Retroized · ShaderGlass for Mac
macOS 12.5+
ShaderGlass for Mac
ShaderGlass has no official Mac port. Retroized is the same job on macOS: a live CRT overlay, not a baked filter, not a slang plugin.
On Windows, ShaderGlass captures the desktop and draws a shader on top. People ask for that on Mac constantly. Retroized is a native app (ScreenCaptureKit) built for that job. It is not a ShaderGlass port and does not load the RetroArch slang library ShaderGlass ships. It is a CRT overlay you play through.
How you actually play
Two supported paths, not a pane you dock on a window:
- Virtual display 2 Put OpenEmu, RetroArch, or Steam on that screen and capture it. This is the play path. Needs macOS 13+.
- Click-through Cover the laptop. Clicks and keys go through the overlay on the primary display. On Monterey 12.5–12.7 this is the whole product.
Preview is a normal window for lining up the look. Click-through does not apply on the virtual display — that overlay is a viewer.
RetroVisor and other Mac overlays
RetroVisor is also a ScreenCaptureKit CRT overlay, closer to ShaderGlass’s floating glass: place a window, freeze it, input falls through. Free and open source. If you want that exact UX, use it.
Retroized is for sitting in a tube while you play: named looks (arcade, living-room TV, Trinitron, Sony PVM, BVM, and the rest), factory mains, curvature and mask sliders, optional noise. Gaming first — OpenEmu, RetroArch, Steam.
| ShaderGlass | RetroVisor | Retroized | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform | Windows | macOS | macOS 12.5+ |
| Shape | Glass / clone window | Freeze a pane over an app | Capture a display |
| Play with emulators | Over the game window | Over the game window | Virtual display 2 or click-through laptop |
| Looks | RetroArch slang library | Sankara / CRT easymode | Nine named glasses, 35 mains |
| License | GPL | GPL | itch, pay what you want |
On Windows, a Storm Night Neige teaser slang is up for ShaderGlass (Import custom). That file is not the Mac app.