A little blur. A little shade.Your kind of calm.
Combine blur and dimming, or use them separately. Find the balance that feels right for you.
A LITTLE CALM FOR YOUR MAC
Everything is still there. What matters stands out. DeskBlur blurs and dims the background, keeping your active window in focus.
For macOS 26 and later
An interactive illustration. The app’s appearance depends on your settings and macOS.
YOUR SPACE. YOUR ATTENTION.
The browser. The messages. The documents. Your desktop fills up quickly. DeskBlur lets the background take a step back. Switch windows, and the focus follows.
Combine blur and dimming, or use them separately. Find the balance that feels right for you.
Your essential controls are always close at hand, right in your Mac’s menu bar.
A softer shade for writing. A deeper one for working on an image. Set your intensity for each app, or create exceptions.
Choose how secondary displays are dimmed to suit the way you work.
QUIET BY DESIGN. PRIVATE BY CHOICE.
No account. No ads. No automatic telemetry. Your settings stay on your Mac. And if you need a hand, you choose whether to send a support report.
Our approach to privacyNative effects. An interface in English and French. No Accessibility or Screen Recording permission required.
Your apps and documents stay open. DeskBlur changes the visual background: the window you’re using stays clear while other windows sit behind the effects.
Yes. Blur and dimming have separate controls. Use either one or both, and customize the intensity for individual apps.
DeskBlur includes settings for secondary displays. Choose how they behave in the app’s settings.
When Stage Manager is first detected, blur is turned off with an explanatory notice. You can turn it back on. There’s also an option to pause effects while Stage Manager is enabled.
The macOS Reduce Transparency setting can prevent native blur. DeskBlur lets you know; you can continue using dimming.
The first version is being prepared for the Mac App Store. A download link will be added here when it’s available. DeskBlur requires macOS 26 or later.
Keep your tools. Find your space.
For macOS 26 and later
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