A faulty Windows security update crashed Windows computers across the world on Friday. Any PC that installed the update got hit with the infamous Windows Blue Screen of Death, leading to planes being grounded, disruptions at banks, stores that can’t make transactions, and many more problems.

As a macOS user, there’s no reason for you to feel left out. You can install the BSOD as a wallpaper on your Mac and pretend to join in.

A bad day to be a Windows user

The faulty Windows security update came from CrowdStrike, used by businesses globally to manage the security of Windows PCs and servers. It’s not a cyberattack — just a mistake. But it caused severe problems for Windows users from Australia to Asia to Europe to the Americas.

Affected PCs are completely disabled. All they’d do is display the Blue Screen of Death. Fortunately, there are fixes, but these require taking the Windows computer into Safe mode and manually deleting files.

Join in with a BSOD wallpaper

Schadenfreude isn’t the most honorable of feelings, but it’s understandable that Mac users are experiencing it on Friday.

To have some fun at the expense of your Windows-using coworkers or friends, you can make the BSOD into a wallpaper for your Mac. Perhaps there’s no better way to celebrate the first International Blue Screen of Death Day.

Commemorative wallpaper for International Blue Screen of Death Day… pic.twitter.com/zuYwVtapwJ
— Basic Apple Guy () July 19, 2024

I set my wallpaper to this so I didn't feel like I was missing out. pic.twitter.com/rEyM9tzwEP
— Loftwah () July 19, 2024
Tips for changing Mac wallpaper

Some of you might need help setting an image of the BSOD as your macOS wallpaper. Good news: 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.