Different lockscreen photo than the desktop one

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Different lockscreen photo than the desktop one

I'm running macOS Sequoia 15.3.2 on my MacBook Air 2020 and I was wondering if there is a way to have a different photo on my lockscreen than on my desktop?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.3

Posted on Mar 13, 2025 2:35 AM

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Owl-53

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Mar 13, 2025 4:35 AM in response to andra-m

andra-m wrote:

Thank you!

Your are welcome

Do you happen to know if it is possible to have a dynamic wallpaper on the lockscreen and a regular one on desktop?

Have you changed the Lock Screen to a dynamic wallpaper on the lockscreen ?

That would answer your Second question would it not ?

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Mar 13, 2025 8:46 AM in response to Owl-53

Yes, I have, but the dynamic wallpaper is a .mov file while the lockscreen wallpaper is a .png file so the replacement is not working. I've used the .mov file as a regular wallpaper and it works and it also shows on the lockscreen. What I want to do is to have this dynamic wallpaper on the lockscreen (before I enter my password to log in on my computer) and then a still, regular wallpaper on the main desktop. I've been looking online and apparently on macOS Sequoia it's not possible like it used to be on previous versions :(. Maybe they will change it in the future I hope. Thanks for your help anyways! :)

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Owl-53

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Mar 13, 2025 3:06 AM in response to andra-m

https://www.idownloadblog.com/2023/02/13/how-to-change-lock-screen-wallpaper-mac/

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andra-m Author

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Mar 13, 2025 3:17 AM in response to Owl-53

Thank you! Do you happen to know if it is possible to have a dynamic wallpaper on the lockscreen and a regular one on desktop?

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