Per-display everything
Different folder, fill style, and order per monitor, or mirror one playlist across all of them. Each screen renders through its own player, independently.
0% CPU penaltymeasured running 2 distinct 4K streams simultaneously
Live video wallpaper for Mac
Your desktop, actually alive.
A live video wallpaper for macOS. Your own footage, rotating, per monitor. Not a screensaver pretending to be one.
macOS 14.0 or later · Notarized by Apple
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Mode:Rotate on Video End
Engine Status: Active (3.5% CPU)
Why KineticDesq
Explore every feature →Built like a real native app, not a toy.
Rotation that respects the clip
Switch on a fixed timer, or the instant a video actually ends, so there are no mid-scene cuts. Resume picks up the same clip after a restart.
20sbackground check interval, tuned for battery
Independent theming
App chrome and desktop wallpaper each follow their own Light / Dark / System choice, with a dim treatment on the video itself, not a second asset to manage.
2 themesapp + wallpaper, decoupled
A library, not a file picker
Every clip in your folder as a thumbnail grid. Play one instantly, reveal it in Finder, or retire it to the Trash. No more guessing filenames.
4 concurrentthumbnails load in parallel, throttled so nothing stalls
Quiet efficiency
Built to disappear into the background.
The player pauses the instant it is covered by a fullscreen app, a hidden Space, or the lock screen.
3.5–6.6%
CPU while a video is on screen
hardware-decoded, not software
~55MB
RAM footprint
consistent across 4K sources
0%
CPU when occluded
auto-pauses behind fullscreen apps, hidden Spaces, and on lock
Install it in under a minute.
Drag it into Applications. Point it at a folder of videos. That's the whole setup.
Download for macOSv1.4.0 · Universal (Apple silicon and Intel) · macOS 14 or later
Every Mac starts with a 7-day free trial. No account or card needed to try it. See pricing