iOS 17 wallpapers blurry at top

Hi I updated to iOS 17 yesterday and my wallpapers are getting blurred on the top, my wallpapers from the top seem to be fine yet but I found beautiful new wallpapers and it’s ruined because of the top blur. My phone is an iPhone 13 Pro Max.


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Posted on Sep 19, 2023 12:09 AM

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Posted on Nov 3, 2023 8:19 AM

Apple, this feature is so freaking annoying!!! i want to be able to see my whole wallpaper and this new feature makes it impossible for it to look good or aesthetic. i either have to zoom in so close that the image is blurry and cuts out the best parts, or i have to have this hideous blur at the top that also cuts out the best parts. PLEASE change this or at least make it an option to turn it on and off. i swear you guys always add these nonsense features that don’t make any sense. ever heard of the saying “don’t fix it if it ain’t broke”?????? please fix this. it makes me wish i never updated my phone to ios 17. from the looks of it, many other people hate the feature too. give the people what they want!

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Oct 15, 2023 10:48 PM in response to Dilon2006

The only way I was able to “fix” it was if you click on the photo, hit edit as if you were going to edit your photo & zoom out from there (the background will be black) and I screenshot my photo with the edit options but I then crop it out on my screenshot. So then after that, I use the screenshot copy for my wallpaper . It will have the black top & bottom but it’s better than blurry. Hope it helps.

Oct 20, 2023 11:37 PM in response to Ladibuglee

I just noticed @dagodinez posted a similar solution. Rather than cropping it to fit the screen…in edit mode, I selected crop, then tapped on the image on the top right that gives you the option for original, Freeform, square, wallpaper, and different ratios. I chose wallpaper and it filled my screen. Then I saved it in Wallpaper. Theres no blur. 😊

Oct 27, 2023 11:10 AM in response to Dilon2006

Ok so after reading this blog having had it happen to me as well I have found a solution but it takes a little work. So I have the picsart app. When I take my background picture and put it into a collage on picsart which basically makes the top parta big black chuck I then take that to try and make it a wall paper. The Ipad then only focuses on the picture and somehow it works. Now if I turn the Ipad to a book like position it shows the black section. But sense my Ipad stays in like Laptop mode with a keyboard this is not a problem.


Nov 2, 2023 12:47 PM in response to Dilon2006

I have the iphone 15 pro max. The top half of my lock screen is blurred. There is no option to adjust or remove the blur when you go to the customize option in the bottom right hand side. It only gives me the option to view from my photo library. This is beyond frustrating. I wish I had never upgraded. If they can't fix this, I definitely going to switch to Android. I absolutely don't want to but this is beyond stupid.

Nov 3, 2023 9:07 AM in response to misscatlover

misscatlover wrote:

Apple, this feature is so freaking annoying!!! i want to be able to see my whole wallpaper and this new feature makes it impossible for it to look good or aesthetic. i either have to zoom in so close that the image is blurry and cuts out the best parts, or i have to have this hideous blur at the top that also cuts out the best parts. PLEASE change this or at least make it an option to turn it on and off. i swear you guys always add these nonsense features that don’t make any sense. ever heard of the saying “don’t fix it if it ain’t broke”?????? please fix this. it makes me wish i never updated my phone to ios 17. from the looks of it, many other people hate the feature too. give the people what they want!

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