3rd Party Screensavers for Monterey

[izzle22]

Looking for some new alternative screensavers for M1 mac and Monterey. Downloaded the "Apple logo brooklyn screensaver that looks really cool. It will not work with Monterey/M1.

Anyone know of anything out there? Just want a cool animated screensaver for my Studio display...

 

[barbu]

I miss the days of screensavers being commonplace. There used to be quite a few decent ones. I alsways enjoyed the aquarium ones, one of which is still available (aquarium 3D I think). I run it on my old G4 macs.

 

[izzle22]

I miss the days of screensavers being commonplace. There used to be quite a few decent ones. I alsways enjoyed the aquarium ones, one of which is still available (aquarium 3D I think). I run it on my old G4 macs.

Yes! Exactly! This is what I’m looking for. I had so many cool ones back in the day. So hard to find today.

 

[Bazza1]

Nothing fancy - and I use probably the most basic version of it, and have done thru many MacOS versions - but I use WatchOSsaver. Its no flying toasters, but offers a useful, classy look - https://www.rasmusnielsen.dk/applewatch

 

[frou]

This is the most deluxe screensaver I've seen: https://aerialscreensaver.github.io It has its own application to configure it and everything.

 

[allan.nyholm]

Okay.. I am dumb.
... Screensavers for M1 Macs... disregard the post then... I should have read the title instead of come flying out the gate with suggestions.
I often forget that there's a new CPU architecture and that most things doesn't work or have not been updated, or ever will be updated, for Apple Silicon.
I hope that I am forgiven. I did provide great screensavers for those those on Intel Macs still - including of course, yours truly.

Look at what Stéphane Sudre - the author of SaveHollywood | Software page has to offer

Especially the Euphoria screensaver is fun tinkering with. All are actually.
Euphoria

They might be ports of other screensavers, but that doesn't mean anything if those are now for the Mac.

There's Fliqlo too. A flip clock

SwiftBubble - via GitHub - a cool looking screensaver that is apparently a video.. like the Brooklyn one is - hence the large file size

Also, Brooklyn Screensaver does work on macOS Monterey... I just installed it and the preview in System Preferences and the actual screensaver functions fine.

GitHub links to free screensavers for macOS Monterey - from Nick Zitzmann
Hyperspace - is IMO quite awesome

Helios

Grid Clock - download on the website links to a non-harmful page on www.screensaversplanet.com


Disclaimer .. some of the text below isn't technically comments on screensavers, but rather how to have your desktop display a video / screensaver - you can then use a software that hides Desktop icons, Dock and Menu bar for that cool look. Hopefully a software like that exists. Desktop Curtain?? Maybe.

If you can get a hold of a 2K or perhaps 4k video that has real fishes swimming - you might be able to use SaveHollywood to display that as a screensaver. Locally served of course.

In addition to the previous screensaver mentions. There's also the application called Living Earth that shows... the Earth. This one I think costs little. I can't see the price one it's bought.

Many apps, from 3Planesoft(Mac App Store) also includes a screensaver. Like the Earth Lite 3D one that costs $0.

However, this and their other apps doesn't appear in System Preferences as a readily available screensaver.

Instead they are utilizing their own preferences and timeouts to display their screensaver.

Or via menu bar item.

Take that for what you will. Options are good enough. Just be wary of the separate applications that provide screensavers too - these might be too taxing on your Mac.

Not ideal for a screensaver.

XScreenSaver website - 200+ screensavers that work on modern macOS
the above from an article here
https://osxdaily.com/2012/04/14/200-free-screen-savers-xscreensaver-mac-os-x/

For more fun, here's an idea use Plash from Sindre Sorhus and then have the website below entered. Plash is free.
Plash is also useful in combination with the PoolSuite website for a retro desktop.
FlyingToasters and other old screensavers

 

[ignatius345]

This is the most deluxe screensaver I've seen: https://aerialscreensaver.github.io It has its own application to configure it and everything.

Yeah, I was just going to post this. These aerials are so nice, I find myself just staring at them instead of working sometimes.

 

[ignatius345]

...you can then use a software that hides Desktop icons, Dock and Menu bar for that cool look. Hopefully a software like that exists. Desktop Curtain?? Maybe.

Hazeover is really nice for this. It's also great to have on a bigger display if you want to focus on a single window, or show something on screen while quickly dimming out stuff that isn't relevant.