Latest macOS Sonoma Beta Adds 100+ New Video Wallpapers and Screensavers

[patearrings]

I mean, you seem to have to intentionally download them, so I don't think you need to delete anything if you don't want them. They aren't all included in the default OS install or anything.

Indeed, but from my testing, once you have downloaded them once, if you remove them, they will re-download.

 

[ELman]

So many to choose from. Every Monday, ill change to a new one to keep my Macbook feeling fresh

Good thing it's not a diaper your changing.

 

[Cotton_Candy_Poodle]

Here's hoping for a return of After Dark's Flying Toasters!!!

@Unity451 here it is https://github.com/robertventurini/FlyingToasters/releases/tag/1.1
Been using it for well over a year now and still a converstation topic every time somebody new sees it!

 

[rungxanh2901]

Did they add the option to remove the wallpaper downloads on right-click?

 

[plaiditude]

I was actually browsing through these wallpapers this morning before I updated to the new beta so for some reason I already had them. I'm currently swimming through Dark Kelp

 

[mrfunnypenguin]

Is it possible to store them on an external drive?, lol.

 

[t0rqx]

This is a smart and amazing strategy to make people upgrade their base Mac's storage. Usually they delete all previous generation wallpapers, now they add hundreds.

 

[Miicat_47]

Does anyone know if there is any Japan related wallpapers?

 

[ediks]

meanwhile iOS gets its wallpapers deleted with each update ... , why dont they keep the old ones like on MacOS, doesnt make any sense

 

[CPark98]

Does anyone know if there is any Japan related wallpapers?

not as of now

 

[nvmls]

I think this is great but obviously concerned about storage. Anyone knows how much space they take overall?

 

[CPark98]

The Hawaii Ocean Screensaver looks stunning!

 

[bunty]

I may be the only person who still has a dark gray solid color desktop background. I've done this for many years.

 

[jarman92]

I'm afraid i have to completely disagree. When they come to a stop, they are blurred (on a 4k monitor at least).

Worse than that, they take up an inordinate amount of space, before todays additions, if you wanted all of them enabled, you would already have been using 11gb of space, so who knows what they take up now, probably north of 20gb.

Most people using apple silicon have only 256gb ssds, and even at 512gb, who is realistically going to use 5% of their ssd space for some screensavers. Granted, you could just use one but that gets dull pretty fast.

On top of that, these are not easy to disable. Even if you do just select one, your mac will download more/all in the background whilst you are using the machine. I have disabled it now, but it took a bit of trickery using little snitch.

“The food was terrible. And such small portions!”

 

[patearrings]

“The food was terrible. And such small portions!”

I get the reference, but you obviously didn't read my post. They are blurred when stationary so not good quality either.

 

[fwmireault]

When they come to a stop, they are blurred (on a 4k monitor at least).

I have to agree that they look more blurry than I'd like on my 5K monitor. Hopefully the next betas will refine them a bit

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Check out all the wallpapers in macOS Sonoma Beta 7 💫

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Here are the Names of new and renewed macOS Sonoma wallpapers.

P.S.: They are all in your order chronologically.

Which one is your favorite?

 

[srbNYC]

I didn't think I'd care about this, but when they started showing up (my list of choices seemed to jump all at once last weekend), I decided that the fresh workspace just feels good for the mind. Hundreds might be more than anyone needs, but have to admit I'm finding them exciting. A little surprise & delight never hurt anyone.

 

[Dwalls90]

Curious what this means for Aerial

Aerial - A free and open-source Mac Screen Saver

 

[WiLLGT09]

Would be cool to have just still photo versions of many of these... I don't want or need video-based desktop wallpapers. :/

 

[AjTee]

These wallpapers download really slow...

 

[serzhs1]

Shame Apple doesn’t make anymore wallpapers for iPhone 😳

 

[sleeptodream]

I may be the only person who still has a dark gray solid color desktop background. I've done this for many years.

Probably good for productivity and keeps you from being drawn into the computer too much? Dopamine and all that. I've tried using some of the macos solid colors before for a retro look, but I always end up switching

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

Prediction: the next iPad Pro is rumored to have a LTPO OLED, just like the iPhone 14 Pro.
I would not be shocked if they brought these screensavers to it as an exclusive “always on” mode, with StandBy integrated

 

[anshuvorty]

Incredible feature, just so well executed.

Remember when Microsoft tried this on Windows Vista with their "DreamScene" feature, and it failed miserably?

Apple just knows and has the designers to execute these types of features to perfection!