Mac OS X screen saver Freebies List

Description: Hyperspace is a screen saver that sends its users on a virtual trip through a wormhole, just like the ones in some sci-fi TV shows and movies. Meanwhile, nebulas and stars fly by. Hyperspace is available in English, French, and German.What's new in this version:Fixed a nebula discoloration bug that was only occurring under Leopard.Fixed a crash that sometimes happened when repeatedly changing settings in System Preferences.Added French and German localizations.

Keywords: screen saver virtual system screen movies saver 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 484 kb; Updated: 2008-07-14

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: 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: 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

Description: It is like the built-in Slide Show screensaver on Mac OS X, but with more options and features:Keeps a persistent list 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.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").Installation: just open the disk image, and copy ArtSaver.saver to the directory /Library/Screen Savers or ~/Library/Screen Savers (depending on write permissions an...

Keywords: screen savers screen saver screensaver slide show directory library screen images 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4; File size: 128 kb; Updated: 2007-03-09

Description: Cyclone is a port of the Windows OpenGL ScreenSaver made by Terence M. Welsh. All the good things in this ScreenSaver are his.This screen saver makes tornadoes on your screen.

Keywords: screen saver screensaver windows screen opengl saver 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.0; File size: 115 kb; Updated: 2006-10-20

Description: This screen saver pulls from the stream of consciousness in real time from the Global Consciousness. Instead of having pre-determined text, this displays the live text feed from our website. The visuals are now updated in version 2.2 with a view of the earth.You can add to the global consciousness by going to the website:http://www.djbradanderson.com/global/IMPORTANT: You should have a constant internet connection to run this with messages turned on!

Keywords: screen saver connection internet website screen saver text time 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.2; File size: 4198 kb; Updated: 2006-10-20