Download all macOS Sonoma Aerial wallpaper

download.sh

#!/bin/zsh

# This script helps those who want to 
# get all Aerial wallpapers on macOS Sonoma
# all at once instead of clicking on settings one by one.

# Dependencies: jq, parallel
#   Install all dependencies via `brew install jq parallel`
#   After `parallel` installed run `sudo parallel --citation` first to read citation notice (IMPORTANT)

# The follwing script SHOULD be run under root user (IMPORTANT)

cd "/Library/Application Support/com.apple.idleassetsd/Customer" && \
cat entries.json | \
  jq -r '.assets[] | (.id + "," + .["url-4K-SDR-240FPS"])' | \
  parallel \
    wget \
      --no-check-certificate -q \
      -O './4KSDR240FPS/{= s:\,[^,]+$::; =}.mov' \
      '{= s:[^,]+\,::; =}';

single-line-download.sh

cd "/Library/Application Support/com.apple.idleassetsd/Customer" && cat entries.json | jq -r '.assets[] | (.id + "," + .["url-4K-SDR-240FPS"])' | parallel wget --no-check-certificate -q -O './4KSDR240FPS/{= s:\,[^,]+$::; =}.mov' '{= s:[^,]+\,::; =}';

I get this error trying to runt he first cd command:

cat: entries.json: No such file or directory

Running Tahoe 26.1

I’ve found out the latest macOS 26 (Tahoe) has moved the spots where those aerial wallpapers are located. This means the script won’t work as expected anymore. I’ll get on it and update the script as soon as I can. Thanks for reporting!