In Wallpaper, Tahoe, 26.0.1 why don't i have a way to add my own photos or a folder of photos and control how they are sized and frequency of the showing. there is no add your won photos buttons on my system wallpaper settings, is this normal?
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Original Title: Wallpaper tahoe 26.0.1
iMac 24″, macOS 26.0
Thanks for your help and i finally got it to show "Your Photos" on the wallpaper app, i wish i cold take the credit but i simply read others fix for the problem in Tahoe,
"To fix it for me i opened a photo in the photos app and pressed the share icon and selected "Set Wallpaper". This took a good minute before anything happened but the photo was then set on the desktop AND all the missing photos options appeared!" Looks like the Mac Community came through after all! Cheers!
Thanks for your help and i finally got it to show "Your Photos" on the wallpaper app, i wish i cold take the credit but i simply read others fix for the problem in Tahoe,
"To fix it for me i opened a photo in the photos app and pressed the share icon and selected "Set Wallpaper". This took a good minute before anything happened but the photo was then set on the desktop AND all the missing photos options appeared!" Looks like the Mac Community came through after all! Cheers!
santacruz831 wrote:
Thanks! i did this, select Services > Set Desktop Picture with a picture and it worked, the image went on my desktop but nothing changed with my wallpaper system settings, i.e. nothing showed up like + Add Folder” or “Add Photo Album" so i can't control the image
To be clear, the "Add Photos" & "Add Folder or Albums" buttons from Sequoia have been replaced by "Your Photos".
Click on the "Add Photo…" icon to get the Options available.
If it's not in the Wallpaper pane, try booting into Safe Mode and test. Then restart normally. Sometimes that will fix anomalies.
Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support
If it works in Safe Mode but not after restarting you have some third-party software that is causing the problem.
Thanks for your help and i finally got it to show "Your Photos" on the wallpaper app, i wish i cold take the credit but i simply read others fix for the problem in Tahoe,
"To fix it for me i opened a photo in the photos app and pressed the share icon and selected "Set Wallpaper". This took a good minute before anything happened but the photo was then set on the desktop AND all the missing photos options appeared!" Looks like the Mac Community came through after all! Cheers!
Try this, right or control click on any image you want to set as your wallpaper, select Services > Set Desktop Picture. Then go back to the wallpaper settings and see if "Your Pictures" is there.
okay, so here is a screen shot of my wallpapers settings under the system, where is "your photos" supposed to be?
Now that I have made it to a Mac to check on things, they moved the Photos option to the top, under Dynamic Wallpapers and before Landscapes, renaming it to "Your Photos." In an earlier version of Tahoe, it was still named Photos and at the bottom of the list like in Sequoia.
I can't understand how a third-party system modification would alter that display, but their programmers never cease to amaze me with their ingenuity.
The Photos option should be the leftmost one on the last row which is farther down the list than what your screenshot shows. Can you not scroll down to reveal more tiles?
Thanks! i did this, select Services > Set Desktop Picture with a picture and it worked, the image went on my desktop but nothing changed with my wallpaper system settings, i.e. nothing showed up like + Add Folder” or “Add Photo Album" so i can't control the image
Are you certain you followed the instructions for an Apple Silicon Mac? If so, I would try reinstalling Tahoe from Recovery. There's no reason you should end up on a black screen.
thanks for the reply but my whole problem is the add your own photos just isn't there, it is not anywhere on my wallpapers in the system settings, what gives?
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okay, so here is a screen shot of my wallpapers settings under the system, where is "your photos" supposed to be?
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i did try to restart in safe mode but it only would start with a black screen, seems like something is off......
yeah, it is starting to look like some third party software, when i restarted in safe mode it never got past a black screen. Is there another type of safe mode startup i can do?
You're welcome. Glad it's working.
Wallpaper settings in macOS Tahoe 26.0.1 is missing the ‘Add Your Own Photos’ option
