So maybe it’s enough to create new HEIC file with 16 separate images and macOS will show them properly. You can upload Mojave (Dynamic).heic file and you will see that in this single file there is 16 separate pictures taken in different day phase.

There is really good online tool where we can check content of Mojave wallpaper file. That kind of file can contains multiple images/thumbnails and metadata in a single file.

Photos in iOS (also live photos) are stored as a HEIC file. Generally this is type of file which Apple uses in iOS devices. More information about this type of file you can find on Wikipedia. Also here we can find dynamic wallpaper.ĭynamic wallpaper is saved as a HEIC file ( Mojave (Dynamic).heic). So at night we have dark wallpaper at day we have light wallpaper.Īll built in wallpapers in macOS we can find in folder: /Library/Desktop Pictures. At night it is picture of Mojave at night, during day it’s picture of Mojave taken during day. In Mojave we can choose new type of wallpaper: dynamic.ĭepending on day time, system displays different wallpaper. How Apple built dynamic wallpapers? And is it possible to create your own dynamic wallpaper for macOS? I spent some time because I would like to answer to the both above questions.

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