Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

MBP wallpaper changing problem!

N

newtomacs11

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Sep 26, 2011
8
0
my mpb won't change wallpapers upon logging in. i set the changing settings to when waking from sleep and when logging in and still see no results! when i uses the apple nature wallpapers it works sometimes though.

plz help sum1!>_<

p.s. im using my own pics
 
newtomacs11 said:
my mpb won't change wallpapers upon logging in. i set the changing settings to when waking from sleep and when logging in and still see no results! when i uses the apple nature wallpapers it works sometimes though.

plz help sum1!>_<

p.s. im using my own pics
Click to expand...

explain what you did to set the wallpaper
 
i go to system preferences then wallpapers etc. then when they give you the wallpaper selection on the left side i go to the very bottom and pick pictures then all of my downloaded pictures pop up and i pick one. then set the pictures to change when waking from sleep and that works but it doesn't change when i restart or shutdown and restart.

it worked with the apple nature wallpapers sometimes but i forget how i got it to work.
 
newtomacs11 said:
i go to system preferences then wallpapers etc. then when they give you the wallpaper selection on the left side i go to the very bottom and pick pictures then all of my downloaded pictures pop up and i pick one. then set the pictures to change when waking from sleep and that works but it doesn't change when i restart or shutdown and restart.

it worked with the apple nature wallpapers sometimes but i forget how i got it to work.
Click to expand...

so on a restart it resets back to a wallpaper you didnt choose?
 
when i restart it keeps the same wallpaper i want it to change upon logging in. or every time i restart. it worked for the apple wallpapers but not my own.
 
Is the folder containing the images you set as your wall paper on an external drive? If so that would probably be your problem, I was having this issue just the other day. Just move the folder to your boot drive and set your wall paper again, it should stay then.

Never mind, I seemed to have misunderstood what you were trying to do. If you want it to choose a random wall paper you will have to add a folder, and not just a single image.
 
its a little confusing because i have a folder full of pictures and i can select it and a single pic inside. im going to click on another folder and then click back on my dl pictures and select random and change when logging in.

my pictures folder is in my profile thing and i don't have an external drive!
 
i tried just about everything i can't even get the apple wallpapers to change anymore. am i the only one with this problem!?
 
I just found out mine isn't working right either..I used to just right click (with control and click) on an image and hit set as desktop image and it would go. So that doesn't work and I also tried to do it the long way through system preferences and that also isn't working..ugh kind of annoying! I have a mac book pro 15inch from july 2011
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back