Ventura keeps resetting my wallpaper to the default

[thebart]

Ventura 13.3.1 Mac M1 Mini

I have one wallpaper selected. No auto rotate, no dynamic wallpaper. The wallpaper is in Pictures folder, which is on my internal drive, so it's not a mounting issue.

But Ventura randomly reverts the wallpaper back to the default on wakeup, restart, or just in the middle of a session.

Any ideas what's going on? thanks

 

[rocketbuc]

Same here but on a MacBook Air M2. Using it stand-alone or in clamshell mode and upon every restart I am back to the ugly default wallpaper.

EDIT: Same OS as the OP, 13.3.1

 

[rm5]

Not happening to me on my M1 MacBook Air on 13.3.1

 

[bogdanw]

Wallpaper settings should be saved in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
Make a copy of the file, delete it and try again. Of course, this would reset all Finder settings.

 

[thebart]

Rather than setting the wallpaper via settings > wallpaper, I tried it via right click in finder. That seems to stick. I'll see if it'll continue to stick.

 

[snakes-]

Have you all used some cleaner apps or cleared the cache? This can cause the problem.
Whats about your calendar icon? Is the correct date on the icon? Cleaning apps can even destroy this.

 

[thebart]

Have you all used some cleaner apps or cleared the cache? This can cause the problem.
Whats about your calendar icon? Is the correct date on the icon? Cleaning apps can even destroy this.

no I don't touch that stuff

 

[960design]

Any ideas what's going on? thanks

Verify no profile is installed, Profile changes/updates can reset wallpaper.
Apple > System Settings > Privacy & Security ( scroll all the way to the bottom ) > Others > Profiles

If you do not see profiles, then none are installed.

 

[lnwr]

Yep, no profiles

 

[thebart]

Verify no profile is installed, Profile changes/updates can reset wallpaper.
Apple > System Settings > Privacy & Security ( scroll all the way to the bottom ) > Others > Profiles

If you do not see profiles, then none are installed.

Thanks, but i checked and there are no profiles

 

[UbuntuFu]

I've also experiencing this for several months on my 16 inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro connected to a Plugable TB dock and 2 external displays. On MacOS 13.4.1

I have no other profile, no FileVault. I have 5 desktops on my MBP display and each external display as its own desktop. So I have 7 different wallpapers in total at a time. The bonkers thing is when I boot up it will actually show me the wallpaper I've set for my first desktop (laptop display) at the login screen.

After I enter my password and login both external displays immediately goes to the default Ventura wallpaper. 4 of 5 desktops on my laptop display will change to the default wallpaper, except for a random desktop like #2 or #3 that would still have my custom one. It may be the desktop I was on when I shut my laptop down.

I had Top Notch installed and turned have that off but no difference. I moved my Wallpaper folder out of the Documents folder into its own folder under my home user folder but also no difference. I also think I tried changing the wallpaper via right click Finder instead of going into Settings but I'm not sure 100% on that, I'll make sure I do it for all 7 desktop displays.

*Update* Did what OP did. I went to each virtual desktop on my laptop display and external displays, opened Finder and went to my custom wallpaper folder and picked the photo, right-click, Set as Wallpaper. It seems to have stuck as I've restarted twice over the weekend and I'm still good for all my 7 desktops wallpapers.