After installing, setting up and checking out over 50 Mac Screen Savers (!!!), we’ve narrowed our “best of” list down to our favorite 7. Each of them has been tested to ensure they work in the latest version of OS X (El Capitan, 10.11). They are all free and rather unique from each other.
Play classic Nintendo games from within your screen saver! This one is so awesome we wrote an entire guide on how to install and set up UberNES (link will open in a new tab/window).
Download For MAC 2) MatrixGL is a semi-3D Matrix screensaver with a different approach to the Matrix, instead of having a simple matrix of glyphs. The screensaver arranges the glyphs in streams, which fall down independently of each other and glow upon intersecting with each other. It provides the Ability to change the color of glyphs. 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. 'This is the best matrix screensaver I have seen. The last one I had from like 5 years ago only ran in 256 color mode with no way to adjust the speed or color. Thank you for taking the time to create such a cool screensaver. You did a much better job than Warner Bros. By a long shot.' Mac® OS X® is an operating system for personal computers (PC), created by Apple. Now rebranded as macOS, it runs on Apple devices like the Macbook and iMac, and allows you to manage files and run other programs like web browsers, video games and even screensavers.
You can “jump” right into games and play them from where they left off in the screen saver. Or start from the beginning.
Download: UberNES
This one is a replica of your iPhone’s “Lock Screen”. It displays the time and a (slow) moving background image, in addition to the ‘Slide to Unlock’ bar that we’re all so familiar with. As it happens, we have a whole bunch of the iOS 9 Wallpapers and Lock Screen images for you to download and use to make this screen saver even more realistic.
You can customize the screen saver in quite a few ways, from changing the wallpaper to formatting the time and text.
Download: iOS Lockscreen Screen Saver
Skyrocket is remarkably hypnotizing. It’s a never-ending “fireworks show” that takes place in a football field. Imagine yourself on a flying-carpet, zooming through a fireworks-filled night sky.
Download: Skyrocket
The name pretty much sums it up. Your monitor(s) will turn into giant “Apple Watch” clocks, which actually look pretty cool, especially when displayed on a large screen in a shared area.
Download: Apple Watch
If you like Apple’s built in screen saver “Flurry” – Flux is for you. Flurry was my go-to screen saver for years – until I discovered Flux. It’s more colorful and has a whole slew of Options you can tinker with.
Download: Flux
Euphoria is one of those “fractal/geometric” screen savers. With a whole bunch of presets and the ability to customize everything, it’s my favorite of that type.
Download: Euphoria
This one has amazing possibilities if you’re willing to do some research and a bit of trial-and-error testing. In a nutshell, Webview allows you to view webpages, including “live updating” sites, as your screen saver. Visit the Webview’s home page for a list of sites and URLs that work really well with Webview. It’s easy to customize and add your own web sites. My favorite way of utilizing Webview is to use this URL:
http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends/visualize?pn=p1
and get a constantly updated list of what’s trending on Google.
Download: Webview
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Download File Size: 5.9 MB Anemona 1.43Anemona is a particle-based screensaver. It suggests the movement of a Sea Anemone.
Download File Size: 82 Kb Cyclone 10.6This is a ScreenSaver Module for Mac OS X. Cyclone is a screen saver for OS X v10.8 or later. It makes tornadoes onyour screen. This is the OS X port of the Windows OpenGL screen savermade by Terence M. Welsh.
Download File Size: 176 Kb Desktop Dolphins 1.1.5Two screensavers in one! Watch dolphins jump and dive in a 3D ocean environment, OR have themjumping and diving on the screen you were just working on, or any other background imageyou like!
Download File Size: 1.8 MB Electric Sheep 3.0.2This software owes its name to Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dreamof Electric Sheep. It realizes the collective dream of sleepingcomputers from all over the internet. When the screen-saver is activated, the screen goes black and ananimated 'sheep' appears. Behind the scenes, the screen-saver contacts aserver and joins the parallel computation of new sheep. Every fifteenminutes 24/7 a new sheep is born and distributed to all clients fordisplay. Each sheep is an animated fractal flame. This program is recommended only if you have a high-bandwidth, always-onconnection to the internet such as DSL or cable modem. For best results,let it run overnight to collect a whole flock. Laptop users might haveto adjust their power settings to accomplish this.
Download File Size: 14.3 MB Euphoria 10.6Euphoria is a psychedelic OpenGL ScreenSaver for Mac OS X.Euphoria is a creation of Terence M. Welsh. It was ported to Mac OS X by Stephane Sudre.
Download File Size: 962 Kb FieldLines 1.2.1FieldLines is a screen saver that simulates the electric field linesemitted by charged particles. In this screen saver, ions move around thescreen and bind to the lines of other ions as they get close and unbindas they move away. As the original author has said, physics never lookedso good.
Download File Size: 106 KB Fireflies 10.6.1Fireflies is a psychedelic OpenGL ScreenSaver for Mac OS X.Fireflies is a creation of Terence M. Welsh. It was ported to Mac OS X by Stephane Sudre.
Download File Size: 652 Kb Flux 10.6Flux is a psychedelic OpenGL ScreenSaver for Mac OS X.Flux is a creation of Terence M. Welsh. It was ported to Mac OS X by Stephane Sudre.
Download File Size: 413 Kb The GitHub Matrix Sceensaver 1.0The latest commits from GitHub visualized in a Matrix-style animation.
Download File Size: 53 Kb - Click the Web.saver file to install Helios 1.5Helios is a particle attraction/repulsion screen saver where 'blobs'emit and receive multi-colored particles. It's difficult to describe,but as some have said about the screen saver, it's pretty insane.
