How to scale iPhone wallpaper

Us there a way to “shrink “ a picture so that it fits on the iphone screen ( I thought that was a function of scailing).

iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017)-OTHER, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3), 500 GB Flash Storage.

Posted on Aug 2, 2018 7:28 PM

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askbarnabas

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Aug 2, 2018 7:35 PM in response to danuke

pinch zoom.

danuke Author

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Aug 3, 2018 6:50 AM in response to askbarnabas

Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately, I had tried that prior to posting; it does not work. Pinching, does shrink it, but as soon as I lift my fingers, the picture expands back to the original size.

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