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15 retro live wallpapers for Mac: pixel art from Pokémon Emerald, Undertale and Hollow Knight, synthwave sunsets, and glossy Y2K and Frutiger Aero scenes. Preview each loop and set it in Backdrop.

12 Jujutsu Kaisen live wallpapers for Mac: Gojo up close, a Gojo vs Sukuna clash, Yuji and Megumi, Higuruma and Kenjaku. Preview each loop and set it in Backdrop.

16 nature live wallpapers for Mac: sunlit pine forests, Mount Fuji at sunset, grass moving in the wind and painted valleys, each with its resolution and what moves.

16 dark live wallpapers for Mac that match Dark Mode: black silk and ink loops, gothic castles and knights, dark game scenes and moody anime, each with its resolution and what moves.

16 winter live wallpapers for Mac: snowfall in pine forests, glowing cabins, a Christmas village and snowy scenes from games and anime, each with its resolution and what moves.

11 Blue Archive live wallpapers for Mac: Hoshino with her guitar, Yakumo in the snow, Arona in a flooded classroom and more. Preview each loop and set it with Backdrop.

13 superhero live wallpapers for Mac, from Spider-Man and Black Panther to Batman and Invincible. Ten are 4K, and you can try three free.

15 cyberpunk and city live wallpapers for Mac: neon megacities, skylines from New York to Tokyo, synthwave drives, and how to set one on your Mac.

Backdrop 2.10 gives each of your desktop Spaces its own live wallpaper, plays your Lock Screen separately, redesigns user profiles and starts faster after login.

Backdrop 2.9 brings an all-new menu bar panel, a separate Lock Screen wallpaper, per-display setup in Settings and smooth crossfades between your live wallpapers.

Backdrop 2.8 speaks 21 more languages, can pause your live wallpaper on battery or in Low Power Mode, and splits Pause from Stop so you can resume.

Meet Backdrop Collections: themed groups of wallpapers in Discover that make it easier to find a look for your Mac, from cozy rooms to neon cities.

Our Black Friday 2025 sale is live! Get Sensei or Backdrop at 50% off in the best deal of the year for all of our Mac apps.

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.

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.

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.

Master Metal shaders in SwiftUI to create stunning custom visual effects. Learn shader fundamentals, build distortion effects, color filters, and performance-optimized GPU-accelerated visuals.

Learn how to build a custom video player in SwiftUI using AVKit. This comprehensive guide covers video playback, custom controls, picture-in-picture, and performance optimization for macOS and iOS.

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

Learn how you can use Metal shaders to render randomness.

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

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

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

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

Choose a CleanMyMac alternative by the job: Sensei for storage cleanup plus diagnostics, or focused free tools for app removal, maintenance, and storage.

Wallspace vs Backdrop in 2026: choose Backdrop for discovering and making Mac wallpapers, or Wallspace for a free start and lower one-time Pro price on Mac.

iWallpaper vs Backdrop: choose Backdrop for a guided Mac wallpaper workflow and Lock Screen video, or iWallpaper for a cheaper App Store route on older macOS.

Lively Wallpaper has no official Mac version. Compare Backdrop, Aerial, and Plash for video, free aerial, and website wallpapers, with current Mac requirements.

Wallper vs Backdrop: Backdrop is our pick for Lock Screen video on Sequoia, curated Collections, a trial that never ends, and 15 years of Mac app updates.

GrandPerspective vs Sensei compared for treemaps, saved scans, cleanup review, privacy, pricing, and choosing the right Mac storage workflow on macOS.

coconutBattery vs Sensei compares battery history, iPhone and iPad support, Mac diagnostics, current prices, privacy disclosures, and who each app suits.

Aerial vs Backdrop: compare live wallpapers, Apple aerials, community browsing, editors, multi-display controls, privacy, compatibility, and prices.