Can the screen saver / lock screen use a different wallpaper from the desktop? #193

What you want to do

I'd like my desktop to stay a still image, but use a video as the screen saver. As far as I can tell, both the screen saver and the animated lock screen just follow whatever wallpaper is applied to the desktop. Is there a way to pick a separate file for them that I missed?

How it could work

A dropdown under each of those two settings: "Same as desktop" by default, or choose another wallpaper from the library.

What you do now instead

Nothing really, they have to be the same one.

macOS 27, WallpaperMachine 1.11.1.

Tracking (2026-11-13)

This is a feature request for independent desktop, lock-screen, and screen-saver selections. No currently open PR implements it. #195 addresses recovery of the existing shared selection; it does not add independent selections. The reliability work in #197, #198, and #199 is related by subsystem, not a duplicate of this request.