One Mac. Every mode.

VibeShift is a menu-bar app that switches your whole desktop — wallpaper, Dock, desktop files, even running apps — to match what you're doing. In under a second.

macOS 14+  ·  Free for 2 contexts  ·  No account required
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You don't just multitask — you context-switch. Deep work, meetings, admin, personal time. Your Mac stays the same through all of it, and the residue adds up.

5–10 minto rebuild a workspace by hand — drag files, rearrange the Dock, reopen every app.
1 desktopshared by every role in your life — and cluttered by all of them at once.
< 1 sa VibeShift switch. Wallpaper, Dock, files, apps — identical every time.

One switch, six phases

Every switch — click, hotkey, or automation — runs the same sequenced pipeline, with a floating HUD reporting progress.

SWITCH PIPELINE< 1 second, end to end
1
Wallpapers
2
Dock
3
Desktop files
4
Quit apps
5
Launch apps
6
Done

A missing wallpaper or an app that isn't installed on this Mac never aborts the switch — it completes anyway, and the HUD tells you what was skipped.

Everything a context bundles

A context is a complete desktop environment, saved. Define it once; return to it forever.

Wallpaper per display

Every context sets its own wallpaper on every connected monitor. Capture the current one with a click.

Desktop files, curated

Only the files that belong here stay visible. The rest are relocated — never deleted — and return when you do.

PRO

The whole Dock

Fourteen settings captured and restored: pinned apps, position, size, magnification, auto-hide, and more.

PRO

Apps that come and go

Launch what a context needs on entry. Quit what it doesn't on exit — silently, or with a confirmation.

Global hotkeys

⌘⌃1 through ⌘⌃0, system-wide, free tier included. Each context keeps its shortcut for life.

Drift detection

Changed the wallpaper or Dock by hand? VibeShift notices, and offers to update the context — or reapply it.

Menu-bar native

No Dock icon, no window clutter. A quick switcher with search lives in your menu bar, out of the way until you need it.

Siri & Shortcuts

Contexts are Shortcuts actions — any automation you already run can switch your whole Mac.

Set it up once. It switches itself.

PRO

Three kinds of trigger, combinable on a single rule.

On the clock

Mornings are for deep work. At 9:00 on weekdays, your Mac is already in Work before you sit down. Missed fires after sleep or a clock change are caught up correctly.

09:00Mon–FriWork

On the network

Join the office Wi-Fi and the office shows up: work wallpaper, work Dock, work files. Detection is debounced, so a flaky network never causes churn.

SSID: acme-hqWork

On Focus

Link contexts to macOS Focus modes in the system Focus Filters panel. Turn on Personal Focus — on your Mac, your iPhone, anywhere — and VibeShift follows.

Focus: PersonalPersonal

Predicates combine: put time and Wi-Fi on one rule and it fires only when every condition matches. Overlapping rules across contexts are flagged before they surprise you.

Private by design

VibeShift collects nothing. Not as a promise buried in a policy — as an architecture. Everything runs and stays on your Mac.

Read the full privacy policy →
No telemetry, no analytics, no crash reporting. Zero.
Wallpapers, file names, Dock layout, app lists — none of it ever leaves your machine.
Pro activation sends exactly two things to the license server: your key, and a one-way hashed device ID.
Settings are plain JSON on disk. Hidden files stay reachable in Finder. Nothing is ever deleted.

Pay once. Yours forever.

No subscription, no account. Start free; upgrade when two contexts stop being enough.

Free
$0
For two contexts — most people's Work and Personal.
Up to 2 contexts
Wallpaper per display, multi-monitor
Desktop file visibility
Menu-bar switching
Global hotkeys ⌘⌃1–0
Activity log
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Pro
$19one-time
Everything, forever, on up to 3 Macs.
Everything in Free
Unlimited contexts
Full Dock switching
Launch & quit apps per context
Automations — time, Wi-Fi, Focus
iCloud backup & restore
Buy Pro — $19

One-time purchase · Up to 3 Macs · 14-day money-back guarantee · Checkout by LemonSqueezy

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