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BendMac
Menu bar app that bends and blurs your desktop as you close a MacBook lid, using the lid-angle sensor.
MIT · Free download · Downloads from github.com
- License
- MIT
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- IuCC123
- Verified
- 2026
About BendMac
BendMac is a playful menu bar app that makes the desktop react as the lid moves. When you close a MacBook, the wallpaper and windows bend and blur with the lid angle, inspired by Bendy and the iPhone fold animation. It is aimed at people who want a decorative effect on their laptop.
It requires macOS 14 or later and a MacBook with a lid-angle sensor; the build is universal. Automatic lid tracking does not work on the 2020 M1 MacBook Air or the 13-inch M1 and M2 MacBook Pro, so on those models you set the desktop angle by hand. BendMac is not notarized, so approve it in Privacy & Security the first time you open it.
Information
- Source code
- IuCC123/BendMac
- License
- MIT
- Website
- bendmac.app
- Download
- github.com
- Category
- Utilities
- Topics
- Menu bar apps
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/IuCC123/BendMac
- github.com/IuCC123/BendMac/blob/main/LICENSE
- github.com/IuCC123/BendMac/releases/tag/v0.4.12
- bendmac.app
- icon.png: BendMac contributors. MIT; upstream app icon (converted from AppIcon.icns), trademarks retained.
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