Liquid Desktop

About this app

Turn your desktop into water. Liquid Desktop transforms your Mac wallpaper into an interactive liquid surface. Click an uncovered area of the desktop and watch natural ripples travel across the image while your files, windows, and apps remain fully usable. Make it personal - Use your current macOS wallpaper. - Play supported macOS video wallpapers live. - Match the selected appearance of extension-based dynamic wallpapers. - Choose any picture from your Mac. - Explore 41 included high-resolution wallpapers. - Select Fill, Fit, or Stretch independently for every display. Shape the water to match your mood Choose Natural, Calm, or Energetic, or create your own response. Adjust ripple strength, size, speed, and damping in real time. Turn on the original water-drop sound for a more immersive effect and set its volume exactly where you want it. Rebuilt for modern Macs Liquid Desktop has been redesigned from the ground up for Apple silicon. Its new Metal engine runs the water simulation on the GPU for smooth, responsive animation. Every connected display gets its own liquid surface, and the stabilized simulation stays controlled even during rapid, intensive clicks. Wallpapers load asynchronously, macOS video frames travel directly to Metal, and sources can be changed without rebuilding the desktop surfaces. Color-managed rendering keeps your wallpaper looking faithful to the original. Designed to stay out of your way Liquid Desktop lives in the menu bar and reacts only when you click uncovered wallpaper. Clicks inside apps, Finder windows, menus, the Dock, widgets, and settings panels are ignored. Pause or resume the effect at any time with one switch. Private by design Custom pictures are opened read-only through the standard macOS file picker and are never modified. Most current macOS wallpapers require no additional permission. Some extension-based dynamic wallpapers require Screen & System Audio Recording access because macOS does not expose their selected image directly; Liquid Desktop captures only Apple's wallpaper window and does not capture application windows, desktop icons, the microphone, or system audio. Liquid Desktop does not monitor your keyboard, request Accessibility access, connect to the internet, show advertising, run analytics, track you, or collect personal data. Give your Mac a desktop that feels alive every time you click. Requires macOS 26 or later and an Apple silicon Mac. Video: http://youtu.be/v6wDnbMNUyo

Liquid Desktop has been completely rebuilt for modern macOS and Apple silicon. - A new GPU-accelerated Metal water engine delivers smoother, more responsive animation. - The stabilized ripple simulation remains controlled during rapid and intensive clicks. - Use your current macOS still wallpaper or play supported video wallpapers live. - Match extension-based dynamic wallpapers with an accurate wallpaper-only snapshot. - Choose from 41 included high-resolution wallpapers. - Select your own picture with secure, persistent, read-only access. - Render an independent liquid surface on every connected display. - Choose Natural, Calm, or Energetic water presets, or customize strength, size, speed, and damping. - Enjoy the original water-drop sound with a new enable switch and volume control. - Wallpaper-only click detection ignores apps, Finder windows, menus, the Dock, widgets, and settings panels. - Faster source switching prevents stale textures, visual glitches, and carried-over ripple distortion. - Color-managed rendering keeps macOS wallpapers faithful to their original appearance. - A native menu bar experience and redesigned Liquid Glass settings make controls easy to reach. - App Sandbox, a privacy manifest, and minimal permission requests protect your Mac and your data. This release brings the character of the original Liquid Desktop to a faster, more stable, and distinctly modern Mac experience.

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1. First observed Aug 16, 2026 · 10:52 AM Free