Skywall

Hong Kong Skyline

Over Wan Chai approaching Central. A 4K Aerial film built into macOS — Skywall plays it as your wallpaper, on every display, without re-encoding a frame.

Collection
Cityscapes
Location
Hong Kong
Source
4K SDR master, built into macOS
File
695 MB
In System Settings
Not listed
Plays on
The desktop, every display
A still from Hong Kong Skyline, an Aerial film

What the camera passes.

  1. Over Wan Chai approaching Central
  2. Over Central
  3. Over Hong Kong Island

Why the Wallpaper pane hides it.

The Wallpaper pane in System Settings never offers this one, though the system catalogue lists it and the 695 MB master sits on the same servers as the rest. Skywall lists it like any other.

How to set Hong Kong Skyline as your wallpaper.

  1. Install Skywall and open it from the menu bar.
  2. Find it under Cityscapes.
  3. Click the card. If the film is not on your disk yet, Skywall downloads it from the system’s own content servers into the folder macOS already uses.
  4. It plays on every display until you pick another one.

The film goes into the system’s own Aerials folder and stays there if you remove the app. Skywall has no servers of its own; nothing is uploaded anywhere.

More from Hong Kong.

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