UnfoldMyMac
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I only meant to make one effect.

It started with an animation on a folding phone. It became UnfoldMyMac: live wallpapers and playful desktop effects for your Mac.

Watching the iPhone Duo open gave me an idea. My MacBook had a hinge, too. What could happen on its screen when I moved it?

The iPhone Duo inspiration Watch the story 2:30
Comic illustration: a maker looks from a phone to his MacBook as an idea takes shape.
The sparkWhat if my Mac did that?
Comic illustration: the maker lowers his MacBook lid, and purple curtains move across the desktop.
The experimentMove the lid. The desktop follows.

So I tried it on my MacBook.

The first experiment was blur: the iPhone Duo frost, redrawn in Metal for a laptop hinge. Lower the lid and the desktop blurs. Lift it and everything comes back. Stop halfway, and the effect stops with you.

Then came curtains, flowing ribbons, artwork, and characters peeking over my windows. One effect had become a collection.

Meet the 13 lid effects

Then I left the lid open.

I started making scenes that could keep moving while I worked. A race circuit behind my windows. A little city built from a GitHub profile. A factory that follows coding activity.

That became the live wallpaper collection. Choose a scene, leave it running, and get on with your day.

The desktop had plans of its own.
Comic illustration: race cars, curtains, windows, and a mischievous character spill from the maker's growing collection of ideas.
A bigger ideaOkay, a few more.

A few things now living on my desktop.

These are previews from the app. Pick one to see it move.

Explore all 10 wallpapers
Lights Out wallpaper with sample data
Live wallpaper

Lights Out

An open-wheel car, a flowing circuit, and a five-light countdown. Session counters, not live race telemetry.

App render · Sample data
GitHub After Hours wallpaper with sample data
Live wallpaper

GitHub After Hours

Public repositories, followers, and push events become a floating city.

App render · Sample data
Codex Foundry wallpaper with sample data
Live wallpaper

Codex Foundry

A 3D accelerator assembles around local Codex activity.

App render · Sample data

Here’s what that became.

The whole story, the collection, and five demos filmed on a real MacBook.

23 ways to change the scene.13 lid effects. 10 live wallpapers.

Find your kind of desktop.

Start with a look you like. Change it when you feel like it.

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