User Guide

User Guide

This track explains Open Wallpaper Engine in plain language: how to install it, get wallpapers, set them on your displays and tune them. Every page links to the matching developer page if you want to know how a feature works inside.

Basics

Page	What you will learn
What is Open Wallpaper Engine?	What OWE is, what it plays and what it doesn't
Requirements	macOS version, Steam ownership, permissions
Installing	The download, first launch, Gatekeeper and the setup assistant

Assets and Steam

Page	What you will learn
Wallpaper Engine assets	Why scenes need WE's assets, and how to install, update, or remove them
SteamCMD and Steam login	The automatic SteamCMD install, signing in in the app or in Terminal

Your wallpapers

Page	What you will learn
Library and Installed	The grid, filters, search, sorting, Details, Reset and delete
Importing wallpapers	Folders, zip files, videos and web URLs
Wallpaper storage	Where wallpapers live and how to move them
Steam Workshop	Browsing, filters, downloads, dependencies and the Web API key
Playlists	Rotating wallpapers on a timer
Displays and playback rules	A wallpaper per display, pausing, and battery/fullscreen rules

Wallpaper types

• Scene wallpapers
• Video wallpapers
• Web wallpapers

Settings and tools

• Settings overview, with Performance, General and the other tabs
• Scene Editor (Live)
• Menu bar and keyboard shortcuts
• Languages

Help

• Privacy
• Troubleshooting
• FAQ
• Legal and credits

Read more (for developers): Developer Guide