How do I create a Lock Screen with my existing background?

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How do I create a Lock Screen with my existing background?

Lock Screen looks to be an incredibly useful tool, however I can not figure out how to activate the functionality with my current background and wallpaper?

iPhone 11 Pro, iOS 16

Posted on Sep 14, 2022 12:10 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 14, 2022 12:29 AM in response to marchildy

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iOS 16 Lock Screen

Redesigned Lock Screen gives you all new ways to personalize your Lock Screen by showcasing favorite photos, customizing font styles, displaying widgets, and more
Multiple Lock Screens can be created and you can easily switch between them
Lock Screen gallery offers personalized suggestions along with Apple curated collections for your Lock Screen
Font and color options for customizing the look of the date and time on your Lock Screen
Widgets on the Lock Screen display information at a glance like the weather, battery levels, upcoming calendar events, and more
A new effect places the subject of the photo in front of the time (iPhone XS and later)
Photo styles change the color filter, tinting, and font style of photos on the Lock Screen to complement each other
Notifications appear at the bottom of your Lock Screen and can be displayed in an expanded list view, stacked view, or count view

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marchildy Author

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Sep 22, 2022 4:35 AM in response to SravanKrA

You are still missing my point. It is simple to create a new Lock Screen with a saved picture, the functionality is missing to create one using your current Lock Screen background if you do not have the original saved picture.

Maybe take another run through the text from my post, "existing background" and "current background and wallpaper" are fairly specific of what I should be able to use for my new Lock Screen background and wallpaper.

I will try to explain this to you a different way in the hope that you understand.

Open the Lock Screen creation tool, (step 1 in your self explanatory yet incorrect image).
Select Customize button.
Rather than, "Add New" Apple is missing, "Use Current".

In fact if you select the + button at step 2. you are directed to the exact same menu as you are when selecting the "Customize" then "Add New" button. This redundancy makes me wonder if, "Customize" then "Add New" was meant as, "Use Current" or something similar in vernacular where the behaviour was meant to launch creation of an iOS 16 Lock Screen from the current picture already being used for the Lock Screen.

Ultimately removing the, "Add New" option after selecting customize should launch you directly into the modification tool using your current Lock Screen image given that launching into the modification tool with the option to use many other images, colours etc. already happens when selecting the "+" button after step 1.

Please refrain from telling me to take a screen shot of my current Lock Screen, or some other kludgy work around to the actual behaviour that I'm requesting help with if it is truly missing. Which is to create a Lock Screen using my "existing background" or "current background and wallpaper".

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