Observed arrival · 2026-09-13
LidBend Makes Closing a Mac Look Like the Future
A $1.99 Mac utility that adds a screen-bending animation when you close, open, sleep, or wake your laptop.
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The animation is driven by the Mac’s reported hinge angle rather than a prerecorded video or warped screenshot, with the user’s actual desktop captured live and rendered through a GPU shader. The app stays in the menu bar and exposes controls for direction, speed, curve intensity, and triggering events. The listed requirements are macOS 13 or later on either Apple Silicon or Intel, with a one-Mac licence priced at $1.99.
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