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The questions that keep coming up.

Before you start

Installing, and opening it the first time.

Which devices does the app run on?

Mac, and Mac only. macOS 15 (Sequoia) at minimum, on Apple silicon as well as Intel.

There is no Windows version, no Linux version, no iPhone or iPad version, and none is planned: the app rests entirely on the macOS wallpaper mechanism, which has no equivalent anywhere else.

macOS asks me to confirm when opening it

That is normal, and it happens once. A window points out that the app came from the Internet and that it has been checked by Apple: confirming is enough. It will not come back.

If you see something else — "cannot verify it is free of malware", or "the app is damaged" — then the file is not the one we publish, or the download was interrupted. Download it again from this page; if the message comes back, write to me: that is a fault on our side and I want to know about it.

In daily use

What it does on your desktop.

How many displays are supported?

Every one the system reports. The picture is cut at each display's real bounds, including when your panels differ in resolution, orientation and pixel density.

The setups it is developed and used on every day:

  • Mac mini M4 (10 cores, 24 GB) on macOS 26, with two displays of different resolutions and orientations — one landscape, one portrait, each with its own pixel density. That is the hardest case, and it is the everyday one.
  • MacBook Pro M4 Pro on macOS 26, built-in display only.

If your setup differs and something goes wrong, write to me: that is exactly the kind of report that moves the app forward.

Does it drain the battery?

Decoding is hardware-accelerated and shared across displays — one pass, not one per panel. The wallpaper suspends when you leave a desktop, and it can suspend on battery.

The app does not start on its own when I log in

It happens, and it is not your doing: the registration of the small startup helper with macOS gets stuck. The blockage comes from the system, not from the app.

Everything else works. Your animated wallpapers run normally as long as MyDynScreen is open — only the automatic launch at login is missing.

No point restarting the Mac: macOS deliberately keeps this state, and a restart does not reset it. If you hit this, write to me — that is exactly the kind of report that moves the app forward.

Your machine, your data

What it doesn't touch.

Are my system settings changed?

Only the ones you explicitly ask for, and never without a backup first. Each original value is recorded at the moment it is taken, and handed back exactly as it was when you take control again.

How do I uninstall?

Drag the app to the Trash. Before that, use the Maintenance screen to restore your wallpapers to their original state: that is what hands back cleanly what the app had taken.

Does the app send any information?

No. No telemetry, no account, no identifier. The only network call is the update check: the app asks our own domain whether a newer version exists, and a single switch turns it off.

Why not on the Mac App Store?

The store's sandbox forbids writing the system's animated wallpaper files, and the interface that lets an app be a wallpaper provider is not public. No app in this category is on the store, for the same reason.

A question that isn't here?

Write to me.

I read everything. No account to create, nothing to install: this form is enough, and you get an acknowledgement straight away. A reply usually comes within a few days — MyDynScreen is made by one person.

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To speed things up, tell me

  • Your macOS version ( menu → About This Mac)
  • Your Mac model, and whether it is Apple silicon or Intel
  • How many displays you have, and how they are arranged
  • What you were doing just before it went wrong

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