{"id":1034,"date":"2020-12-05T11:49:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T17:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/wordpress\/poetponders\/?p=1034"},"modified":"2023-11-26T12:54:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T18:54:46","slug":"big-surs-big-ugly-wallpaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/csw\/2020\/12\/05\/big-surs-big-ugly-wallpaper\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Sur&#8217;s Big Ugly Wallpaper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big Sur has been one of the best upgrades to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Apple_operating_systems\">Apple\u2019s operating system family<\/a> in several years. After Catalina, it\u2019s nice to upgrade and actually have a better user experience. Big Sur is to Catalina what Snow Leopard was to Leopard or Mountain Lion was to Lion: the operating system that should have shipped.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, Big Sur is also an aesthetic mess. I dislike the drab windows, the rounded-tile application icons, and the navigation panes with difficult to discern little gray and blue icons. Icons need to be distinctive, and on Big Sur, they aren\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s that horrendously ugly Big Sur wallpaper.<\/p>\n<p>What in the world were executives at Apple thinking when they let the Big Sur \u201ccolor vomit\u201d wallpaper ship as the default for the new macOS 11?<\/p>\n<p>It might be interesting as a one-off painting project (no, not really), but as a background it is atrocious. A brand recognized for understated elegance, Apple blew it with this background.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1039\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1039\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/wordpress\/poetponders\/preferences-big-sur-background\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1039 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tameri.com\/wordpress\/poetponders\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/Preferences-Big-Sur-Background-600x493.png?resize=600%2C493&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Preferences Big Sur Background\" width=\"600\" height=\"493\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preferences Big Sur Background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thankfully, you can override the color vomit swirl wallpaper!<\/p>\n<p>I located a dozen or more step-by-step guides to reducing the migraine risk of Big Sur\u2019s swirls. Two of the best:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/macreports.com\/how-to-change-the-login-screen-background-in-macos-big-sur\/\">https:\/\/macreports.com\/how-to-change-the-login-screen-background-in-macos-big-sur\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/discussions.apple.com\/thread\/252056512\">https:\/\/discussions.apple.com\/thread\/252056512<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For convenience, follow these instructions:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ol>\n<li>System Preferences &gt; Users &amp; Groups.\n<ol>\n<li>Open the lock icon to make changes.<\/li>\n<li>Right-click on the primary user listed in left column and select Advanced Options.<\/li>\n<li>Copy UUID value, which is the unique identifier of the user.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>In Finder, use &#8220;Go to Folder\u201d and enter: \/Library\/Caches\/Desktop Pictures\n<ol>\n<li>Note: If it doesn&#8217;t exist create a Desktop Pictures folder.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Inside Desktop Pictures create a folder with the copied UUID value as its name.\n<ol>\n<li>Right click on the Desktop Pictures folder and select Get Info.<\/li>\n<li>Open the lock to make changes.<\/li>\n<li>Grant permission to Read &amp; Write to user, admin, everyone.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Make sure FileVault <strong>and<\/strong> Guest user are <strong>both<\/strong> deactivated.<\/li>\n<li>Change your desktop wallpaper.\n<ol>\n<li>This creates a \u201clockscreen.png\u201d copy of the background chosen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Restart your computer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There are more permanent, deep-down fixes that entirely remove the Big Sur background. The simple fix was good enough for me, and should work for most users.<\/p>\n<p>Reminiscing about the old Apple operating systems, I found myself searching for some of the wallpapers of days gone by. Only a few remained on my system. I had hoped Apple included the past with the present, but that\u2019s not the case. Searching, I located exactly what I wanted.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Hackett has performed a great public service, reviving old Apple wallpapers in 5K resolution. Not merely the OS X and macOS wallpapers, Hackett also upscaled the Mac OS 9 wallpapers. Thank you!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/512pixels.net\/projects\/mac-os-9-5k-wallpapers\/\">Mac OS 9 Wallpapers in 5K Resolution<\/a><br \/>\nTo go with my collection of default (Mac OS X) macOS wallpapers in 5K resolution, I\u2019ve gathered the wallpapers that shipped with Mac OS 9 and re-worked them to modern-day sizes.<\/p>\n<p>Most of them are very 90s, just like Apple\u2019s hardware at the time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here are the OS X wallpapers:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>https:\/\/512pixels.net\/projects\/default-mac-wallpapers-in-5k\/<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/512pixels.net\/projects\/default-mac-wallpapers-in-5k\/\">Every Default macOS Wallpaper \u2013 in Glorious 5K Resolution<\/a><br \/>\nEvery major version of Mac OS X macOS has come with a new default wallpaper. As you can see, I have collected them all here.<\/p>\n<p>While great in their day, the early wallpapers are now quite small in the world of 5K displays.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, I have a default screen that doesn\u2019t make me feel nauseous.<\/p>\n<p>Apple, please let users choose their default lock and login screens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Sur has been one of the best upgrades to Apple\u2019s operating system family in several years. After Catalina, it\u2019s nice to upgrade and actually&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/csw\/2020\/12\/05\/big-surs-big-ugly-wallpaper\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Big Sur&#8217;s Big Ugly Wallpaper<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"iawp_total_views":131,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,3,8],"tags":[43,148,325,326,393,395,557,574],"class_list":["post-1034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-csw","category-design","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-design","tag-macos","tag-macos-big-sur","tag-operating-systems","tag-os-x","tag-usability","tag-wallpaper","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tameri.com\/csw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/FB_Banner_Pen_Mac.png?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfiw78-gG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/csw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/csw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/csw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/csw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/csw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/csw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1629,"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/csw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034\/revisions\/1629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/csw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/csw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/csw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/csw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}