System/Library/Frameworks/amework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background & EDIT: Apple decided to restructure a bit in High Sierra. It will set your screen saver as your wallpaper. Set Google Featured Photos as Screen Saver Coding Time!įire up Terminal and paste the below line of code. Next, go to System Preferences → Desktop & Screen Saver and set the Google Featured Photos as the active screen saver. On a Mac, any screen saver can be made to run as a wallpaper with just one line of code.įirst, you have to download and install the Google Featured Photos Screen Saver. You may be wondering why my title says “wallpaper” but then links to a “Screen Saver” app.

But a few months ago, Google released a nifty app for Mac called Google Featured Photos. Google selects some of these best photos to create brilliant slideshows.įor a long time, this was exclusive to ChromeCast user. While most users default to Facebook to post photos, a lot of photographers use Google+ to publish their work. Backdrop allows the Chromecast to display a slideshow of beautiful photos when it’s idle. If you’re a Chromecast user, you may be familiar with Chromecast Backdrop. Well, what if I told you that I got my Mac greet me with a brand new, high resolution wallpaper every time I flip it open? And setting new wallpaper manually is tiresome. The default wallpapers on the Mac gets boring after a few weeks. By Aakaash Jois How to hack your Mac and give it the gorgeous wallpapers it truly deserves

Use google photos for mac screen saver