For macOS 15 Sequoia and later
Hit play. The island slides out of the notch, and your wallpaper takes on the colors of the album. Aura makes the notch, the wallpaper and keep-awake work as one.
Golden Hour
Neon Coast
Island
FreeWhat’s playing slides out of the notch with album art, controls and a progress bar you can drag. Click the cover to jump to the app or browser tab that’s playing. Nothing playing? It rests quietly as an empty notch. No notch? Aura floats a pill at the top of any screen. Lock your Mac and the song stays on the lock screen, with a big cover and controls.
Wallpaper
ProA living gradient takes its colors from the album art and pulses while the music plays — turn on React to the beat and it moves with the bass. Pick one of eight animated wallpapers or bring your own video loops, and take it all onto the lock screen.
Awake
FreeKeep the display or just the system awake for 15 minutes, an hour or as long as you need — even with the lid closed.
Vibes
ProA vibe sets the wallpaper, colors and island style together. Five built in, you can save your own, and they can change with the time of day.
Everything is unlocked for 7 days. After that, the basics stay free.
$0
$2 / month
or $18 once, for life · one Mac
In euros 1.79 € a month or 16 € for life; in złoty 7.99 zł or 69 zł.
No. At rest Aura uses close to 0% CPU. The live wallpaper is the only part that does real work, and it pauses on battery (optional), in Low Power Mode, behind full-screen apps and whenever it isn’t visible.
Any Mac with macOS 15 Sequoia or later, Apple silicon or Intel. On MacBooks with a notch the island wraps the notch; on other displays it sits in the menu bar as a small pill and hides whenever the menu bar does, so it never covers your apps.
Apple Music, Spotify and most players that report to macOS Now Playing — including YouTube in Safari and Chrome.
Awake, the Island and Now Playing are free forever. Pro adds the wallpaper that follows your music and every vibe. All of it is unlocked for 7 days when you first install — no account, no card.
Your choice. Pro is $2 a month — cancel anytime and Pro stays until the end of the month you paid for — or $18 once, for life. Either way it covers one Mac. Moving to a new Mac? Deactivate the old one in the app or the customer portal and activate the new one.
Aura isn’t notarized by Apple yet — notarization needs a paid Apple Developer membership, which Aura will get once it pays for itself. Use Quick install on the download page and there’s no warning at all. With the downloaded app, open System Settings → Privacy & Security once and click Open Anyway; updates are signed and install on their own.
Aura only does it while Keep Awake is on, pauses below your battery threshold or when the Mac gets too hot, and always restores normal sleep when you turn it off, quit, or restart. Don’t put an awake Mac in a bag.
Nothing it sends anywhere. Album art and colors are processed on your Mac. Aura talks to the network only to check your license and look for updates.
Choose Send Feedback… in Aura’s menu or in About. It opens a new email to aura@akowszewicz.pl with your Aura and macOS versions already filled in, and nothing is sent until you press Send. You can also just write to us.
The island and the lid-closed mode need system access the App Store doesn’t allow, so Aura is downloaded straight from this website.
Something else? aura@akowszewicz.pl