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Change Mac Desktop Wallpaper With a Custom Command

Some organizations require that all of the company's managed macOS devices have custom wallpaper set as the desktop background. This article contains two procedures for IT Admins to control a user's desktop wallpaper:

  • You can create a custom command and use an MDM Custom Configuration Profile and a policy to enforce a specific wallpaper file.

Important:

Do not use this procedure in conjunction with the Mac Wallpaper Modification Policy.

  • Alternatively, you can create a Mac Wallpaper Modification Policy that allows users to change their wallpaper, and then provide the wallpaper file to them.

Prerequisites:

  • The device or device group must be enrolled in Mobile Device Management (MDM) to use this method.
  • The wallpaper image file must be hosted in publicly accessible cloud storage accessible via URL, for example an AWS S3 bucket. 

Creating a Custom Command for Wallpaper

Three steps are required to fully control a macOS user鈥檚 wallpaper:

  1. Create a custom command to provide a wallpaper image to your devices.
  2. Create a custom configuration profile to provide a path to the wallpaper image.
  3. Create a policy to deliver and enforce the wallpaper.

To create a custom command for wallpaper for macOS:

  1. Log in to the .
  2. Go to DEVICE MANAGEMENT > Commands.
  3. Click (+), then cho