Items include a Quartz Composer screen saver with snowflakes, a 3D Christmas screen saver, a 3D Christmas Village screen saver, Frozen Frosted Frolics, WHITE, a new screen saver, Crisp Christmas. Aerial is a free and open-source Mac screen saver. Download Aerial. Requires macOS 10.12. Version 2.0.10 (Sep. 24) More installation options. Aerial is a macOS screensaver that lets you play Aerial videos from Apple's tvOS screensaver. This includes classic Aerial videos shot over various cities and locations (New York, San Francisco, China.), Earth videos from the ISS, and the new underwater videos.
Mac OS X comes with a set of really awesome, HD screensavers. But, they can never be enough. You will want to download and install other exciting screensavers from the web – say, for example, new movie screensavers or festival-themed screensavers.
Installing screensavers were easy (they’re still easy), but the way you added them to your library has changed in Mac OS X Mavericks or Yosemite. The updates in software and GateKeeper security have made the procedure a little lengthier. And for a few people, complicated.
It is no longer a “double-click and install” procedure, especially for third-party apps. If you try to do so, you will get an error message that the file cannot be opened, as it is from an unknown developer. However, do not be disheartened! Here are a couple of ways to install your favorite screensavers from the web on your Mac OS X.
How to Add Screen Saver via Right-Click on Mac
This method works for files having an extension of, “.saver.” For the files having the extension of “.qtz” extension, follow method #2.
Step #1. Open “Finder” from your dock.
Step #2. In it, locate the screen saver you want to install. It will end with extension “some_name.saver” (some_name being the file name.) Right-click on file and choose “open.”
Step #3. A warning message will pop up, “some_name.saver is from an unidentified developer. Are you sure you want to open it?” Click “Open.”
Step #4. Your “System Preferences” will automatically start in your Screen Saver window. With it, you will get a dialogue box asking to install the selected screensaver for the current users or all users on your Mac. Check the appropriate box and click on “Install.”
Step #5. Now, activate the new screensaver from the list as usual.
How to Add Screensaver via Screen Saver Folder on Mac
This method works for the files having the extension of, “.qtz.”
Step #1. Press Command+Shift+G and type ~/Library/Screen Savers/
Step #2. Drag the downloaded screen saver file in the “Screen Savers” folder. (side note: you can drag .saver files into the folder and they’ll work too)
Step #3. Go back to the “Apple” menu → System Preferences → Desktop & Screen Savers to locate this file and use it.
Note that if you want the screen saver to be available for all users on your Mac, in the first step, go to /Library/Screen Savers/ (skip the ~).
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New videos
Aerial now includes 20 extra videos, kindly shared by Joshua Michaels & Hal Bergman:
If you enjoy these, please consider supporting them by checking the video packs they have created especially for Aerial on their website.
And by the way...
There's a brand new user interface, that makes it a lot easier to find and enjoy the videos. It's even resizable!
No more filling up your disk...
I heard you, Aerial finally includes better cache management. You can now set a limit so Aerial won't ever use more space than you want. And it can also periodically replace videos in your cache, say after a week, so things stay fresh. (It's still not perfect especially for those of you who are upgrading from 1.9.X, this will be improved a lot soon!).
You can still opt to manually download your videos, or simply grab them all. All up to you. If you allow automatic downloads, you can even specify a list of trusted WiFi networks!
On rotation, favorites, filters...
There's now an 'On rotation' feature, so you can quickly switch from watching space videos, to say, your favorites:
There are many other new options, including filters to control vibrance (to adjust the colors of your non-HDR videos and make them pop a bit more), sunset and sunrise videos appearing at appropriate time, and more!
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But let's be clear, at the core, nothing changed. Aerial is still open source and developed on GitHub. Even this site is on GitHub, check it out here if you are curious!