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MacLiveWallpaper v2.0 - Streaming & Visual Selector
🎉 Major Update: Streaming Support & Visual Video Browser
✨ New Features
🌐 Streaming Video Support
- Stream 137 Aerial videos directly from Apple CDN
- No need to download 50+ GB of video files
- App size reduced from 50+ GB to just 1.1 MB
- Works on macOS 15+ with system Aerial screensaver enabled
🖼️ Visual Video Selector
- Beautiful grid layout with preview thumbnails
- Browse all 137 videos with high-quality preview images
- Organized into 4 categories: Landscapes, Cities, Underwater, Space
- Real-time search functionality
- Click any thumbnail to instantly play the video
🔧 Stability Improvements
- Fixed display reconfiguration issues causing stuck "Paused" state
- Window lifecycle optimization prevents crashes on close
- Better multi-display support
- Automatic recovery on display changes
📦 App Store Ready
- ✅ App Sandbox enabled
- ✅ Proper entitlements configuration
- ✅ No Apple proprietary resources
- ✅ Compliant with App Store guidelines
🎯 What's Changed
- Stream videos from Apple CDN instead of local files
- Added SwiftUI-based visual video browser
- Simplified resource files (entries.json + metadata only)
- Enhanced debugging and logging
- Chinese interface support
🚀 Installation
- Download
MacLiveWallpaper-v2.0.zip - Unzip and move to Applications folder
- Launch the app
- Click menu bar icon → "Browse All Videos" to explore
⚠️ Requirements
- macOS 14.0+ (macOS 15.0+ recommended for streaming)
- Internet connection for video playback
- System Aerial screensaver enabled (for video metadata)
📝 Known Issues
- Some audio-related warnings in logs (videos play fine, can be ignored)
- First-time video buffering may take a few seconds
🙏 Credits
Powered by Apple's Aerial screensaver videos.
Full changelog: v1.1...v2.0