deskmat

DeskMat for Mac v1.3.1 – a utility that quickly covers your Desktop or individual files for more privacy during screen sharing, cleaner streams, and distraction-free work – fixes a bunch of bugs and makes sure it runs well on macOS 27 “Golden Gate”.

“Exactly what I needed”

Captain Muso @ Mac App Store

What is DeskMat?

DeskMat helps you:

  • retain your privacy when sharing your screen
  • have cleaner streams
  • work distraction-free

by providing a simple cover for your Desktop.
With the click of a button, all your files and folders on your Desktop disappear, and re-appear just as easily when you need them. Alternatively, select specific files or folders, or file types, that you want to hide or keep showing.
Tie the app to your Focus modes or specific apps coming to the foreground, so the cover activates and deactivates automatically.
Create workflows with Shortcuts and AppleScript.
With Control Center widgets, you can toggle the cover from anywhere.

Tip: Check out the Get to Know DeskMat Blog Post for a deep-dive into its functionality.

What’s New in DeskMat v1.3.1

  • Makes sure it runs well on macOS 27 “Golden Gate”
  • Fixes a bug where the static or live wallpaper option didn’t work on some locales
  • Fixes a bug where sometimes the macOS Default Wallpaper failed to load

👉 For the full release notes, please click here 👈

“Focus mode integration is excellent”

tedsvo @ Mac App Store

Links and Availability

DeskMat is a one-time lifetime purchase on the Mac App Store or my website for currently USD 3.99 / EUR 3,99 / GBP 3.99.
There is no difference in functionality between the different versions.
As with all previous updates, v1.3.1 is completely free for existing customers.
A free, 28-day trial is available for download.
DeskMat requires macOS 13.0 Ventura or newer.
The app is currently localized in English, German, Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, French, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.

🔗 DeskMat Website + Free Trial + Direct Purchase
🖥️ DeskMat on the Mac App Store
🤩 Eternal Storms Software Productivity Bundle on the Mac App Store (includes ScreenFloat, Yoink for Mac, Transloader and DeskMat at ~20% off)

📖 Get to Know DeskMat Blog Post

💌 Contact & Connect

A note on in-app purchases in the Mac App Store and direct purchase versions: These are completely voluntary tips you can give me to support me and the development of my apps beyond the one-time purchase price. No additional functionality can be unlocked by giving tips. Your one-time purchase gives you to the complete functionality of DeskMat.

I hope you enjoy DeskMat (and my other apps) : )

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DeskMat for Mac v1.3 – a utility that quickly covers your Desktop for more privacy during screen sharing, cleaner streams, and distraction-free work – now has the ability to not only cover your entire Desktop, but also just individual files and folders. It is now also fully scriptable with AppleScript.

“Exactly what I needed”

Captain Muso @ Mac App Store

What is DeskMat?

DeskMat helps you:

  • retain your privacy when sharing your screen
  • have cleaner streams
  • work distraction-free

by providing a simple cover for your Desktop.
With the click of a button, all your files and folders on your Desktop disappear, and re-appear just as easily when you need them.
Tie the app to your Focus modes or specific apps coming to the foreground, so the cover activates and deactivates automatically.
Create workflows with Shortcuts and AppleScript.
With Control Center widgets, you can toggle the cover from anywhere.

Tip: Check out the Get to Know DeskMat Blog Post for a deep-dive into its functionality.

What’s New in DeskMat v1.3

  • In addition to the full Desktop cover, you can now choose to only hide (or show) individual files or folders on your Desktop
  • Automate DeskMat with AppleScript
  • Access your Desktop from DeskMat’s button’s contextual men (which will not show up in streams, either)

👉 For the full release notes, please click here 👈

“Focus mode integration is excellent”

tedsvo @ Mac App Store

Links and Availability

DeskMat is a one-time lifetime purchase on the Mac App Store or my website for currently USD 3.99 / EUR 3,99 / GBP 3.99.
There is no difference in functionality between the different versions.
As with all previous updates, v1.3 is completely free for existing customers.
A free, 28-day trial is available for download.
DeskMat requires macOS 13.0 Ventura or newer.
The app is currently localized in English, German, Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, French, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.

