Walyro

Release Notes

Stay up to date with the latest Walyro updates, new features, and improvements

Version 1.0.9

Your wallpaper rests while you're away

Your wallpaper pauses when the Mac is locked or the displays sleep, then picks up where it left off. It also holds its place when your display setup changes.

  • Playback pauses when your Mac is locked or your displays go to sleep
  • Your wallpaper picks up where it left off when you return
  • Wallpapers keep their place through a resolution change or a rearranged desktop
  • Unplugging and reconnecting a display brings the right wallpaper back
  • A wallpaper stored on an external drive returns once the drive is back
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Multi-Monitor Live Wallpaper for MacLive Background for MacBook
Version 1.0.6

Control everything from the menu bar

A new menu bar panel shows what's playing on each display, so you can pause, resume, skip, or switch off any screen without opening the app.

  • New menu bar Now Playing panel with per-display controls
  • Pause, resume, skip, or turn off the wallpaper on each display
  • Disable all wallpapers or open Walyro in a single click
  • Playback stays smooth across Spaces, full-screen apps, and every display
Read the 1.0.6 notes
Multi-Monitor Live Wallpaper for MacWallpaper Playlists for Mac
Version 1.0.5

Your wallpaper, on every surface

Your wallpaper now follows you into full-screen apps, Mission Control, and the Lock Screen. When you quit Walyro, your own wallpaper quietly returns.

  • Wallpaper coverage in full-screen apps and Mission Control
  • Your video's frame now appears on the Lock Screen and login screen
  • Your original wallpaper is restored automatically when you quit Walyro
  • Refined onboarding and upgrade experience
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Live Desktop Wallpaper for MacLive Wallpaper for Mac
Version 1.0.4

Multi-display sync and monitor reconnect

Wallpapers now stay in sync across every display, and unplugging or reconnecting a monitor brings the right wallpaper straight back.

  • Matching wallpapers stay frame-synced across multiple displays
  • Reconnecting a monitor restores its wallpaper automatically
  • Wallpapers stay matched to the right display across unplug and replug
  • Refreshed onboarding and upgrade screens
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Multi-Monitor Live Wallpaper for MacLive Desktop Wallpaper for Mac
Version 1.0

Walyro is live on the Mac App Store

The first public release. Turn your own videos into live wallpapers, with everything staying local to your Mac.

  • Turn personal MP4, MOV, and M4V clips into live desktop wallpapers
  • Fully local and private: your videos never leave your Mac
  • Automatic pause in Low Power Mode, and on screen lock or sleep
  • Built-in video library to get started without importing anything
  • Playlists with shuffle and loop, rotating wallpapers automatically
  • Per-display control for all displays, the main display, or one selected screen
  • Now Playing sidebar widget with per-display playback controls
  • Menu bar access for quick pause, resume, and wallpaper switching
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Live Wallpaper for MacVideo Wallpaper for Mac
Download on the Mac App Store

macOS 14.0+