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svkrzn

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Dec 8, 2009
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Hey, wondering if it is normal when you turn MacBook off and start it again it displays standard Monterey background and a flower as a profile picture but as soon as I login it switches back to my chosen wallpaper and my chosen profile picture.
 

Slartibart

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Aug 19, 2020
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Which MB model? Which version of Monterey?
Depending on the latter, try:
  1. Set System Preferences>Security & Privacy>FileVault>Turn Off FileVault
  2. Desktop & Screen Saver>Change background to background of your choosing, or change to another and change back
  3. Apple menu > Lock screen >> background should be the one you've chosen
  4. if you are the sole user AND file vault is turned off you can go to System Preferences>Users & Groups >Login Options and set "Display login window as" to "List of users". Then your login screen should match your desktop background.
  5. Turn FileVault back on
 
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svkrzn

macrumors regular
Original poster
Dec 8, 2009
228
10
Australia
Which MB model? Which version of Monterey?
Depending on the latter, try:
  1. Set System Preferences>Security & Privacy>FileVault>Turn Off FileVault
  2. Desktop & Screen Saver>Change background to background of your choosing, or change to another and change back
  3. Apple menu > Lock screen >> background should be the one you've chosen
  4. if you are the sole user AND file vault is turned off you can go to System Preferences>Users & Groups >Login Options and set "Display login window as" to "List of users". Then your login screen should match your desktop background.
  5. Turn FileVault back on
Thanks i will try it tomorrow. What does it have to do with firevault? At the moment if I go to apple menu-lock screen, it displays the correct inage. It is only if I turn it off and on.
 

appltech

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Apr 23, 2020
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Thanks i will try it tomorrow. What does it have to do with firevault? At the moment if I go to apple menu-lock screen, it displays the correct inage. It is only if I turn it off and on.
With FileVault enabled you'd receive a standard Monterey image because with filevault boot process slightly differ from a default one. System don't know from whom (user) obtain information
 

nmt1900

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Sep 16, 2021
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When Filevault is enabled, the screen you see after powering on the Mac is not a login screen altough it looks like it. Because this screen is displayed before the boot of actual system, its' appearance is not related to user settings/preferences.
 

svkrzn

macrumors regular
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Dec 8, 2009
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Australia
When Filevault is enabled, the screen you see after powering on the Mac is not a login screen altough it looks like it. Because this screen is displayed before the boot of actual system, its' appearance is not related to user settings/preferences.
So pretty much it displays the default wallpaper and picture because no one is logged in. Is it possible to change default wallpaper and profile photo before anyone logs in?
 
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