Apple Silicon & Live Wallpapers: Why Native Apps Win

Apple Silicon unified memory and media engines make live wallpapers practical for daily use, if the app uses native decode. MacWall is built with SwiftUI and Metal, targeting M-series chips from day one.

What to avoid on Apple Silicon

Electron apps wrapping Chromium video players

Rosetta-translated Windows ports

WebView-based wallpaper engines

What MacWall does instead

AVFoundation hardware decode → Metal compositing behind desktop windows. Activity Monitor should show MacWall using minimal CPU during idle desktop use.