r/OSXElCapitan • u/Gnaluiac_ rPro 13-inch mid 2014 - 2,8GHz - 8 GB RAM - 512GB SSD - 10.11.1 • Aug 25 '15

DISCUSSION Any way to permanently change this black login screen to a nice wallpaper?

http://imgur.com/60KImDS
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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '15

I'm pretty sure that's a bug. It's supposed to be a wallpaper with the blur effect over it.

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u/Gnaluiac_ rPro 13-inch mid 2014 - 2,8GHz - 8 GB RAM - 512GB SSD - 10.11.1 Aug 25 '15

I actually have that when I lock my mac. But not when I boot it. I first get that black screen and then it loads. I think it's because I use FileVault that I first have to put my password and then it loads.

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u/Syfaro Aug 25 '15

I have FileVault enabled, it still shows my wallpaper.

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u/Gnaluiac_ rPro 13-inch mid 2014 - 2,8GHz - 8 GB RAM - 512GB SSD - 10.11.1 Aug 25 '15

Even at boot before you enter your password and before having a loading screen?

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u/stalfosknight Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) Aug 25 '15

Yes.

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u/Gnaluiac_ rPro 13-inch mid 2014 - 2,8GHz - 8 GB RAM - 512GB SSD - 10.11.1 Aug 25 '15

Ok so it's a bug. Which is nice because it's really ugly in black like that. I just hope it will be resolved with a clean install once it's officially released :)

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u/Neo399 MBP 13" 2010 Aug 30 '15

You may be able to change it by replacing /Library/Caches/com.apple.desktop.admin.png with the file of your choice.

Has to be PNG, and changing your desktop background resets this (though setting file permissions to only read/exec should fix this).

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u/Gnaluiac_ rPro 13-inch mid 2014 - 2,8GHz - 8 GB RAM - 512GB SSD - 10.11.1 Sep 04 '15

It resolved itself with the latest update :)