Comments on: Change the Login Screen Wallpaper in OS X Lion

By: Darmo

Darmo — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:36:52 +0000

I have tried to change the login screen wallpaper like the instruction, but I see no change at all, I have tried to resize my image same as display resolution then I change the picture format to png … but that’s not going to change at all…… Please help, any suggestions?

By: Lance

Lance — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:25:06 +0000

I meant “How” is the system finding it. If that original pattern image file is now totally missing, how is it still filling the screen? Obviously, there is a second grey burlap pattern file in the system… but where?

By: Lance

Lance — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:15:10 +0000

I followed the steps precisely. No change. Who is the system finding the old file that is now not even in the System directory tree?

By: Stuart

Stuart — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 01:16:43 +0000

I can’t seem to find a way to get this to work on Mountain Lion, as Loginox is incompatible, and altering the file does nothing. Any ideas?

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:28:38 +0000

this doesn’t work after the 10.7.4 update. Download Loginox and it simplifies the whole thing. It can even get rid of the Apple logo if you want.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:26:44 +0000

How do you get rid of the hazy overlay? The colors aren’t as sharp the original picture as a result.

By: zack lutherburg

zack lutherburg — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 03:33:32 +0000

hey it don’t work wad should i do?

By: blischka

blischka — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:25:16 +0000

thanks, Kenan.

By: Leopold

Leopold — Mon, 28 May 2012 06:38:22 +0000

Great tutorial! It works like a charm. Now I have my favorite singer on login, Angela Gossow.

Many thanks from Sweden
//Leopold

By: Kenan

Kenan — Sat, 26 May 2012 20:29:45 +0000

Or you could just download Onyx–a really handy, free maintenance utility that conveniently uncovers some of the Lion’s mysteries. Here’s a link to CNet’s download page. And it looks like they featured an article not but a few days ago. . Onyx provides the user with a couple dozen maintenance/convenience functions. Don’t be intimidated by the fact that some of these processes are rather complicated, in fact I would encourage anyone to take an hour or two and learn about some of the primary maintenance features. You will be a happier person and your Mac will love you for it! Anyhow, one of the most basic functions is the Login Background Image, and that’s not the only thing you can alter on the login page. Hope this helps!

Download Page:
http://download.cnet.com/mac/titanium-s-software/3260-20_4-6291838.html

By: _maz© (@_maz)

_maz© (@_maz) — Mon, 21 May 2012 10:12:46 +0000

This guide doesn´t work for OSX 10.7.4. Use the app Loginox |FREE| and rename the png to NSTexturedFullScreenBackgroundColor.png before drop it into the apps window if u have 10.7.4.

By: Boy_Genius

Boy_Genius — Sat, 19 May 2012 00:09:21 +0000

This did not work for me i dont know if is because am on OSX 10.7.4 but i followed your guide to a Tee..

Use Loginox app! Works for 10.7.4 as well.

By: 2y2d

2y2d — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:33:51 +0000

doesn’t work since 10.7.4 update

¿ any idea ?

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:51:14 +0000

I had issues with the images repeating even though it’s the same resolution as my MBP.

A little more research and I found out that the image needs to be 72dpi. For Photoshop users open the image then save it using the web settings and set to PNG-24. It will then convert your image to 72dpi but keep the size.

Worked really well after that.