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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 introduced in tvOS 13. Setting a GIF as a Mac Screen Saver Come on now, who hasn’t wanted to have the classic 2011 meme “ nyancat ” as a screen saver? After a quick trip to the universal repository of all things GIF — Giphy.com — I was able to locate the original “cat with a pop-tart body” nyancat GIF and download it to my Mac. What's new in this version. 1.11.6 - 7/29/2019 - Added Set as Wallpaper and Lock Screen 1.11.0 - 1/22/2019 - Improved xbox support, added more vehicle galleries 1.9.22 - 6/21/2018.
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.
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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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And yes, this fancy website!
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!
Do you want to make a screensaver that is more personable than the standard ones that come on your Mac? You are not limited to just using the built-in OS X screensavers and desktop backgrounds. It is actually incredibly simple to set up and edit a custom screensaver whenever you want!
First, let’s create a new folder for your screensaver photos somewhere on your Mac, for example - your Documents folder. For me, I like to have it somewhere that it is easily accessible, but not in the way. The Documents folder in Finder is a great place, but you can also create this folder wherever you'd like. It does not matter where the location is on your Mac.
To create a folder, select File > New Folder while within the Finder application on your Mac. Alternatively, you can use the Shift + Command + N hotkey while within Finder to create a folder. Once you create the folder, give it a name. You can name it anything you like. For this example, we used 'My Screensaver Folder.'
After your folder has been created, you can insert any photos you would like to use as a screensaver. You can chose photos from your Pictures folder, Photos app or any other source on your Mac where photos are stored.
Next, open System Preferences to set the screensaver up. Once you are in System Preferences, choose Desktop & Screen Saver, then select the Screen Saver option.
There are photo transition options on the right hand side of the Screen Saver preferences window. This allows you to choose how you want your photographs displayed. Next, we choose where the screensaver will find your photos. Click the Source drop-down menu and select the Custom Folder option. This opens a window that allows you to choose the folder you created earlier.
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Once you have your folder selected, it will show the folder name in the Source option.
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To make sure that your screensaver will appear before your Mac goes to sleep, open the Energy Saver option in System Preferences. In Energy Saver, make sure that your Mac is not set to go to sleep before the set time of when the screensaver will turn on. You can alter the amount of inactive time it takes before your screensaver is triggered by using the Start after drop-down in the Screen Saver section of the Desktop & Screen Saver preferences we explored earlier.
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As you can now see, it is quite simple to make a custom screensaver on your Mac! If you have any questions leave us a comment below.