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title: "How to change Desktop background on an apple mac"  
description: "In this article I am telling you how to change Desktop background on an apple mac"  
author: "Manoj Pandey"  
published: 2015-03-30  
updated: 2019-09-07  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1704/how-to-change-desktop-background-on-an-apple-mac  
category: "desktop/laptop"  
tags: ["desktop troubleshooting"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How to change Desktop background on an apple mac

Mac, is a [series](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/104558/what-is-the-nascar-cup-series) of personal computers (PCs) designed, developed, and marketed by [Apple](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/86055/apple-watch-series-9-product-review) Inc. Your Mac comes equipped with more than the [default](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/12771/what-is-the-importance-of-default-resources) picture.

##### You can change your background of desktop to follow these below steps-:

1. Go to the Apple menu and [choose](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87863/why-you-should-not-choose-wordpress-for-making-a-website) [System](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87103/allahabad-high-court-bulldozed-the-islamic-madrasa-system-in-up) Preferences

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2. After choose System Preference Click the Desktop & Screen Saver button.

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3. Click the [Desktop](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31257/what-is-desktop-os) tab; the left pane [lists](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/126273/books-commonly-found-on-college-reading-lists) the different folders from which you can choose an [image](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23551/an-investigate-distinctive-seafood-restaurant-for-your-image-stamp-character). The [right](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23257/how-to-find-the-right-design-agency-for-your-logo-design) pane displays thumbnails, small [images](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1067/what-is-the-php-predefined-variable-that-tells-the-what-type-of-images-that-php-support), of the images in the selected folder.

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![How to change Desktop background on an apple mac](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/8f959737-371a-4195-8176-cb75f3a0c4c4/images/b9d9fab1-16dd-4cbe-8ae0-96bbf14f7578.png)

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4. After choose your image it will be apply automatically to change desktop images.

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