15.4 Wallpaper bug?

[mystery hill]

I can’t set a custom wallpaper color on Sequoia 15.4. The background changes to white after selecting a custom color.

I can only select from one of the preset colors.

Is anyone else having this issue?

 

[jboyzh]

Yes, same here.

All my custom colored backgrounds have turned to white. I can now only select from the presets, not from any custom color.

 

[project_2501]

yes - same here

I've filled in an Apple Feedback form but I don't know why, they've never replied or fixed bugs as a result of doing that going back many many years

 

[GFS]

Yup. Exactly the same here.

(I'm dreaming of a Snow Leopard)

 

[dethier1958]

I can’t set a custom wallpaper color on Sequoia 15.4. The background changes to white after selecting a custom color.

I can only select from one of the preset colors.

Is anyone else having this issue?

Yes. I can choose one of their hideous wallpaper colors but if I choose my own it's always white. How do they break something so basic?!

 

[colinsky]

I'm another one blinded by the white.

 

[soundjam]

Same here. I can't believe this bug wasn't fixed on the previous Betas and Release Candidate versions. It's SO STUPID.

A workaround, for now, is screen capturing a small color square from the Color Picker and using it as a mosaic image wallpaper.

 

[Pyrotechnic]

Me too, this is annoying, I want the same colour I have had for over 10 years.

 

[mjchernis]

This is completely ridiculous. My background is now either white our one of their obnoxious custom colors. What a stupid bug!

 

[ToeCough]

As a workaround you can use a site like https://mdigi.tools/solid-color-image-generator/ to generate an image with any color and then use that as your wallpaper.

 

[mystery hill]

Someone has reported this bug when 15.4 was still in beta. This should have been fixed before the stable version was released.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOSBeta/comments/1jjrgeb/beta_154rc_bug_solid_color_wallpaper

 

[cwlb]

I can’t set a custom wallpaper color on Sequoia 15.4. The background changes to white after selecting a custom color.

I can only select from one of the preset colors.

Is anyone else having this issue?

Yes I have exact same issue

 

[cwlb]

I have the same issue after 15.4 white lettering on white background, no custom colors just white.

 

[GFS]

A good way to make an image replacement. Useful for multiple Desktops too:

• Do a screen-grab of your monitor (Shift-Cmd-3)

EDIT ... (previous vs using Photos was April Fools... obviously)
• Open the grab in Preview
• Show Markup Toolbar
• Add a Rectangle that covers the whole area. (It can go beyond)
• Click on Fill Colour to open the Colours Palette
• Choose your colour (If you want to use HEX, choose RGB sliders)
…

• Save Changes
• Export
• Choose HEIC
• Least Quality

Save to your “Desktop-Backgrounds-that-don’t-break” folder and you’re good to go.
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NB… My MBPro is set to 'More Space' and the HEIC is 9KB. The OS will not need to resize it, because it is already the perfect size.

NB 3 for Geeks:
On the Colour Palette window:
• Choose the middle icon: Colour Palettes
• Click Ellipse (…)
• Add a New Palette and store your Desktop colours here. Now available wherever you are.

(NB 4.. you can drag colours into the Palette colours list area.)

 

[EduardoBermudez]

I can’t set a custom wallpaper color on Sequoia 15.4. The background changes to white after selecting a custom color.

I can only select from one of the preset colors.

Is anyone else having this issue?

Yes, me too. Not even by restarting.

 

[Klickst]

I also have this bug since 15.4. Please Apple fix it!!!

 

[cwlb]

Spoke with apple they are prioritizing a fix. I asked Chat GPT to create a Wallpaper photo for me, then dropped its photo into Photos app and selected it in Wallpaper pref... a good and quick workaround in my case

 

[fredsmith]

Same for me. 15.4 on an Intel MBP.

 

[Weaselboy]

Picking desktop wallpaper colours from the Apple colour picker no longer works.

Same here...

I is a known bug mentioned in the main bug/fixes thread.

300+ Solid Color Backgrounds (Phone & Desktop) - ColorKit

Over 300 solid color backgrounds to use as desktop wallpaper, instantly download a solid color wallpaper image for free.

colorkit.co

I was able to find an image at this web site that was pretty close to the blue/grey I was using. so all good for now.

 

[gmzis]

Same to me, turned to white after updating, and every time I try to select a custom color it goes back to white, it almost made me blind

 

[Klickst]

I was able to find an image at this web site that was pretty close to the blue/grey I was using. so all good for now.

Thank you, works perfectly!

 

[thohnb]

I'm joined the club now.
After update 15.4 on my 1 month old Macbook Air M2 . I get white wallpaper bug when using color custom.

 

[JPS-YYC]

Great ideas above, thought I'd share this...

https://mdigi.tools/solid-color-image-generator/ (I happen to like the old Windows blue... #357EC7). Save the jpg to a folder of your choosing.

Select 'change wallpaper', add photo from 'choose', and select your downloaded jpg. Can select 'show on all spaces' if relevant.

Cheers,
J

 

[gmzis]

Hard to believe we have to turn to image generation websites to create our wallpaper images, considering the amount of money we spent on our computers. Still love Mac, though

 

[chown33]

Hard to believe we have to turn to image generation websites to create our wallpaper images, considering the amount of money we spent on our computers. Still love Mac, though

It's pretty easy to do with Apple's builtin Preview app.

Open any image file, and choose to Annotate it.
Pick the Rectangle shape.
Change its Fill Color to the color you want.
Draw a Rectangle.
Screenshot only the filled Rectangle.
Use the screenshot as wallpaper.

Annotate an image in Preview on Mac

In Preview on your Mac, sketch and draw, adjust colors, and use notes, text, shapes, and other tools to mark up an image.

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