Olaf Zen · free for macOS

Get your Zen back!

Eight hours deserves better than grey.

One picture. All your screens. Finally lined up. Aaah.

Download for free

macOS 13 or later · Apple silicon and Intel · No account

Scroll to see a day with Olaf Zen

A day with Olaf Zen

Seven moments.
One calm desk.

Keep scrolling: the screens play each moment……Or flip the Zen Mode switch yourself.

Olaf ZenCompany wallpaper

Zen Mode

Bezel skipped

Measured in mm

Laptop

Big 4K display · same scale

Scene “Two Screens” came on

☾ Dark Mode

Client meeting · 14:00

Moment 1 of 7 · keep scrolling

Monday, 08:57.
Grey, grey, grey.

Your company locked the wallpaper. Three screens, one corporate picture, all day long.

Zen Mode on.

One switch in the menu bar, and your own picture fades in across all three screens.

The horizon runs straight.

Tell Olaf Zen how wide your bezels are. It skips the hidden strip, so every line runs straight past the gaps.

Real size. Real scale.

Olaf Zen measures each monitor in millimeters, so a laptop and a big 4K screen show the picture at the same scale.

Unplug. It already knows.

Save your setups as Scenes. Unplug a monitor, and the scene that fits the monitors you have left comes on by itself.

Night falls. The picture follows.

Give a scene a second picture for Dark Mode. It changes when macOS does.

Client meeting at 14:00.

Turn Zen Mode off and the company look is back. You get your calm, the company keeps its look. Everyone's happy.

Zoom and moveMirror horizontallyFit or Fill One picture across allPer display pictures

The editor shows your monitors as they stand on your desk. What you see there is what lands on the desktop.

Company Macs

Beside the lock,
never against it.

Many companies lock the wallpaper. Olaf Zen doesn't fight that. It lays your picture on top of the company's, at the desktop layer, behind your windows and icons.

Never changes the company's settings. Their wallpaper stays exactly where it is, underneath.
No admin rights needed. It runs as you, like any other app.
One switch for meetings. Zen Mode off before a client meeting or a presentation, and the company look is back.
Private by design. The app makes no network connections and has no tracking. Your pictures are never copied or uploaded: a scene only remembers where the file is.

Use it responsibly. Follow your company's guidelines, on your own terms: your Zen while you work, the company look whenever it counts. If your company says no, the answer is no.

Your windows and icons, on top as always

Olaf Zen: your picture, at the desktop layer

The company wallpaper, untouched underneath

Install

Be kind to yourself.
Add a little Zen to your workday.

Calm in four steps. Free, and about two minutes.

Download

A small zip, about 1.3 MB. Free, and no account. Chrome may say “Suspicious download blocked” because the app is new: click the warning, then “Download suspicious file”.

Download Olaf Zen 0.169

Drag to Applications

Open the zip and drag Olaf Zen into your Applications folder.

Open Anyway

The first time, macOS says it can't check the app. Go to System Settings, then Privacy & Security, and click “Open Anyway”.

Turn on Zen Mode

Click the icon in the menu bar, make a scene in the Scene Gallery, and switch Zen Mode on.

On a company Mac, IT may block apps from outside the App Store. If Olaf Zen won't open, that's why.

FAQ

Good questions.

Is it really free?

Yes. No account, no trial. If you like it, you can buy me a coffee.

Does it change my company's wallpaper settings?

No. Olaf Zen shows your picture on top of the company's, at the desktop layer. It never changes the company's settings and needs no admin rights. Turn Zen Mode off and the company's picture is right there.

Does it work on a Mac that isn't managed?

Yes. On any Mac you get the same things: one picture across all monitors, bezels, Real size, Scenes and Light & Dark.

Are my pictures sent anywhere?

No. The app makes no network connections. Your pictures are never copied or uploaded; a scene only remembers where the file is on your Mac.

Which Macs does it run on?

macOS 13 or later, on Apple silicon and Intel.

How do I remove it?

Turn Zen Mode off first, so your old wallpaper comes back. Then quit Olaf Zen from its menu and drag it to the Trash.

Found your calm?

Olaf Zen is free. Did it make your workday a little calmer?
Buy me a coffee and keep the Zen coming.

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