Sonoma wall paper will not change

Downloaded full release of Sonoma this morning. Changing the wall paper in Settings does not work. Stuck with the Sonoma Vineyard scene it booted with after installing. Any ideas?

Mac mini, macOS 14.0

Posted on Sep 26, 2023 6:27 PM

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Posted on Oct 27, 2023 3:35 PM

I've just updated to Sonoma 14.1. After a delay whilst it seems to re-index photos, I still have the same problem of not cycling one of my albums. The workaround I used before still seems to be the only solution.

  1. select chosen album.
  2. click on 'show all'
  3. click on individual photos which will now be your wallpaper.
  4. repeat step 3 as many times as you want with different photos within the album.
  5. now click the double arrow to select the album.
  6. Any photo from step 3 will now cycle.

I have over 4000 photos so I only click about 100. They cycle as it should.

Strangely, screen saver works properly.

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Sonoma wall paper will not change

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