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title: "Does MacWall Work on Intel Macs?"
description: "Yes. MacWall ships as a universal app for Apple silicon and Intel Macs and needs macOS 15 Sequoia or later. Apple's macOS 27 runs only on Apple silicon, so an Intel Mac uses MacWall on macOS 15 or macOS 26. An Intel Mac on macOS 26 Tahoe also gets the live Lock Screen."
canonical: "https://macwall.app/faq/does-macwall-work-on-intel-macs"
published: "2026-11-06"
updated: "2026-11-06"
keywords:
  - "macwall intel mac"
  - "live wallpaper intel mac"
  - "macwall apple silicon"
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# Does MacWall work on Intel Macs?

Yes. MacWall ships as a universal app for Apple silicon and Intel Macs and needs macOS 15 Sequoia or later. Apple's macOS 27 runs only on Apple silicon, so an Intel Mac uses MacWall on macOS 15 or macOS 26. An Intel Mac on macOS 26 Tahoe also gets the live Lock Screen.

## What an Intel Mac gets on each macOS

- **macOS 15 Sequoia**: live desktop wallpapers with MacWall App playback; the Lock Screen shows a still.
- **macOS 26 Tahoe**: live desktop, Lock Screen and screen saver, with System Wallpaper or MacWall App playback.
- **macOS 27 Golden Gate**: Apple silicon only, per [Apple's list of compatible Macs](https://support.apple.com/en-us/127255).

## The one exception

[Bend](https://macwall.app/bend), which folds the desktop as you close the lid, reads the lid angle of Apple silicon MacBooks, so it isn't offered on Intel Macs.

## Playback on Intel

MacWall decodes video in hardware on Intel Macs too. For your own videos, H.264 and HEVC play best; ProRes, AV1 and VP9 are converted when you set them.

## Go deeper

- [Install MacWall](https://macwall.app/docs/install-macwall): Download the universal build, install it and set a first wallpaper.
- [Hardware video decode](https://macwall.app/learn/hardware-video-decode): How Macs decode video in hardware, on Apple silicon and Intel.
- [Download MacWall](https://macwall.app/download): The current signed and notarized build, for every Mac.

## More questions

- [Does MacWall work on macOS 27?](https://macwall.app/faq/does-macwall-work-on-macos-27)
- [Can you put a live wallpaper on the Mac Lock Screen?](https://macwall.app/faq/live-wallpaper-on-mac-lock-screen)
- [How much CPU does MacWall use?](https://macwall.app/faq/macwall-cpu-use)

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Source: https://macwall.app/faq/does-macwall-work-on-intel-macs