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Backdrop 2.0 introduces world-first Lock Screen video wallpapers for Mac, bringing custom video backgrounds to both your Mac desktop and Lock Screen – an exclusive feature available nowhere else.

Backdrop 2.0: Video Wallpapers for Your Mac Lock Screen

Alex Chen

Debunking the myth: Do live wallpapers drain your Mac battery? Discover how Backdrop delivers stunning 4K visuals with minimal performance impact on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.

Battery Killer? The Truth About Live Wallpapers and Mac Performance

Sarah Mitchell

Looking for the best live wallpaper app for your Mac? We tested the top contenders on performance, features, 4K support, multi-monitor use, and energy optimization. See why Backdrop is the clear winner.

5 Best Live Wallpaper Apps for Mac in 2025

Emma Thompson

For years, Mac users have searched for a Wallpaper Engine alternative. That search ends now. Discover Backdrop, the native macOS live wallpaper app with 4K video support, lock screen animations, and unmatched performance.

The Best Wallpaper Engine for Mac is Here: Introducing Backdrop

Oskar Groth

Sensei 1.6 introduces a new LaunchDaemon, improved performance, and a unified app. The legacy helper tool is gone, making onboarding faster and more reliable.

Sensei 1.6 is now available

Streamline your macOS app updates with Sparkle: automate building, signing, notarizing, and publishing for efficient app management.

Automating Sparkle Updates for macOS Apps

Backdrop is here! Elevate your Mac desktop with stunning dynamic scenes and join a global creator community. Experience the next-gen Wallpaper Engine.

Backdrop is Here – Elevate Your Mac Desktop

João Gabriel

Learn how you can use Metal shaders to render randomness.

Shaders in SwiftUI: Randomness

Learn how to use scene delegates to present content on an external display with iOS using SwiftUI.

Displaying SwiftUI content on an external screen in iOS

Our Black Friday 2024 sale is live! Get Sensei or Trim Enabler at 50% off in the best deal of the year for all of our Mac apps.

Black Friday 2024 Sale is live

Learn how you can effortlessly create an efficient and reusable marquee effect with a custom Metal shader for SwiftUI Texts and other views.

Shaders in SwiftUI: Marquee

The latest update to Sensei brings full compatibility with macOS Sonoma and the new M3 Macs, as well as several bug fixes.

Sensei 1.5.8 is now available

Our Black Friday 2023 sale is live! Get Sensei or Trim Enabler at 50% off in the best deal of the year for all of our Mac apps.

Black Friday 2023 Sale is live

Announcing Backdrop, the Next-Gen Wallpaper Engine for macOS. Learn more about our new app release and get notified of the Early Access Beta.

Announcing Backdrop, our Mac Wallpaper Engine

Breaking the ice: learn how to create an efficient and reusable wave effect with a custom Metal shader for SwiftUI views.

Introduction to Shaders in SwiftUI: Wave Effect

Learn how to use the new Observation framework introduced at WWDC 2023 to ensure the best performance for your SwiftUI app.

Controlling SwiftUI View updates with Observation

Discover how to animate fluid gradients in SwiftUI using CoreAnimation for high-performance and reusable views.

Building a fluid gradient with CoreAnimation & SwiftUI: Part 2

Black Friday 2022 is here! Get Sensei or Trim Enabler at 50% off. We're offering the best deal of the year for all of our Mac apps.

Black Friday Deals are here

Learn to create a fluid, high-performance gradient view in SwiftUI using CoreAnimation. Enhance your app design with dynamic, reusable gradients.

Building a fluid gradient with CoreAnimation & SwiftUI: Part 1

Ventura is finally here! The new Sensei 1.5.3 update brings full support for macOS Ventura as well as several new bug fixes.

Sensei is ready for macOS Ventura

Amos Gyamfi

Learn how to create a simple looping Audio Visualizer Animation in SwiftUI, useful for audio content in music applications.

How to make an Audio Visualizer Animation in SwiftUI

Learn how to create an animating loading progress bar view in SwiftUI using shape, width, frame and animation modifiers.

Creating a Progress bar Animation in SwiftUI

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Learn how to create a looping Heart Rate Animation in SwiftUI which replicates the pulsating heartbeat in watchOS.

How to make a Heart Rate Animation in SwiftUI

Want to replicate the Apple Fitness Rings UI? Learn how to build an animated circular progress bar in SwiftUI using Shape together with the Trim modifier.

Animating a Circular Progress Bar in SwiftUI

Learn how to get started with SwiftUI animations and make a simple rotation animation for an image.

Getting Started with SwiftUI Animations: Rotation

Create a floating panel search interface for Mac with SwiftUI, completing the series on building custom panels.

Build a reusable search engine for floating panels in SwiftUI

Explore new typography features in SwiftUI, including text animation support. Elevate your app design with advanced font techniques.

Hands-on: Typography in SwiftUI

Learn how to use the new ImageRenderer to take a screenshot image of a SwiftUI view, and which fallbacks you can use for older versions.

How to take a snapshot image of a view in SwiftUI

Get to learn the new NavigationStack API in SwiftUI 4, and how to use it for simple and advanced navigation scenarios.

Hands-on with NavigationStack in SwiftUI

Explore the SwiftUI MenuBarExtra API to build seamless menu bar experiences on macOS, integrating functionality with elegant design for your app.

Hands-on: building a Menu Bar experience with SwiftUI

We've composed a list of the top announcements from WWDC 2022 and what they mean for app developers.

WWDC 2022 Recap: Major Announcements

Create a dynamic, expandable floating panel in SwiftUI for Mac. Enhance your app interface with modern, flexible design techniques.

Build an expandable interface for floating panels in SwiftUI

Daniel Saidi

Discover how to build a cross-platform rich text editor in SwiftUI, UIKit, and AppKit. Extend native types for enhanced rich text support.

Building a rich text editor for UIKit, AppKit and SwiftUI

Learn how to create versatile floating panels for macOS using SwiftUI and AppKit, enhancing your app with dynamic and customizable designs.

Make a floating panel in SwiftUI for macOS

Cindori announces the release of cindori.com, a brand new company website and blog.

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