It’s the same place like in OS X Mavericks! Apple is hiding in OS X Yosemite like in OS X Mavericks 43 high-res images which it offers as screensaver options, and you can use as your wallpaper if you know where to look.
OS X has some options readily available on the Desktop wallpaper screen, but you’ll notice there are different images available on its Screen Saver page. There are listed four Default Collections: National Geographic, aerial, cosmos, and nature patterns.
You can use these images as your desktop image by locating them and copying them into the Desktop page.
Step 1: Open two Finder windows
Step 2: Hit Command-Shift-G to open the Finder’s Go to Folder window and enter this path:
/Library/Screen Savers/Default Collections/
Step 3: Go to second Finder window and hit Command-Shift-G to open the Finder’s Go to Folder window and enter this path
/Library/Desktop Pictures/
Step4: Browse through the folders and then drag or copy images into the Desktop Pictures FromScreen Savers collections.
Step 5: Now go to System Preferences, then go to Desktop & Screen Saver
Step 6: Chose your new wallpaper
James Burke says
For some reason when I put the command /Library/Screen Savers/Default Collections/ into my go menu, it brings up the old screensavers from Maverick. I have Yosemite installed and the above desktops are located in my desktop system preferences, but I have no idea where they are located.
Jonah says
Just a quick question… How do you still have the Mavericks toolbar on the top of the screen but, still have the yosemite buttons and wallpaper?