A little help.

The early-access trial is available and notarized by Apple; start with the installation guide. For non-sensitive bugs, use GitHub Issues.

Contact

MacParallax is sold by Jino Labs. For purchases, refunds, licenses and private reports, email [email protected]. Include your Mac model, macOS version and app version, and send your license key only by email, never in a public issue.

Getting started

MacParallax lives in the menu bar. Open Settings, calibrate your comfortable lid position and enable the effect. The onboarding screens explain Screen Recording. Camera and Accessibility permission are not needed.

Screen Recording is enabled, but the app disagrees

Quit and reopen the app after granting permission. If macOS offers “Quit & Reopen,” use that. After updating from 0.8.0, allow Screen Recording once more: 0.9.9 has a new, stable signature. Later updates keep the permission. Do not repeatedly reset all of your privacy permissions.

The screen or cursor looks wrong

Open the menu bar and switch the effect off. The app hides the overlay and releases the system cursor. If necessary, quit MacParallax. Report your Mac model, macOS version, app version and whether you were changing Spaces, using full-screen mode or an external display. Avoid including private screen content.

Audio

Audio is optional. Gentle follows the wider lid movement. Conversation lowers volume sooner after a small dead zone. Reopening restores the original level, provided you have not manually changed volume or mute. Some HDMI, USB and digital outputs do not offer software volume control.

Trial and checkout

The trial lasts 14 days from the first successful live desktop effect. When it ends, the effect turns off until you buy a license and activate it; no payment is taken automatically.

Moving a license

In Settings → License, deactivate the old Mac before activating another. Internet is needed for activation and deactivation. An activated purchase stays usable during a license server outage. Keep your receipt; do not post a license key in public.

Updates and refunds

Read release notes for the latest available build. Updates are manually downloaded in the first release. The purchase terms describe the refund policy.