{"id":44627,"date":"2018-05-18T11:06:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T16:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=44627"},"modified":"2018-05-21T09:20:05","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T14:20:05","slug":"how-to-use-live-photos-as-wallpaper-on-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/44627-how-to-use-live-photos-as-wallpaper-on-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Live Photos as Wallpaper on iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-32311\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/PhotosIcon2-284x284.jpeg\" alt=\"Photos Icon\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/PhotosIcon2-284x284.jpeg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/PhotosIcon2-120x120.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/PhotosIcon2-190x190.jpeg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/PhotosIcon2.jpeg 365w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/PhotosIcon2-120x120@2x.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>We\u2019ve showed you how you can <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/40301-how-to-turn-live-photos-into-on-your-iphone\">turn Live Photos from your iPhone into a GIF<\/a>. But did you know that you can also use Live Photos as the wallpaper or lock screen on your iPhone? In this quick tip, we show you how to easily bring those screens to life!<\/p>\n<p><strong>1)<\/strong> Under your iPhone\u2019s settings, tap Wallpaper then select Choose a New Wallpaper.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2)<\/strong> Scroll down to find the Live Photos and choose the image you want to use.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3)<\/strong> Tap and hold the image to see how it looks and then choose Set.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s an example of the finished product:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 375px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-44627-1\" width=\"375\" height=\"667\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled.mp4\">https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve showed you how you can turn Live Photos from your iPhone into a GIF. But did you know that you can also use Live Photos as the wallpaper or lock screen on your iPhone? In this quick tip, we show you how to easily bring those screens to life! 1) Under your iPhone\u2019s settings, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":44653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"class_list":["post-44627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-tips"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2 (Yoast SEO v20.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Use Live Photos as Wallpaper on iPhone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this quick tip, we show you how to easily bring those screens to life!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, 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