System Utilities > Screensavers

Description: Screensaver based upon the Astronomy Picture of the Day web site.What's new in this version:Download A.P.O.D.Put the A.P.O.D to desktop.

Keywords: screensaver download desktop picture site 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 840 kb; Updated: 2008-06-05

Description: It is like the built-in Slide Show screensaver on Mac OS X, but with more options and features:Keeps a persistent database of all the images found in the specified directory tree. This allows the screen saver to handle huge directory trees, and still have the benefit ofdisplaying images immediately, and,not "exercising" the disk every time it gets invoked.Can use all images in a directory tree (minus the ones that are excluded by other options, see below), or all images in one of your iPhoto albums.Options include:the speed of the zoom-in and -out;the duration for how long an image is displayed before the next one;whether or not the path of the image currently being displayed should be displayed, too.many more ...You can specify constraints for excluding images from being displayed:the minimal size in pixels (e.g., to exclude thumbnails);the minimal size in bytes;a list of file patterns; if the path of an image matches one of the patterns, it gets excluded (e.g., to exclude "index prints").You can review ...

Keywords: screen saver screensaver slide show directory database screen images image 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 93 kb; Updated: 2008-03-06

Description: MacLampsX will place bulbs around the edges of your display. Users can create their own bulbs, as well as arranging the included ones as they choose. A number of other options, such as opacity, flashing, and bulb chase are available as well. Favorite setups can be saved as themes.What's new in this version:Added a welcome dialogAdded a screensaver, along with screensaver mode in MacLampsXAdded a basic music playerAdded random flashing modeAdded support for multiple displaysSides/corners of the screen can now be configured to be emptyChanged data handling for bulbs to reduce memory usageBulbs can now be dragged from the list, even in detail modeThe bulb list is now sorted alphabetically (as opposed to randomly)Fixed a bug which caused opacity preferences to be ignoredMacLampsX now stops animation calls when you switch to another user accountReorganized preferences to give more flexibility and controlBulbs can now have a custom "preview image" that they draw in the list - useful for spacer bulbs, or bulbs b...

Keywords: screensaver animation memory screen create image music data 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 317 kb; Updated: 2008-01-19

Description: FadingImages is a Mac OS X screen saver plugin that displays several pictures at a time from a specified folder, iPhoto album or iTunes CoverFlow database and slowly fades them out or flies them by, replacing them with new images. Also includes a little app to help non-technical users run it as a desktop animation.What's new in this version:Improved drawing efficiency.Fixed a misbehavior that was generating excess messages to the console.log in Leopard (and wasn't a good idea before that either.

Keywords: screen saver animation database pictures desktop screen images folder 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4; File size: 100 kb; Updated: 2007-12-18

Description: LittleView is a program that plays your Quicktimemovies.Make playlists.Play in fullscreen.Make playlists to use in Front Row.Play movies directly from a video iPod.What's new in this version:Select where to place movie library.File extensions detects automatically.

Keywords: library movies video movie play file 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4; File size: 277 kb; Updated: 2007-12-01

Description: CornerClick allows you to assign actions to each corner of your screen. Your screen corners can act like four customizable buttons which will never move.You can hide the current application or all other applications, and open any file or application. You can open an URL or run an AppleScript. You can perform Expose actions, and activate Dashboard. You can perform multiple actions with one click, or zero clicks. Each screen corner can have many different actions based on modifier keys.A popup window can show you what action will be performed when you point at the screen corner.You will never miss when you try to click the corner of the screen, so CornerClick lets you do things without even looking.Supports multiple monitors.What's new in this version:Fix support for Spaces in LeopardLeopard (10.5) *required*. (Use version 0.8 for Mac OS X 10.3 or 10.4)

Keywords: application screen window action popup file hide show 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 407 kb; Updated: 2007-11-30

Description: Blurry Screen is a screen saver for OS X that slowly blurs the screen content. Currently, Blurry Screen can handle single display systems only (but won't do damage to others).

Keywords: screen saver screen saver 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4; File size: 4 kb; Updated: 2007-11-28

Description: Jack-O-Lantern is a screen saver that displays a carved 3D pumpkin. The pumpkin is recreated in loving detail right down to the flickering candle inside. Several carving designs are included, and you can even create your own to be displayed. No getting your hands dirty carving the real thing. Artificial pumpkin smell not included.What's new in this version:New high quality middle option for 3D carvings.New glow effect graphic option.New carving preview window in the options screen.Reduced stuttering on slower computers during carving changes.6 additional default carvings added.Fixed a bug related to the options screen that would crash System Preferences.

Keywords: screen saver graphic system screen window create effect saver 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 2355 kb; Updated: 2007-10-29

Description: There's fireworks screen savers, and then there's Skyrocket. Technology has come a long way since the days of the Pyro! screen saver, and Skyrocket shows how far we've come by rendering fireworks in 3D. Oh, and it also has sound effects to go with the fireworks. Skyrocket is available in English, French, and Japanese.What's new in this version:Ported the mouse controls from the Windows version to the Mac version.Skyrocket is now built with the FreeALUT library, since Apple has deprecated ALUT in Mac OS X's implementation of OpenAL.The new minimum OS version is 10.4.Finally, the PowerPC version of Skyrocket no longer plays sound effects unless Mac OS X 10.5 or later is installed. I'm sorry I had to make this change, but it solves the PPC sound problems once and for all, and it reduces the screen saver's disk space.

Keywords: screen savers screen saver windows library effects screen saver space 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 5632 kb; Updated: 2007-10-25

Description: Fields is a small force field simulator for Mac OS X in the form of a screen saver. Particles react to each creating interesting visual patterns. Lots of parameters can be set to achieve different visual results in the simulation.

Keywords: screen saver screen saver form 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4; File size: 128 kb; Updated: 2007-05-15