System Utilities > Screensavers

Description: xBack is a utility that allows you replace your desktop picture with a screen saver. With xBack, you can bring your desktop to life.What's new in this version:Leopard Specific Build

Keywords: screen saver utility desktop picture screen saver 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 818 kb; Updated: 2008-05-06

Description: MacHouse Quotes Pro 2 is the next version of MacHouse Quotes. It is a screen saver that displays over 275 random, uplifting quotes on your screen. I made the screen saver originally just for me. The screen saver contains some of my most-loved quotes. When I was sitting around with my friends one night brain storming how to raise money for graduate school, they suggested I sell my screen saver. I offer a demo version for free and a full version for only $10. The demo version contains 10 quotes, the full version has 275 quotes!What's new in this version:Compatibility update for pre-Tiger users.

Keywords: screen saver screen saver free 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 15155 kb; Updated: 2008-04-10

Description: Watch as your monitor fills with water and real 3D fish begin to swim around the screen you were just working on! Features:Real time 3D fish that don't just swim back and forth, but towards you and away from you, up and down. Like real fish!Uses realistic 3D fish models, not just flat 2D images like other screen savers do!Dymanic underwater lighting. So if the surface of the water ripples, so does the refracted light!The registered version lets you download fish right into the screen saver from the Settings screen. It couldn't be easier! Take a look at the website to see pictures of the fish which are available for download into the full version.You can select to use your wallpaper or a random image (jpg, png or gif files) as the background for the aquarium, aswell as the option to capture the current screen.Select between warm and cold, salt water fish, and fresh water fish, or mix them all together! Remember virtual fish can all survive in the same virtual water!The fish's eyes move, so they now look ar...

Keywords: screen savers screen saver wallpaper download pictures monitor virtual website 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 978 kb; Updated: 2008-04-08

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: Serene Saver 2 HD is a unique cross between a video desktop (moving wallpaper) and a screen saver. It brings a bit of serenity to your daily life. Think of Serene Saver as sort of a window into the world. Instead of a static desktop image, actual nature scenes play as high definition movies right on your desktop while you work.Subtle background sounds suggest serene outdoor settings rich with waterfalls, ocean air, wildlife, and warm summer breezes.What's new in this version:High Definition releaseOver 3 dozen Serene ScenesNew Automatic Serenity featureLeopard readyScreen saver scene randomizerLonger scenesNew menubar control

Keywords: desktop image screen saver wallpaper desktop control screen window movies 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 23859 kb; Updated: 2008-01-13

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