Can you change your log in photo

[Davycrocket825]

Is it possible to change your log in background picture ?

 

[Ghost31]

Trying to remember. Is it when you go into contacts and edit your own contact picture?

 

[martyjmclean]

System Preferences > Users & Groups - choose a photo from your Library or drag/drop, copy/paste one into the Well.

 

[Davycrocket825]

System Preferences > Users & Groups - choose a photo from your Library or drag/drop, copy/paste one into the Well.

Sorry I meant the log in screen picture not my profile photo sorry for the confusion.

 

[martyjmclean]

Sorry I meant the log in screen picture not my profile photo sorry for the confusion.

Ah... you just replace the file, or use OnyX.

 

[Davycrocket825]

Ah... you just replace the file, or use OnyX.

How to change the file what is Onyx ?

 

[MacManiac76]

The easiest way is to use the app OnyX. It's under the Parameters section, then click on Login.

 

[Davycrocket825]

Sounds complicated and I don’t want to make a error and then get stuck

 

[BenAigen]

Is it possible to change your log in background picture ?

Is this what you want?

Open System Preference and click on to and open Desktop & Screen Saver

Then choose whatever takes your fancy.

 

[MacManiac76]

Sounds complicated and I don’t want to make a error and then get stuck

It’s not complicated. You simply click a button in OnyX and then select the photo you want to be your login background.

 

[Davycrocket825]

It’s not complicated. You simply click a button in OnyX and then select the photo you want to be your login background.

Downloaded Only for Mojave 10 .14 I opened only and I got a line of Onxy , maintenance Utilities files parameters I clicked on Onlxy nothing happened complicated I have removed it

 

[MacManiac76]

Downloaded Only for Mojave 10 .14 I opened only and I got a line of Onxy , maintenance Utilities files parameters I clicked on Onlxy nothing happened complicated I have removed it

Like I said above, after OnyX opens, click on the Parameters icon and then on Login. Couldn't be more simple.

 

[retta283]

The background image for the login is the same as your desktop wallpaper.

 

[MacManiac76]

The background image for the login is the same as your desktop wallpaper.

By default it is, but the whole point of this thread is to change it to something different than the current wallpaper.

 

[Davycrocket825]

Like I said above, after OnyX opens, click on the Parameters icon and then on Login. Couldn't be more simple.Ok I downloaded Only again when to Parametres and login chose another background restarted it my MacBook same login background phot not the new oner I chose !

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Like I said above, after OnyX opens, click on the Parameters icon and then on Login. Couldn't be more simple.

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I downloaded Onxy again and clicked Parameters Login chose a new background picture not once but twice restarted my MacBook same back picture as before so It did’t change my choice of picture ! so sent Only to trash to remove it again !!!

 

[chown33]

Which OS version are you using?

It seems that things which worked on OSes before Mojave don't work on Mojave.

Here's an article on one way to do it for Mojave:
https://apple.stackexchange.com/que...e-the-login-screen-background-in-macos-mojave

I haven't tried it on Mojave, so please try what it suggests, and post your results.

Found by googling search terms: change mac login wallpaper

 

[MacManiac76]

I downloaded OnyX again and clicked Parameters Login chose a new background picture not once but twice restarted my MacBook same background picture as before so It did’t change my choice of picture ! so sent OnyX to trash to remove it again.

It seams it doesn't change the login wallpaper if you have FileVault enabled and restart. It does however work if you are logged in and choose to just logout instead of restart. Do you have FileVault enabled by chance?