Download File Size: 401 KB Hyperspace 2.1Hyperspace is a screen saver that sends its users on a virtual tripthrough a wormhole, just like the ones in some sci-fi TV shows andmovies. Meanwhile, nebulas and stars fly by.
Download File Size: 1.5 MB iKaleid 2.1.1iKaleid is a simulation of a kaleidoscope to run on Mac OS X as a screensaver. It tries to be as realistic as possible and will produce anendless array of patterns and colours. OpenGL is used for the rendering.
Download File Size: 208 Kb Jack-O-Lantern 1.5Jack-O-Lantern is a screen saver that displays a carved 3D pumpkin. The pumpkin isrecreated in loving detail right down to the flickering candle inside. Several carvingdesigns are included, and you can even create your own to be displayed. No getting yourhands dirty carving the real thing. Artificial pumpkin smell not included.
Download File Size: 17.7 MB LotsaGlass 1.3This screensaver displays an animated blob of liquid glass that flows and deforms according to various patterns.
Download File Size: 183 Kb LotsaSnow 1.6This screensaver draws snowflakes falling down your screen. Simpleenough, but the oh-so-clever part is that it uses a semi-physical modelfor growing each snowflake, meaning every snowflake is actually unique,and also that it uses a quite a bit of processing power. But that's theprice you pay for indivduality!
Download File Size: 66 Kb LotsaWater 1.8This screensaver renders a fairly realistic water effect over your desktop, showing itdistorted through the wavy surface of the water as raindrops fall on the surface.
Download File Size: 66 Kb Microcosm 1.1Microcosm is a screen saver that takes users on a trip down akaleidoscope field of gooey, animated gizmos. Meanwhile, the gizmos flyaround and change colors. Microcosm can be configured to either focus onanimating a single gizmo, or showing the full kaleidoscope effect.
Download File Size: 1.2 MB Moolah! 1.1.1Money floats around the screen in 3D. Includes US Dollars, and Australian Dollars. Manymore currencies available to download straight from the Settings screen (full registeredversion only).
Download File Size: 1.2 MB MovingPhotos 3D 1.8.1The MovingPhotos3D screensaver sends your photos flying around in three dimensions. Uses your iTunes Album Artwork, iPhoto library, or photos from any folder.
Download File Size: 228 Kb PixelCity 1.1A stunning screensaver orinally by Shamus Yourg which generates andperfrorms a fly-through of a nighttime cityscape.
Download File Size: 648 Kb PongSaver 2.1.1When the game begins, the score is set to the current time. The leftside's score is the current hour (in 24-hour time), and the right side'sscore is the current minute. Then, the right side scores about once aminute to keep up with the real clock. When it gets to 59, the nextscore makes it wrap around to 00, and the left side will score shortlyafterwards to bring the hour forward. At midnight, left's score wrapsaround to 00.
Download File Size: 35 Kb RainingCubes 1.0RainingCubes is a screen saver for OS X that animates anywhere from oneto thousands of multi-colored cubes doing what cubes do when they haveno surface beneath them, and the force of gravity is applied to them. That might not be too interesting on its own, but RainingCubes is thefirst screen saver for OS X that does its drawing using the new Metal 3Ddrawing API in OS X 10.11 (El Capitan). RainingCubes draws at a constant60 FPS, supports Retina displays, supports optional FSAA (full-screenanti-aliasing), and by default draws using your Mac’s low-power GPU (ifpresent) in order to conserve energy. RainingCubes requires OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) or later, as well as acomputer that supports the Metal API. That ought to include all Macsmade in mid-2012 and later.
Download File Size: 257 KB Rose 2.0Rose is a screensaver for OS X that creates a variety of colorful, swirly animated images based on trigonometry.
Download File Size: 141 Kb Satori 2.0Satori is a screensaver for OS X that creates flowing, meditative imagesbased on various mathematical formulae. Version 2.0 is compatible withOS X 10.9 and 10.10 (and should run on later OS X releases as well).
Download File Size: 218 Kb Skyrocket 1.4There's fireworks screen savers, and then there's Skyrocket. Technologyhas come a long way since the days of the Pyro! screen saver, andSkyrocket shows how far we've come by rendering fireworks in 3D. Oh, andit also has sound effects to go with the fireworks. And unlike someother fireworks screen savers, this one won't change your screen'sresolution.
Download File Size: 8.3 MB Solar Winds 10.6It's a port of the Windows OpenGL ScreenSaver made by Terence M. Welsh.
Download File Size: 635 Kb 3D Desktop Butterflies 1.2I spent ages trying to make them actually fly like butterflies. Sort of random andfluttery. When I looked at a couple of other butterfly screen savers they all flew in avery basic 'flap... flap... flap' fashion which made them look like a wind up aeroplanekinda deal. Still not sure I've got it quite right, but I do think it's cool to watch. Andthe way they land on both the desktop and the 'glass' of your monitor I think looks nicetoo. I dunno, I just like it!
Download File Size: 797 Kb 3D Matrix Code 1.1.1The Matrix code in 3D.
Download File Size: 787 MB WatchOSX 1.0.3Bringing the best part of your new shiny watch to OSX. We've createdthis OSX screensaver just for funs sake. Apple Watch Screensaver features 5 watchface variations. Chronograph,X-LARGE, Simple, Normal & Utility. With 80 different variations of watchfaces there is ton a possiblitiesfor individualty and fun and simply no room to be boring.
Download File Size: 690 Kb XScreenSaver 5.43XScreenSaver is the standard screen saver collection shipped on mostLinux and Unix systems running the X11 Window System.
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