Lively v1.2.0

What's New in Lively 1.2.0

Curated Wallpaper Library

Browse, download, and apply high-quality looping wallpapers offline from the new Library gallery.

Settings redesign

• System Settings-style sidebar: General, Playback, Screen Setup, Logs, About
• Fixed-size menu-bar popover with distinct nav selection languages
• Screen Setup shows a live multi-display map with wallpaper thumbnails

Battery & power

• Pause on Battery with a threshold slider (25–100%)
• Hard floor: always pauses at 25% or below on battery
• Status banner shows current percentage and why playback paused

Appearance

• Light, Dark, or System theme for the menu-bar UI

Updates

• Optional GitHub Releases check
• In-app banner when a newer version is available (View opens the release page)
• Does not auto-download or auto-install

Playback controls

Quality, loop behavior, hardware decoding, and max resolution preferences

Install

Homebrew

git -C "$(brew --repository harshabala/lively)" pull 2>/dev/null || brew tap harshabala/lively https://github.com/harshabala/Lively
brew upgrade --cask lively || brew install --cask lively

Manual
Download Lively-1.2.0-macOS.zip below, unzip, and drag Lively.app to Applications.

Requires: macOS 14 Sonoma or later

Full notes: CHANGELOG.md