MacOS Sonoma Wallpapers not downloading

Hi there! I've updated my Mac Mini M1 to Sonoma and when I try to download the new wallpapers, it seems like they take a lot of time, more than 20-30 minutes. While waiting, I noticed that for some reason it stopped the downloading process. Is there anything I can do about this? The Mac is up-to-date, I was on the beta version but not anymore and the device is not going to sleep while downloading the wallpaper.

Somehow, I have managed to download just 1 which took around an hour or so.

The home broadband is high-speed and I don't think there is an issue here.


Looking forward to your replies.

Thank you in advance!

Mac mini, macOS 14.0

Posted on Oct 4, 2023 12:48 AM

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Posted on Jan 3, 2024 9:15 AM

1/3/2024 and still not working for me on Sonoma 14.2.1. VPN doesn't work as a workaround for me either. VPN actually makes them download slower. Insane that I have a $5,000 device that can't download an image instantly. The wallpapers also don't even shuffle every 12 hours or continuously when I use the setting. What is going on Apple?

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MacOS Sonoma Wallpapers not downloading

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