Wallpaper does not consistently display after Sonoma 14.4.1 update

Since my Sonoma update a month and a half ago, the missing wallpaper images problem has been a daily annoyance. At least one of my three monitors loses its wallpaper every day. Restarting the computer does solve it, though only temporarily.

However, today I discovered something that might help all of you who are frustrated with this.

• Clicked System Settings in the Dock
• Clicked Displays in the left column of the settings panel
• Clicked one of the display images at the top of the screen (one with a missing wallpaper image)
• Changed the resolution to another option (5120x2880) -> this immediately restored multiple missing wallpaper images
• Changed the resolution back to my normal setting (2560x1440)

Problem solved! All three wallpapers are back, and I didn't have to restart my computer.

As you may have discovered, the images are missing only after waking up from sleep. In my case, this does not happen while I'm using the computer. Also, it doesn't happen every time my MacBook goes through the sleep/wake cycle.

I assume they will go missing again, but at least I can do a quick resolution switch to solve it without having to reboot.

I hope this helps.

I hope this additional information helps you.

Randall_2023, thanks for your input. I want to clarify that I did update to 14.5 when it became available recently, and the wallpaper issue in question persists.