my question is exactly as it sounds. Is there anyway to make a "moving" or "non-static" desktop wallpaper in macOS. I'd like a loop or repeating video or something similar to what Josh Fluke has in many of his videos. I'm quite experienced in python, java, apple script etc. and know of no solutions to this problem. I've also seen various tutorials that work for Windows but not Mac. Additionally, many tutorials on the subject fake video wallpapers by merely playing a video in the background or requiring an app to be open all the time (e.g. VLC)—and I'd definitely like to avoid apps that must appear in the task bar or occlude my desktop icons. Ideas?
MacOS – Non-static desktop wallpaper in macOS
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Best Answer
You can play any video as a Desktop wallpaper using VLC from the command line if you pass the option
--video-wallpaperto the VLC executable. This will play the video behind your Desktop files. The VLC executable is located at/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC. I have that aliased tovlc, using:alias vlc='/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC'You can now play any video using:
vlc --video-wallpaper movie.mp4This will cause the VLC application to be in your Dock. If you would like it to be hidden, follow the instructions in this answer, or copy the example below:
uses the native utility PlistBuddy to edit the
Info.plistfile in/Applications/VLC.app/so that VLC no longer appears in the Dock. If you would like to undo this so VLC will show up in the Dock again, use: