The invitation to Apple’s September 9 “It’s Glowtime” event includes a gorgeous glowing Apple logo, and you can easily make this the wallpaper on your iPhone, Mac or iPad.
There’s no better way to show how excited you are about the iPhone 16, which is expected to debut at the event. Or maybe you’re anticipating new Apple Watch models or AirPods 4.
Enjoy ‘It’s Glowtime’ wallpapers for iPhone, Mac and iPad
The invitations to Apple events traditionally come with beautiful renditions of the company logo. For example, the “Scary Fast” event invite from last October had the logo turn into a jack-o’-lantern, while the “Wonderlust” invite from the month before pictured the logo blowing in the wind.
For the upcoming September 9 event, the Apple logo is surrounded by a halo of glowing streamers. It’s reminiscent of the redesigned Siri interface that’s part of the upcoming Apple Intelligence.
Whatever the reason behind the design, it makes a stunning wallpaper. An artist who goes by Basic Apple Guy on social media made ones for iPhone, Mac and iPad:
Added iPad & Mac versions!#AppleEventhttps://t.co/iVQAZgRHhh pic.twitter.com/KuSmbvuTQC
— Basic Apple Guy (@BasicAppleGuy) August 26, 2024
All can be put you your computers at the low cost of free. Technically, Apple owns the image but it rarely complains about people who want to give it free advertising.
Tips for changing your wallpaper
You can easily make a picture you find online into your wallpaper. Control-click the image in the browser window, then click Use Image as Desktop Picture. Or if you have the image in the Photos app, select it, click the Share button 
in the Photos toolbar, then choose Set Wallpaper. Apple Support has more help on changing a Mac wallpaper.
As for iPhone and iPad, open the Settings app and tap Wallpaper. Next, tap on Add New Wallpaper then the Photos button. Tap the All button to see every image in your Camera Roll. Select the “It’s Glowtime” image. Tap Add, then choose if you want to put it on your Lock Screen, Home Screen or both.
Ed Hardy has been writing full-time about tech for 25 years, and using it for much longer than that. His intro to Apple was a Macintosh Classic II (which he still has), but now he uses a 13-inch iPad Pro as his primary computer. He’s written for NotebookReview, TabletPCReview, and Brighthand, as well as other sites.
