With the release of macOS Sonoma, Apple includes a ton of new wallpapers that are all gorgeous. They’re so amazing that they might be the best reason to upgrade when Apple releases it this fall.
There are a lot of new wallpapers–47–with more Cityscape, Underwater, and Earth wallpapers. All of the wallpapers can be set as the Mac’s animated screensaver where the scene pans across the display. If you use the Spaces feature, a different wallpaper can be set for each desktop Space. These wallpapers can all be used on the new Sonoma Lock Screen, which seamlessly zooms into your desktop. To find them all once you’re running Sonoma, head over to the Wallpaper tab in System Settings.
Here’s a sample of the new wallpapers–but keep in mind that these are single shots of an animated sequence.
Sonoma River
Apple has included five wallpapers that feature the Sonoma Valley for which this version of macOS gets its name.
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macOS Sonoma wallpaper: Sonoma River
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macOS Sonoma wallpaper: Sonoma evening
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macOS Sonoma wallpaper: Sonoma Clouds
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macOS Sonoma wallpaper: Sonoma from Above
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macOS Sonoma wallpaper: Sonoma Horizon
China
Apple is always looking to grow its market share in China and featuring the country in some wallpapers might attract a few new Chinese users. Here are six wallpapers, including a couple of the Great Wall.
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macOS Sonoma wallpaper: China’s Great Wall Daylight
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macOS Sonoma wallpaper: China’s Great Wall
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macOS Sonoma wallpaper: China Paddy Field
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macOS Sonoma wallpaper: China Mountain Cliffs
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macOS Sonoma wallpaper: China Mountains
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macOS Sonoma wallpaper: China Silhouette
San Francisco
Here’s some trivia from this San Francisco resident: The fog, which is a part of daily SF life, has a nickname. We call it Karl, which is prominently featured in a wallpaper.
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macOS Sonoma wallpaper: San Francisco Bay
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macOS Sonoma wallpaper: San Francisco Evening
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macOS Sonoma wallpaper: San Francisco Night
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macOS Sonoma wallpaper: San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge
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macOS Sonoma wallpaper: San Francisco Skyline
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macOS Sonoma wallpaper: San Francisco Ferry Building
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macOS Sonoma wallpaper: San Francisco Fog
Scotland
Three of the new Landscape wallpapers feature the lush green land of Scotland.
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macOS Sonoma Wallpaper: Scotland Castle
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macOS Sonoma Wallpaper: Scotland Lake
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macOS Sonoma Wallpaper: Scotland Coast
Underwater
Apple added 15 Underwater wallpapers with jellyfish, sharks, seals, dolphins, rays, and more. Since these can be used as screen savers, the animals swim across the display. Here’s a look at six of them.
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macOS Sonoma Wallpaper: Seal Pod
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macOS Sonoma Wallpaper: Alaskan Jellies Light
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macOS Sonoma Wallpaper: Gray Reef Sharks
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macOS Sonoma Wallpaper: Cownose Rays
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macOS Sonoma Wallpaper: California Dolphin Pod
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macOS Sonoma Wallpaper: Jack School
Earth
The 17 new shots taken from the Earth’s orbit focus on other areas, such as Antarctica and its Southern Lights, West Africa, New York, Southern California, and China at night. Those wallpapers are shown here.
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macOS Sonoma Wallpaper: China Night
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macOS Sonoma Wallpaper: West Africa
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macOS Sonoma Wallpaper: Antarctica’s Southern Lights
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macOS Sonoma Wallpaper: New York
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macOS Sonoma Wallpaper: Southern California
Our guide to macOS Sonoma can fill you in on the next version of the Mac operating system.
