Field notes

# Notes from an open laptop.

A closer look at the effects, the wallpaper engine, and the data behind those little worlds.

[Live wallpapers · 3 min read

## Give your desktop something to do

Pick a scene, decide what it reacts to, and make a live wallpaper your own.

Matterward Labs](https://unfoldmymac.com/blog/live-wallpapers/)

[Lid effects · 3 min read

## What happens between open and closed

How a MacBook lid becomes a control for curtains, blur, and image reveals.

Matterward Labs](https://unfoldmymac.com/blog/lid-effects/)

[Data connections · 6 min read

## What your wallpaper knows

Connect Codex lifecycle hooks, Mac metrics, GitHub and NOAA data, or a public API adapter to an UnfoldMyMac wallpaper.

Matterward Labs](https://unfoldmymac.com/blog/connecting-your-data/)

Canonical: https://unfoldmymac.com/blog/