LiveWallpaper App for MacOS 14+

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This is an open-source live wallpaper application for MacOS 14+

Install using brew

Run this on terminal brew tap thusvill/livewallpaper && brew install --cask livewallpaper

Installation(Compile from source)

• macOS 14+
• git
• Xcode
• Cmake

Run this:

git clone --single-branch --branch objectiveC https://github.com/thusvill/LiveWallpaperMacOS.git && cd LiveWallpaperMacOS && mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake .. && make -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu) 

Guide for DMG Installation

Important

Fix “LiveWallpaper.app” is corrupted and cannot be opened. It is recommended that you move the object to the recycle bin.

After you install the app in Application folder you have to bypass Gatekeeper to run this since I don't want to pay apple for opensource apps.

This will solve the occupation issue

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/LiveWallpaper.app

Click the "OpenInFinder" button and it'll open a folder, you can place wallpapers in it.

Note

No dots should be contained in the file name, except the dot for extension!

Eg:

• file.1920x1080.mp4 ❌ ('.'s > 1)

• file-1920x1080.mp4 ✅ ('.'s = 1)

Note

Currently support for .mp4 and .mov

guide.mp4

Bug reports

Post bugs with result of following command.

/Applications/LiveWallpaper.app/Contents/MacOS/LiveWallpaper

Gallery

This is a static image, currently LiveWallpaper doesn't support videos on the lock screen.

stw.mp4

Performance

For licensing details, see LICENSE.