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Wallpapers#

Introduction#

Custom wallpapers are an easy way for guests and crew to identify an iPad's purpose.

By associating a wallpaper with a location, you can make sure wallpapers are updated alongside the rest of an iPad's properties as it is deployed or moved around.

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Considerations#

The ideal wallpaper size for a given iPad is a square of size matching the longest pixel edge on that iPad. This is because as the iPad is rotated the wallpaper will be cropped in either direction to match the iPad's screen.

For example, the 1st to 5th generation iPad minis have a screen resolution of 2048x1536 pixels. Therefore a 2048x2048 pixel wallpaper is optimal for this iPad. However a 6th generation iPad mini has a screen resolution of 2266×1488 px, and so a 2266x2266px wallpaper is optimal.

Because these wallpapers will be cropped in both horizontal and vertical orientations, any text or logos should be visible in the center square. For example, for a 6th generation iPad mini these should be in a center 1488x1488px square.

Uploading wallpapers#

If you have all your wallpapers ready in advance, you can upload them in bulk by going to the 'Wallpapers' view, selecting 'Add wallpaper', and browsing to your wallpapers. You can select as many wallpapers as you like, then select the 'save' button to upload them.

Uploaded wallpapers will be labeled by their filename, so make sure the filenames are descriptive enough to identify. To change a name you rename the file, then delete and reupload the wallpaper on WingMDM.

Assigning wallpapers#

To assign a wallpaper, go to the 'locations' view, and go to the wallpaper column for the location you'd like to assign. Select the edit button, and choose your desired wallpaper from the dropdown list.

For convenience, you can also a wallpaper for that device directly from the dropdown menu, if you haven't already. Select the edit button, then from the dropdown select 'browse' and pick your wallpaper. The wallpaper will be uploaded and automatically assigned to that device, then available to other devices on their own dropdown lists.

Next steps#