Apple had gotten us used to having wallpapers based on high quality landscape photos. It started with the Great Wave of the Mavericks, passing through the High Sierra Mountains and ending at Catalina Island or on the Big Sur shore. But macOS Monterey only has an official background, and it’s in abstract colors. No photographs.
For him youtubeur and photographer Andrew Levitt, who reproduces Apple’s photos on his wallpapers every year, it’s nothing short of a betrayal in its own right. So he decided that if Apple didn’t take photos for a background in macOS Monterey, it would do it itself.
If Apple doesn’t, I do
As he recounts in the video you can see in these lines, Michael’s initial intention was to want to photograph the landscape that symbolizes the abstract background of macOS Monterey. The problem is that we are talking about an underwater canyon 1.7 km deep, impossible to photograph due to the pressure and the darkness.
Therefore, it was time to find another landscape of the California region of Monterey that deserved to be an unofficial wallpaper for macOS. And there was the following problem and probably the reason why Apple limited itself to offering an abstract background: Monterey it is a mainly urban area. There are hardly any natural landscapes.
Ultimately, Levitt chose a coastal and rocky area, and to be true to the vibrant macOS backgrounds, he spent 24 hours taking photos in time lapse be able to have several depending on the time of day. The result is not bad at all and you can download it for free from their website.
