The 03 Best Ways to Customize Your Mac’s Desktop

 



Change Your Wallpaper (and Screen Saver)

Probably the most obvious and impactful visual decision you can make, you can change your macOS wallpaper using the System Preferences (System Settings) > Desktop & Screen Saver. The 06 Best Ways to Customize Your Mac’s Desktop

You can choose from Apple’s dynamic wallpapers that change throughout the day, simple light and dark desktops that switch based on your current theme, or Apple’s included wallpapers. You can also choose from your Photos library, nominate a folder, or turn on the “Change picture” option to keep things fresh.







If still use a screen saver you can change this here too. We recommend saving energy instead and changing the “Turn off display after” setting to something nice and short under System Preferences (System Settings) > Battery (or Energy Saver on a desktop Mac.

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You can also set any image in Safari as your desktop wallpaper by right-clicking (or two-finger clicking) on it and selecting “Use as Desktop Wallpaper” from the context menu.

Choose Between Light, Dark, and Auto Themes

macOS now has a dark theme available, which is much easier on the eyes when using your computer at night. You’ll find this option under System Preferences (System Settings) > General where you can choose from light, dark, and automatic themes. If you go for Automatic, your Mac will change based on the time of day.

Pick Light or Dark themes to change macOS appearance.



You’ll also find a few other options here, like the macOS accent color (which is used to highlight objects like menu items or desktop icons). The 06 Best Ways to Customize Your Mac’s Desktop.

Set a Custom User Icon

Your user icon is what you see when you first boot your Mac, so make it personal. You can change what is displayed under the System Preferences (System Settings) > Users menu. Make sure your user account is selected on the left, then click on your current user icon to change.



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