file is just an XML text file that points to the location of the thumbnails and includes information on whether it is Dynamic or Solar. The actual .heic files are stored in a hidden sub-folder of Desktop Pictures named .thumbnails.
I don't believe it would matter where you store the .heic, but you have to create a .madesktop file to tell the OS that it is dynamic and where to find the file.
panaee wrote:
Hello, I can't change the permission, so I cannot use for example a dynamic wallpaper I downloaded, because I can't paste it in the desktop pictures folder. This is very confusing. I would like a rational solution to this problem. Thanks in advance.
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-your-desktop-picture-mchlp3013/mac
Hello, I tried to put them to another folder but for a reason there is no option to Put them in dynamic option (in settings). And I suppose maybe I have to move them to desktop pictures in order to have the option for dynamic. So what is the way to make them dynamic? Thanks in advance.
panaee wrote:
Hello, I tried to put them to another folder but for a reason there is no option to Put them in dynamic option (in settings). And I suppose maybe I have to move them to desktop pictures in order to have the option for dynamic. So what is the way to make them dynamic? Thanks in advance.
There seems to be some dysfunction here...
You can file a bug report—submit your Apple Feedback
https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html
When you select that wallpaper, does it then not work as a dynamic wallpaper?
I had not tried this before, so I made a custom heic file and selected this as dynamic wallpaper, and will see if it does change or not.
From what I see, it looks like a cosmetic glitch, provided that the wallpaper works (which I will have to wait a little to confirm, or infirm).
If I understand your question, the wallpaper doesn't change (from dark to light) but it is like in the photo all the time. The other thing is that as you can see there is no option to select for dynamic mode. If you notice, the default dynamic wallpapers located in the desktop pictures folder, they have the option of dynamic instead of the fitting option.
panaee wrote:
Hello, the issue resolved. Im not sure if it resolved when I dragged the heic photo onto the same selected photo in the settings menu or because I turned the os theme from dark to dynamic.
It's the latter. Dynamic desktop apparently only works if the overall Appearance in System Preferences->General is set to Auto.
Yes, probably, thank you anyway. Here is a screenshot of the options available.
Your screenshot shows that the wallpaper is being recognized as "dynamic".
Hello. Thank you for the response. Could you please share the process of doing this? Thanks in advance.
Hello, the issue resolved. Im not sure if it resolved when I dragged the heic photo onto the same selected photo in the settings menu or because I turned the os theme from dark to dynamic.
Yes, that was the problem finally. I think that this is a bit annoying. Apple could easily fix this problem for people who prefer the dark OS theme and the dynamic wallpapers at the same time.
I cannot change the permission in the Macintosh hd.
