MyDynScreen
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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 14 (Sonoma) 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 won't open the app

This is the normal behaviour on first launch for an app distributed outside the Mac App Store, signed and notarised by Apple included.

Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll to the message naming MyDynScreen, and click "Open Anyway". Once, and never asked again.

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.

Setup actually tested so far: to be filled in.

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.

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, and it can be switched 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.