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Backspace
Native live wallpaper app for macOS with lock screen support
Backspace is the macOS live wallpaper engine equivalent of Windows Wallpaper Engine built natively in Swift, optimized for performance. ✦ Thousands of live wallpapers: Nature, Space, Anime, Cars & more ✦ Synced Lock Screen + Desktop with seamless transitions ✦ Smart auto-pause in fullscreen (low CPU/RAM) ✦ No subscriptions — $8.99 one-time purchase ✦ 7-day free trial ✦ Requires macOS 14 Sonoma+ No data collection. No recurring fees.
Backspace was built out of frustration with the lack of a good native live wallpaper app on macOS. Windows has Wallpaper Engine, but on Mac, every option was either abandoned, subscription-based, or a serious battery drain.
Built from scratch in Swift, Backspace is carefully optimized to stay out of the way. Low CPU, low RAM, and it actually works on the Lock Screen too, something most alternatives skip entirely.
It comes with thousands of wallpapers across different categories. No subscriptions. No data collection. Just a one-time purchase of $8.99 with a 7-day free trial.
Would love to hear your thoughts, especially from fellow Mac users who have been waiting for something like this.
About Backspace on Product Hunt
“Native live wallpaper app for macOS with lock screen support”
Backspace was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #111 on the daily leaderboard. Backspace is the macOS live wallpaper engine equivalent of Windows Wallpaper Engine built natively in Swift, optimized for performance. ✦ Thousands of live wallpapers: Nature, Space, Anime, Cars & more ✦ Synced Lock Screen + Desktop with seamless transitions ✦ Smart auto-pause in fullscreen (low CPU/RAM) ✦ No subscriptions — $8.99 one-time purchase ✦ 7-day free trial ✦ Requires macOS 14 Sonoma+ No data collection. No recurring fees.
On the analytics side, Backspace competes within Mac, Design Tools and Productivity — topics that collectively have 1M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Backspace performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Backspace?
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Aura
Hey Product Hunt!
Backspace was built out of frustration with the lack of a good native live wallpaper app on macOS. Windows has Wallpaper Engine, but on Mac, every option was either abandoned, subscription-based, or a serious battery drain.
Built from scratch in Swift, Backspace is carefully optimized to stay out of the way. Low CPU, low RAM, and it actually works on the Lock Screen too, something most alternatives skip entirely.
It comes with thousands of wallpapers across different categories. No subscriptions. No data collection. Just a one-time purchase of $8.99 with a 7-day free trial.
https://www.backspacemac.app/
Would love to hear your thoughts, especially from fellow Mac users who have been waiting for something like this.