Dynamic Wallpaper will add live wallpapers from macOS Big Sur to iPhone and iPad

In macOS Mojave, we added dynamic wallpapers: the time of day in the photo was synchronized with the time on the computer, and the picture changed before our eyes throughout the day. Many expected live backgrounds to appear on iOS soon. But three years later, this did not happen. And Reddit users figured out how to implement the feature using quick commands.

The user experience is as close as possible to the original dynamic wallpaper. Used backgrounds from macOS Big Sur, which are automatically scaled and cropped to the screen resolution of the device. When launched, the command determines the time of sunrise and sunset by geolocation, and then sets the picture corresponding to the time of day. To work in automatic mode, the command automation function is used.

To install live wallpaper, proceed as follows.

1. Add the command

To add wallpaper, go to link and click Get Quick Command. When the Commands app opens, scroll down the list of actions and tap Add Unreliable Quick Command.

2. Upload the wallpaper to your iCloud Drive

Go to link to Dropbox from your smartphone and select Download. Tap "Download" and wait a bit.

Open the archive from the download menu and then click on it to extract the images in the Files application that opens.

Go to the folder with the files, tap "Select" in the menu and then "Select all".

Click on the move icon, go to the Shortcuts folder and tap Move.

3. Set up automation

Now the wallpaper can be changed by clicking on the Dynamic Wallpaper shortcut in the "My commands" section. To fully automate the process, you need to add one of the triggers. The easiest way to run a command is to open an application that you regularly use throughout the day. For example, Telegram, Facebook or something else.

In Teams, on the Automation tab, click the plus sign and select Create Automation For Yourself.

Open the "Application" item, tap "Select", specify the desired one and click "Next".

Tap "Add Action", enter "Run" in the search and select "Run Quick Command".

Set the command to Dynamic Wallpaper.

Click "Next" and then turn off the "Ask before startup" toggle switch and tap "Finish".

Artyom Kozoriz