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Softfold for Mac

Folds and blurs the desktop as you close the lid.

By ReffWu. Free and open source, MIT licence.

Get it with OpenDMG View source on GitHub

Softfold at a glance

Version
1.19
Released
23 September 2026
Download size
2.5 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
MIT
Category
Menu Bar and Notch
Developer
ReffWu
GitHub stars
107

About Softfold

Close the lid, and your MacBook desktop folds away softly. Follows the hinge angle with a live perspective fold and progressive blur.

Screenshots

Softfold screenshot 1Softfold screenshot 2

How to install Softfold on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for Softfold and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.19 from ReffWu's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to Softfold show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: Softfold.dmg (2.5 MB).

What is new in Softfold 1.19

## Softfold 1.19

### What's New / 新特性

**English** 🇺🇸

- Fixed Touch ID & Apple Pay compatibility: Desktop overlay now stays hidden off-screen while the lid is open, preventing macOS anti-overlay security policies from suppressing biometric prompts.
- Optimized canvas state management during Mission Control Spaces switching and sleep-wake cycles.

**简体中文** 🇨🇳

- 彻底修复 Touch ID 与 Apple Pay 兼容性：优化折叠画布生命周期，未合盖时保持离屏隐藏，杜绝触发 macOS 防覆盖安全保护导致生物识别提示被阻断。
- 优化 Spaces 多桌面切换与系统睡眠唤醒时的画布状态管理。

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### 🇭🇰 繁體中文

- 徹底修復 Touch ID 與 Apple Pay 相容性：最佳化折疊畫布生命週期，未闔蓋時保持離屏隱藏，杜絕觸發 macOS 防覆蓋安全保護導致生物辨識提示被阻斷。
- 最佳化 Spaces 多桌面切換與系統睡眠喚醒時的畫布狀態管理。

### 🇯🇵 日本語

- Touch ID および Apple Pay との互換性を修正：開蓋時はオーバーレイウインドウを画面外に非表示にし、macOS のセキュリティポリシーによる生体認証の阻害を防止しました。
- Spaces（操作スペース）の切り替え時およびスリープ復帰時における描画レイヤー管理を最適化。

### 🇰🇷 한국어

- Touch ID 및 Apple Pay 호환성 해결: 상판이 열려 있을 때는 오버레이 창을 화면에서 완전히 숨겨 macOS 보안 정책으로 인한 생체 인식 차단을 방지했습니다.
- Spaces 다중 데스크탑 전환 및 잠자기 해제 시의 렌더링 캔버스 상태 관리 최적화.

### 🇩🇪 Deutsch

- Touch ID & Apple Pay-Kompatibilität behoben: Das Desktop-Overlay bleibt bei geöffnetem Display ausgeblendet, um eine Blockierung der biometrischen Authentifizierung durch macOS-Sicherheitsrichtlinien zu verhindern.
- Zustandsverwaltung bei Spaces-Wechseln und Ruhezustand-Wiederaufnahme optimiert.

### 🇫🇷 Français
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