Wallpaper doesn't shuffle photos in Sonoma

Just upgraded to a MacBook Air with Sonoma. Wallpaper won't display photos from an album. How do I set my Wallpaper to shuffle through a photo album?


I've tried Add Folder or Album, it adds the album but it doesn't display the photos. It will display photos statically if you click on them, and seems to shuffle a few once you've clicked on them individually, but doesn't go through the album.


MacBook Air (M2, 2023)

Posted on Dec 1, 2023 11:04 PM

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Dec 2, 2023 6:18 AM in response to Dapod

Dapod wrote:

Just upgraded to a MacBook Air with Sonoma. Wallpaper won't display photos from an album. How do I set my Wallpaper to shuffle through a photo album?

I've tried Add Folder or Album, it adds the album but it doesn't display the photos. It will display photos statically if you click on them, and seems to shuffle a few once you've clicked on them individually, but doesn't go through the album.


There are many issues with wall paper /screen savers in Sonoma.

I would simply wait for some point update to follow the current 14.1.2 to sort these issues.


To be proactive you can file a bug report /submit your Apple Feedback here: Product Feedback - Apple



Feb 20, 2024 11:51 AM in response to Paul Boyer2

Same here with an M2 MacBook Air, M2 Pro MacBook Pro 14", M2 Pro Mac mini. Shuffle does work on our M1 MacBook Air. Seems to possibly be limited to machines with an M2 family of chips? I spoke to Apple today and they said there is no planned fix at this time which is very annoying. This is a silly bug for a feature that has worked for 20 years dating back to Mac OS X.

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