Vidwall v1.14 released with UI tweaks & dependency updates
Description: Vidwall is a macOS dynamic wallpaper app that lets you set 4K videos as animated desktop wallpapers, supporting both MP4 and MOV formats. Simply drag a video into the app and apply it instantly as your desktop background. Problem: Default macOS wallpapers are mostly static images, lacking a vivid and personalized desktop experience. Many users want to use videos as dynamic backgrounds for daily work, screen recordings, and general desktop customization. Vidwall was built to make video wallpaper setup simple and effortless with no complex configuration. Compare: Unlike traditional wallpaper tools, Vidwall keeps an extremely simple drag-and-drop workflow to set video wallpapers instantly. It also supports convenient menu bar controls for play, pause, and loop playback. The app is lightweight, intuitive, and perfect for users who want a clean and personalized desktop experience. Pricing: Lifetime Access: $3.99 Changelog: v1.14 update: Added full multi-language localization, optimized overall interface layout, and updated underlying dependencies for better stability and compatibility. 📥 Download Link 💬 Support & Feedback
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Does it work on the lock screen?
This is a sandboxed app. The system does not expose APIs for lock screen wallpaper, so it’s impossible to implement this feature within sandbox restrictions. You may install Vidwall Hub instead, which requires macOS Tahoe 26 or newer. Run brew install --cask jaywcjlove/tap/vidwall-hub to install it via Homebrew. # Installation (automatically installs to /Applications) $ brew install --cask jaywcjlove/tap/vidwall-hub
neato, I like that you focused on simplifying the UI as your differntiator. good job!
Appreciate your feedback! We’ll keep working on it.
Would be nice to have a "fit-to-screen" feature so I don't have to resize the videos.
Noted, I'll add fit-to-screen scaling in the next version.
Looks quite cool. A few questions as I have only been using static wallpapers so far: How is the battery impact? Does it have a noticeable effect on the idle cpu/gpu load? If there is an impact, does it also continue playing when it's in the background or does it pause when it's completely covered.
I haven't conducted formal tests yet. From my experience, it does affect battery life, as it's basically playing a video all the time. It won't pause automatically when the app is in the background or its window is fully covered. You have to manually pause it via the menu bar.
smart tool
Beautiful, will there be new wallpapers released in future?
how did you prepare the wallpapers?
Perhaps removing the side bar to allow more of the picture to actually be visible?
Maybe a notch setting
nice!
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Thanks for your compliment!