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Location of Downloaded Wallpapers in macOS Sonoma. Delete wallpaper after downloading it.

  1. What is the location of the downloaded wallpapers in macOS Sonoma?
  2. Also, I suppose there is no option to delete a wallpaper after downloading it, which was there in macOS Ventura. Can you please add that feature in the next update?

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Posted on Sep 29, 2023 6:05 AM

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Jun 11, 2024 11:42 AM in response to padmanabhadas9647

Sonoma is the most confusing, screwed up OS I have ever seen in the 27+ years as a Mac user!!!


#1 - There is no Desktop pictures folder showing when you go to HD / Library

#2 - If you go to HD / Application Support / com.apple.idleassetsd / Customer / I get this. No "Desktop pictures" that I see. Does anyone else see Desktop pictures?? No, I don't think so...........neither do I so where-o-where did Apple hide the Desktop pictures that are supposed to be integrated into this obfuscated OS Sonoma?


Btw - The first five folders showing here are EMPTY. Nothing in them.


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Sep 29, 2023 6:37 AM in response to padmanabhadas9647

padmanabhadas9647 wrote:

1. What is the location of the downloaded wallpapers in macOS Sonoma?
2. Also, I suppose there is no option to delete a wallpaper after downloading it, which was there in macOS Ventura. Can you please add that feature in the next update?


you add your wall paper here, from Finder>Go>Go to Folder copy & paste:

/Library/Desktop Pictures



you do not have r/w to the System wall paper

/System/Library/Desktop Pictures




for removing you can reference the note—

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/macos-14-sonoma-the-ars-technica-review


https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/16thw4m/deleting_the_new_sonoma_wallpapers/

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Sep 29, 2023 9:20 AM in response to leroydouglas

Okay, in the Library there was no folder named "Desktop Pictures", I created that folder and downloaded an image, and pasted it there. Now I am not able to find it in Settings > Wallpaper. I know I can set the wallpaper from that folder, right-click on the image and Set Desktop Picture, but was curious how to do that from Settings > Wallpaper.

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Jun 8, 2024 11:12 AM in response to padmanabhadas9647

I created a folder in Pictures and put what I want as Wallpaper in that. I then go to the desktop and right click on it "Change Wallpaper". In the Wallpaper app I choose #Add Folder or Album" and choose the folder in Pictures that I created with the photos that I create earlier. I also choose "Fill Screen"

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Jun 11, 2024 12:13 PM in response to SergeantMac

Almost all parts of macOS are now on a locked volume that is not user-accessible. This isn't new with Sonoma, I don't believe. It's a security measure. Some people are okay with it; some are not. But as the operating system belongs to Apple, they will do what they will do.

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Jun 11, 2024 3:29 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

IdrisSeabright wrote:

Almost all parts of macOS are now on a locked volume that is not user-accessible. This isn't new with Sonoma, I don't believe. It's a security measure. Some people are okay with it; some are not. But as the operating system belongs to Apple, they will do what they will do.

Since OS Ventura. I can't imagine anyone who has been a Mac user for any length of time being pleased with Ventura/Sonoma - again, the most confusing, counter-intuitive operating systems Apple has ever dumped out on the public. Oh yes, "Apple will do what they will do"............and once loyal Apple customers "will do what they will do" which could very possibly be not buy another Apple product.............

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Location of Downloaded Wallpapers in macOS Sonoma. Delete wallpaper after downloading it.

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