In the section for Desktop & Screen Saver, you'll see the Pipes screensaver included in the list on the left. On the right, you'll see a preview of it. Click on 'Screen Saver Options' to mess with the settings for Pipes, such as frame rate, number of pipes, pipe length, etc. Best Matrix screensaver I've ever seen on the Mac! You can select the standard 2D style code, or having it in full 3D which I've never seen before. Just looks amazing! The GitHub Matrix Screensaver for Mac OSX shows a constant stream of recent commits from GitHub. It's based on my GitHub Matrix webapp project and on Tom Robinsons WebSaver project (kudos). Open the Mac OSX preferences, choose Screensaver, right click on Matrix and choose delete.
Gone are the days when people used to set photos or pictures as a screen saver on their Mac. Now you can use a video as Mac screen saver.
Earlier, Mac users could fetch photos from the Photo Library to set them as the screen saver. Then Apple surprised Mac users by allowing them to get Apple TV aerial views screen saver. And now, the latest thing is you can set up a video as your Mac screensaver.
How to Use a Video as a Mac Screen Saver
To make this happen, you need to visit this website and download SaveHollywood on your Mac.
Step #1. When SaveHollywood.dmg is downloaded on your Mac, open the file.
Step #2. A dialog box opens with SaveHollywood file and a Read Me document. Double-click SaveHollywood file.
Step #3. You will be prompted to install the file on your Mac. You will also be asked if you want to install just for you or all users. Select either option and click on Install.
Now it is time to use your favorite video as Mac screen saver.
Usually, screen saver settings get opened during the installation of SaveHollywood; if this doesn’t happen, you can launch screen saver settings by clicking on Apple icon → System Preferences → Display (Desktop) & Screen Saver.
Step #4. Now click on Screen Saver section. A side menu appears with some screensaver options. Scroll down to the bottom and you will find SaveHollywood; click on it.
Step #5. “No videos” screen will be shown; under this black screen, now click on Screen Saver Options…
Step #6. A new dialog box appears with some options to select movies, size, frame, background, audio, volume, displays, etc.
Click on “+” sign from the top.
Step #7. Another window opens to select video; note that you can add more than one video.
Step #8. As mentioned above, you can adjust the settings for your video as per your choice.
Finally, click on OK button and start using a video as Mac screen saver.
The video will begin to play on the Desktop & Screen Saver window. From the same window, you can select minutes the screensaver videos start after.
Following this, when your Mac screen remains idle for specific minutes, the screen saver video will begin to play. Just press the space bar to get rid of the video being played as Mac screen saver.
That’s all folks!
Signing off…
SaveHollywood is an easy way to set up videos as Mac screen saver. To my mind, this tool is quite useful for users, who doze off in front of their Mac.
A video with high sound will work as a wake-up alarm. Fun apart, SaveHollywood is a brilliant way to keep yourself motivated by some fantastic videos in office. At home, you can use videos of your family.
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