🔗 DeskMat Website + Free Trial + Direct Purchase
🖥️ DeskMat on the Mac App Store
🤩 Eternal Storms Software Productivity Bundle on the Mac App Store (includes ScreenFloat, Yoink for Mac, Transloader and DeskMat at ~20% off)

📖 Get to Know DeskMat Blog Post

💌 Contact & Connect

A note on in-app purchases in the Mac App Store version: These are completely voluntary tips you can give me to support me and the development of my apps beyond the one-time purchase price. No additional functionality can be unlocked by giving tips. Your one-time purchase gives you to the complete functionality of DeskMat.

I hope you enjoy DeskMat (and my other apps) : )

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For this year’s Black Friday sale I held between November 27th and December 1st 2025, I pledged 30% of proceeds from app sales made on the Mac App Store and directly on my website to the Austrian St. Anna’s Children’s Cancer Research Institute.

The sale was a great success:
Because of your generous participation in the sale, we raised €766,43 for this cause.

❤️ From the bottom of my heart, thank you ❤️

Because it’s a larger sum than I had anticipated, I decided to:
1) Donate €100 to the St. Anna Children’s Hospital itself, for helping provide the best possible care for patients and their families. Amount already donated; proof available upon request
2) Donate €383,43 to the St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute now. Amount already donated; proof available upon request
3) Donate the remaining amount (€283) to the St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute in the new year. I’ll update this post once I’ve donated the amount

⚡️ Thank you again for helping fight cancer. And I do hope you’ll enjoy my apps!

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It’s been a while since I last participated in a Black Friday deal, so this year’s a doozy. All my apps are 50%-77% off from November 27th, 2025 to December 1st, 2025.

30% of proceeds made in this timeframe on the App Store and from direct purchases on my website go to the Austrian St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute.

Table of Contents:

1. Yoink for Mac (77% off) 🔗

Yoink for Mac is a temporary place for your file drags. Whether you want to collect images from a website, text snippets from a document, or move files around in Finder, Yoink offers a “shelf” you can place them in so you can move freely to the files’ actual destination. It can hold virtually anything you can drag and appears whenever you start to drag something. It’s also highly customizable to fit your needs.

As Yoink for Mac is part of this year’s Bundlehunt Black Friday macOS Bundle, too, its sale will continue until December 31st, 2025.

2. Yoink for iPhone and iPad (66% off) 🔗

Yoink for iPhone and iPad is your files and snippets shelf, with Clipboard-Monitoring powers!

3. ScreenFloat for Mac (50% off) 🔗

ScreenFloat is your Mac’s Screen Capture Power Tool.
Capture screenshots and recordings that float above other windows, allowing you to reference anything on your screen, anywhere. It’s like Picture-in-Picture, only for screen captures.
It keeps your Desktop clutter-free, as every capture you make is stored in its Shots Browser, where you can manage, organize and find your shots. They’re also synced across your Macs over iCloud.
Easily copy the non-copyable, as ScreenFloat recognizes text, barcode and faces in your shots, which also allows you to effortlessly redact sensitive parts of your screenshots.
Add non-destructive annotations, redactions and markup, crop, “fold“, resize, or de-retinize your shots. Quickly pick colors.
Mute, trim and cut your recordings with the aid of “edit markers” you can place while recording.
Create shareable and embeddable links for your captures using iCloud, ImageKit.io or Cloudinary.com.
And so much more.

4. Transloader (60% off) 🔗

With Transloader, you manage downloads on your Macs, remotely from your iPhone, iPad, and other Macs. With powerful Link- and File Actions, you have total control over what happens with links you send to your Macs.

5. DeskMat for Mac (50% off) 🔗

DeskMat covers your messy desktop with the click of a button. For nicer streams, video conferencing, and distraction-free work!

6. Tameno for Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV (50% off) 🔗

Keep your peace of mind, while Tameno keeps the pace. With auto-repeating “tapping” timers, you always know when to move on to the next step. Be it during exercise, workout, stretching, brushing your teeth, watering your plants, doing yoga or meditation, this versatile utility keeps on tickin‘ .

Links

🧑‍🔬 St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute

➡️ Eternal Storms Software Website
🛒 Eternal Storms Software Web Shop (discounts will be applied automatically during checkout)
📱 Eternal Storms Software on the App Store

Yoink for Mac, ScreenFloat for Mac and Transloader are also part of Setapp
Yoink for Mac is part of Bundlehunt’s 2025 Black Friday macOS Bundle
There is no difference in functionality between the different versions of the apps

💌 Contact & Connect

🤝 Friends of Eternal Storms Software

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