Well, whatever your goal and intention is, when you change your Macbook Wallpaper, your machine will look much better with customization tailored to your passion.

Advanategly, to change your MacBook Login Background, you simply need to set a proper wallpaper for your Login account that will automatically reflect on the Login screen each time your Mac goes to sleep or reboots.

Supported wallpaper formats must be saved in image formats that could either be png, jpg, gif, or bmp in order to be read and recognized as a valid background. Nonetheless, here is how you can easily change your Macbook wallpaper background.

How to Change your MacBook Wallpaper Background

• On your MacBook main desktop, right-click in empty space to access a drop-down list of options

• From the list, locate and select change desktop background
• A Desktop & Screensaver settings panel will pop up with available system backgrounds, colors, and screensavers
• Under the Desktop Tab, choose a preferred background to automatically apply as your wallpaper

• Once you choose the best background of your choice, simply left-click on it to set it as your new wallpaper
• If you wish to set custom backgrounds from your files or downloads, simply use the left panel to choose the containing folder and display all containing background and images in it

• To apply a background, click on it to automatically preview it and set it as your desktop wallpaper
• Done: Your selected background will be set as your new Desktop for your Macbook

How to change Macbook Wallpaper from an image file

• Open Finder
• Locate a supported image file you wish to set as your Mac Wallpaper
• Right Click on the image file to access a list of options
• From the list, choose Set Desktop Picture
• Done: The Image or Graphic will be set as your new MacBook wallpaper

How to change MacBook Login Background

• When you set a desktop wallpaper for your MacBook, the same background will be reflected and used on your Login screen
• So, to change and set your Login background, simply change your Macbook wallpaper
• To see the Login background, simply select a valid system account on Login for its set background to be displayed
• DONE: Each Login account will have a different Login Background based on the set account desktop wallpaper

All in all, to change your MacBook wallpaper on either macOS Catalina, macOS Big Sur, or any other macOS version, you simply need to double-check your settings Window to access the Desktop and Screensaver Window from which you can choose and set custom backgrounds.

In fact, Big Sur shares its launch path with IOS 14 for iPhones supporting the iPhone 8, X, Xr, Xs, X max, and SE. Contrary to IOS which ditches older iPhones, macOS Big Sur supports MacBooks as old as 2013 models.

But unlike macOS Catalina that initially supported all Macs from 2012 — present. Big Sur support is trimmed to Retina display MacBooks that rose to popularity in 2013, and here is a full list of MacBooks that can run Big Sur.

MacBooks that can run macOS Big Sur

2020

• MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2020)
• MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
• MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)

2019

• MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2019)
• MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)
• MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
• MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2019)
• MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)

2018

• MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018)
• MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018)
• MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)

2017

• MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, 2017)
• MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017)
• MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)
• MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
• MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)

2016

• MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2016)
• MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
• MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
• MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)

2015

• MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015)
• MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015)
• MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2015)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)

2014

• MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014)
• MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)

2013

• MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)
• MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2013)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2013)

Can Your MacBook run macOS Big Sur

Well, If your MacBook is not a 2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 or latest model, then it can’t run Big Sur. This is due to the operating system’s minimum hardware requirements that are dedicated to only newer models.

So, If you own an older MacBook, the best path is running macOS Catalina or Mojave that rank as great Big Sur alternatives with slightly fewer features than the new Apple OS. Nonetheless, once BigSur is rolled out, we shall publish some of its most exciting features brought to play.