| What it does | Switch your monitor's video input and seamlessly transfer text and files
| Live wallpaper for Mac, drawn as it plays in any of 48 palettes, with widgets, folder icons and sound to match.
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| Stage | Established
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| Founded | 1992
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| Based in | US
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| Pricing model | Paid
| Freemium
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| Pricing | $5.95/month with 1 month free trial
| Free: 7 scenes and 11 palettes, 6 built-in vibes, clock/date/day widgets, 2 schedule rules, 8 folder icon patterns, 30 frames per second. MacScapes Pro: $9.99 launch price (24 of 25 left), then $19.99 once for up to 3 Macs. Includes all 42 scenes, 9 Living Stills, all 48 palettes, video backgrounds,
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| Key features | - Switch monitor video input via software command
- Transfer files via drag-and-drop
- Runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows
- Works with DDC/CI compatible monitors
- Remote monitor switching between computers
- KVM keyboard and mouse switching support
| - 42 GPU-rendered animated scenes in 6 categories plus 9 Living Stills
- 48 color palettes with palette creator and palette-from-photo
- 14 desktop widgets (clock, calendar, weather, moon, timer, focus timer, countdown, year, battery, world clock, season, note, system, day)
- Vibes bundle a scene, palette, widgets and ambient sound saved together
- Schedule changes by time of day, sunrise/sunset, or battery status
- 10 ambient sounds (rain, ocean, fire, night, forest, café, wind, stream, brown noise, pink noise)
- 70 folder icon patterns plus patterns cut from any scene
- Lock screen synchronization with current scene
- Photo and video backgrounds with motion options
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| What makes it different | - Software control eliminates need for physical monitor buttons
- Works across multiple computers for coordinated switching
- Integrated file and clipboard transfer functionality
- Solves OS compatibility issues with monitor software
| - Drawn live on GPU rather than playing video loops, so scenes recolor instantly and the whole app is only 26 MB with all scenes included
- Everything on your desktop—wallpaper, widgets, folder icons and sound—matched and saved together as vibes
- Optimized for battery life with automatic frame rate and resolution reduction when unplugged
- No account, no tracking, no ads, with anonymous usage counts you can turn off
- Runs in Apple's App Sandbox with minimal system permissions
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| DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs) | 29 ▼ −1 (down) since last check | 11 ▲ +1 (up) since last check |
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