Like we mentioned above, this isn’t as easy as some of the previous methods used to change the login screen wallpaper on older macOS versions such as Sierra, Yosemite, and El Capitan. Fortunately, there is one workaround that you can try in order to get a change the login screen background on your Mac running macOS Big Sur. It’s unclear why Apple chooses to prevent users from changing the login screen background in a simple way such as what Microsoft offers on Windows 10. ( can you pls kindly help and create an update so as to assist ignorant people like myself to properly remove or replace that newly created and ‘somewhat-less-than-appealing’ ‘big sur’ login-screen? Thank you! ( Source) What was Apple thinking when they created that login screen I have hardly ever seen anything like it. I am trying to change the screen prior to login – the Big Sur screen when you boot up. We’ve added a few comments from frustrated users below: While this might not bother some users, those who want the login screen to be personalized will definitely be disappointed with Apple’s decision to have a fixed background. Unfortunately, users who have installed the macOS Big Sur update are now left with only one login screen background with no easy way to change it. However, prior to the macOS Big Sur update, it was relatively easy to set a custom background on the login screen and thus those who wished to change the background could do so within a couple of minutes.

Apple does not allow users to change the login screen background via any official tools or settings. The macOS Big Sur update went live early this month and brought along a revamped UI with a number of new features and improvements over macOS Catalina.īut there are still a few things that could be improved upon such as the missing option to change the login screen background. Original story (published on January 21, 2021) follows:

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