LoomscreenWorkspace
Find your way around Loomscreen: the menu bar, the management window, the display editor, Settings and in-app guidance.
Loomscreen brings display setup and wallpaper browsing into one management window. Open it with Manage in the menu bar. Close it when you are done; wallpapers keep running until you pause them or quit the app.
Menu bar
The menu bar icon holds everyday controls:
- Add a wallpaper.
- Turn all wallpapers on or off with the global switch.
- Play, pause and set volume per display.
- Step to the previous or next wallpaper on displays running a playlist.
- Watch a live CPU / GPU / RAM / thermal strip.
- Open updates, settings, reload or quit.
Start with a display
Overview shows your displays in their desktop arrangement, with wallpaper covers and playback status. Click a display to open its editor. Drag a supported video, web folder or Pro scene project onto a display to assign it there.
The overview, the wallpaper shelf and the expanded library are connected views of the same collection. Use the shelf for a quick choice. Use Wallpaper Library for search, filters and a larger grid. Open a wallpaper's detail to inspect it, apply it by display name, or drag its preview onto a display.
Covers are previews, not a second live renderer. Judge playback on the desktop and by the display's status. A selected cover does not confirm that a new source loaded.
Management window pages
| Page | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Overview | See display arrangement, playback state and assigned wallpapers. |
| Wallpaper Library | Browse imported and saved content, Apple Aerials and installed Workshop content supported by your edition. |
| Schemes | Save and restore a whole setup for one display. |
| Workshop Pro | Browse online items, like them for later, download them and inspect community presets. |
| System Wallpaper macOS 26+ | Publish supported videos for selection in macOS Wallpaper settings. |
| Settings | Change app-wide defaults, performance rules, integrations and maintenance settings. |
System Wallpaper has its own video-only provider. Its publishing status is separate from wallpapers running inside Loomscreen and from the wallpaper macOS has selected. See System Wallpaper.
Display editor
The display editor has two tabs: Wallpaper and Overlays.
Wallpaper
Wallpaper holds playback controls and the source's inspector. Fit, mute, volume and the frame-rate ceiling belong to that display. The menu-bar global switch controls all wallpapers.
- Video adds speed and color controls.
- Web adds source, JavaScript, network and layout options.
- Pro scenes add author-defined properties and scene presets.
The frame-rate control sets a ceiling. It is not an achieved-FPS meter.
Overlays
Overlays puts widgets, clock and music on one canvas with a layer list, an object inspector and an add palette. See Overlay canvas.
How edits save
Ordinary property edits save as you interact. Wallpaper Automation opens a draft editor for Playlist, Daily Schedule and Library Shuffle. Save commits the draft. Cancel also restores the setup from before trial playback. See Playlists, schedules & shortcuts.
Settings
Settings has a grouped sidebar: Setup, Playback, Content, Data and Support. Search takes you to a matching setting. Per-display wallpaper edits belong in the display editor. Display Defaults sets the defaults for display setup.
| Page | Edition | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| General | Both | Language, wallpaper text translation (Pro only), login behavior, automatic update checks, Dock visibility, lock-screen frame capture, screen-capture visibility, opening animation, wallpaper transition |
| Appearance | Both | Light/dark appearance, main window background, library tile size, shelf style and shelf options |
| Display Defaults | Both | Display arrangement and renaming; playback, frame rate, fit, color and interaction defaults |
| Shortcuts | Both | Master switch and eight bindable actions |
| Performance | Both | Pause rules, app exceptions, video preload. Pro adds adaptive scene frame rate, render threads and, on supported hardware, MetalFX upscaling and HDR output |
| Integrations | Both | Audio Response (Pro) for scene and music visual effects; Weather: off, system location or manual location |
| Overlays | Both | Widget tint, opacity and Liquid Glass (macOS 26+) for all widget panels; temperature unit |
| System Wallpaper | Both, macOS 26+ | Video playback mode, extension status, service maintenance, removing all videos from the System Wallpaper library |
| Workshop | Pro | Steam setup, API key, engine assets, browse preferences, thumbnail badges, diagnostics, privacy and terms |
| Storage | Pro | Downloaded projects, engine assets, System Wallpaper video copies and caches |
| Backup & Restore | Both | Configuration export and import |
| Advanced | Both | Diagnostic summary and export, bug report, log files, reset all settings |
| About | Both | Version, updates, GitHub and Discussions links, bug report, welcome tour |
Guidance and languages
The floating Welcome Tour highlights real controls. Close it with its close button or Esc to use the page. Settings → About → Welcome Tour reopens it. Explain This Page offers guidance for the page you are on.
Loomscreen is available in English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Spanish.
For permissions and recovery, see Install & update and Troubleshooting.