2019 MBP (last of the 15") Wallpaper Issue.

[PAPO]

So I have been on the search for a new wallpaper, I found something but needed to edit it. I looked up the screen resolution in "About My Mac" and its 2880x1800; COOL. I finish editing my wallpaper, it's a little wide but it's the EXACT hight, when I set it to "CENTRE" it's NOWHERE NEAR the right size.

Note: Still running Mojave, not giving up 32Bit support, Dashboard, or iTunes.

Am I Missing something? I know I'm being a little pedantic, but I prefer my wallpapers to be the same size as my screen and just fit it 1:1 and it's been a while since I changed my wallpaper, but I'm pretty sure "CENTRE" is the right setting for that if the wallpaper is the right size...

 

[jav6454]

What's the resolution of the wallpaper vs the display's?

 

[PAPO]

What's the resolution of the wallpaper vs the display's?

I literally generated a test wallpaper (to check my sanity vs the nice one I made) that was 2880x1800 (the resolution reported in about this mac) and when I choose "CENTRE" it does this:

 

[jav6454]

I literally generated a test wallpaper (to check my sanity vs the nice one I made) that was 2880x1800 (the resolution reported in about this mac) and when I choose "CENTRE" it does this:

What about the other options?

 

[PAPO]

They fill it in different ways, my point is am I missing something when it comes to making a wallpaper that is already the same resolution as my display...

The one that I edited from an existing wallpaper ended up a TINY bit wider than what my screen should be, so I figured centre would just fit it top and bottom and I'd loose a little evenly off each side... is it too much to ask that a wallpaper the same pixel count as my monitor fits my monitor with NO scaling or stretching???

 

[jav6454]

Try matching the exact resolution of the screen. Perhaps that extra width is undoing your work.

 

[PAPO]

Try matching the exact resolution of the screen. Perhaps that extra width is undoing your work.

like I said I made one that was an EXACT match as a sanity check, that's the one in the screenshot... I probably could have been clearer, the white is the edge of that test wallpaper, and the grey is the system background.

 

[TripleYoThreat]

chiming in to say I know it can be done. I made custom wallpapers for 2560x1440 but i think I did use fill because you need to

 

[PAPO]

It's been a LOOOONG time since I changed the wallpaper on my Mac, but am I really finding out this is something Windows does in a more sensible way??? lol, especially when scaling is so bad on windows, and had been fantastic on mac for so long