Mountain Lion includes a set of 44 beautiful screensaver images in stunning 3200×2000 resolution, ideal for use as wallpaper on Retina MacBook Pros, Thunderbolt Displays and larger Cinema Displays.
Getting access to the images to use as wallpaper takes just a few seconds. Instructions follow…
Via OSXDaily:
In the Finder, from the Go menu select Go to folder… (or hit CMD-Shift-G).
In the box that opens up, paste in this:
/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.Framework/Versions/A/Resources/Default Collections/
That will open up the folder where the screensaver images are stored. Hit CMD-A to select all of them, then CMD-C to copy. Now open or create the folder where you’d like to store the wallpaper and hit CMD-V to paste in the copies.
Then simply right-click the photo you’d like to use as your wallpaper and select Set Desktop Picture.
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Some nice work. Have lots of new backgrounds for my MacBook Air :)
Cool tip. Why are these hidden in the bowels of the operating system?
if someone could put these in a zip folder thatd be great thanks….
Thanks for this.
wonder why they weren’t simply included in the /Library/Desktop Pictures folder? I put them there. Thanks for the info.
It says folder not found! Please help?
Does not work for mountain lion. (The default collection folder is not there)
Sorry, works for Mountain Lion, not for Mavericks
Thanks for the tip!
You can also drag those folders to Desktop & Screen Saver in System Preferences
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Good tip!
Says ‘The Folder can’t be found’ .
how about posting these pictures here or at least previews?
There are previews in the link, but it’s honestly quicker to follow the instructions to view them locally
EXCELLENT tip… never knew it.
Thanks ;)
It is telling me that the folder cannot be found, and I am running 10.8.4, help?
It is Shift+CMD+G not CMD+Shit+G (I know, it works anyway because you press them together :D ). The folder direction works great ;)
Full resolution downloads here:
Nature patterns:
https://www.facebook.com/AlbOrzDesign/media_set?set=a.523479127717630.1073741829.100001666434300&type=3
Cosmos:
https://www.facebook.com/AlbOrzDesign/media_set?set=a.523478864384323.1073741828.100001666434300&type=3
Aerial:
https://www.facebook.com/AlbOrzDesign/media_set?set=a.523478007717742.1073741827.100001666434300&type=3
National Geographic:
https://www.facebook.com/AlbOrzDesign/media_set?set=a.523477337717809.1073741826.100001666434300&type=3
Nice one! Why are they hidden away in the first place though?
On Mavericks, the file path is
/Library/Screen Savers/Default Collections
I have actually been using these as my backgrounds for about 6-8 months. I put them all in a folder together and have it randomly cycle through them on my two monitors for my wallpaper. I love it. I forget where I heard about it first though.