macOS 27 Lock Screen Live Wallpaper Guide

macOS 27 ships beautiful Lock Screen and Screen Saver wallpapers, but out of the box you're limited to Apple's own footage. MacWall is the first app in the world to bring your own live video wallpapers to the macOS 27 Lock Screen and Screen Saver, natively.

What you get

Any catalog wallpaper or personal MP4/MOV on your Lock Screen

The same video as your Screen Saver, one integration covers both

True native playback, not an overlay hack

Automatic format conversion when a clip needs it, hardware-accelerated

One-click restore of Apple's defaults anytime

Setup in under two minutes

Download MacWall and pick a wallpaper (or import your own).

Activate your one-time $7.99 license, Lock Screen included.

Toggle "Use Lock Screen & Screen Saver" in Settings.

Lock your Mac, the video plays natively on the Lock Screen.

Requirements

Live Lock Screen & Screen Saver: macOS 26 (Tahoe) or macOS 27, including the current beta

Desktop live wallpapers: macOS 14 Sonoma and later

Intel and Apple Silicon both supported

Why only MacWall works on the 27 beta

Apple's macOS 27 beta changed system wallpaper behavior, which broke the Lock Screen features of other wallpaper apps. MacWall shipped dedicated macOS 27 support faster than anyone, which is why it's currently the only app delivering native live Lock Screen video on the new beta, with safe one-click restore of Apple's defaults.