You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

MacOS 12.4 M1 iMac - Photo to wallpaper: Always out of focus

Open Photos App,
Open Desired photo for Wallpaper. In my case, resolution of photo is 4496 × 3000,
Drag/Drop photo over to Settings Desktop (+ sign appears),
Ensure Fit to Screen is selected,
Now in Photos App, zoom/scale to same/similar size as wallpaper. I simply Enter Full Screen view mode.

Notice how pixelated the wallpaper is compared to Photos App version? One other thing I noticed: In Settings->Desktop window, select dropdown option Center instead of Fit to Screen. A tiny version of the photo appears. Is this the photo being stretched to almost full screen? That might explain it.

I don't recall running into this problem prior to Monterey on my M1.

Posted on Jul 11, 2022 2:50 PM

Top-ranking reply

Bill Giovinetti1 Author

Level 1

41 points

Posted on Jul 11, 2022 3:18 PM

Solved it. You can't drag/drop from Photos to Settings/Desktop app. You must use the Settings photo selector (lower left pane). Then it works fine.

View in context

MacOS 12.4 M1 iMac - Photo to wallpaper: Always out of focus

Similar questions