If Aerial.saver fails to open, you can just paste the file itself in '/Library/Screen Savers'. Once again, you can download Aerial from its Github repository. Assuming all goes well, Aerial will be available as a screensaver option. Aerial is written in Swift, so you’ll need OS X Mavericks or above to run it. Hot The new Apple TV comes with a gorgeous array of screen savers, and now you can get those awesome screen savers on Windows.
Aerial Screen Saver is also available for Windows (Aerial) and Linux (xscreensaver) Aerial for Windows is based on the Mac Aerial Screen Saver xscreensaver randomly selects one of the Apple TV4 HD aerial movies and plays it using mpv. The videos are stunning, and make an excellent montage when you aren’t using your desktop or MacBook. Preview: Clicking on an aerial in the screen saver options previews that aerial for you. It’s terrific that an enterprising developer has created a way to enjoy these screensavers on the Mac desktop. Because of this, you’ll see some network traffic if you choose to enable the screensaver. The videos appear to stream from Apple’s site instead of being bundled with the screensaver, probably to avoid copyright infringement and keep the file size reasonable. One of those is its beautiful, slow-motion screensavers that will turn your TV into a. Once installed and enabled, you can choose which videos to show and which to disable.Īll told, there are 34 different videos from China, Hawaii, New York, London, and San Francisco. The new Apple TV is built around new and exciting apps, but has a few little surprises hidden away as well. It’s not signed by an identified developer, so you’ll have to allow the installation in Security & Privacy.
All you have to is install the screensaver and then choose it in System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver > Screen Saver. Notably, the latest Aerial screen saver, which can be downloaded here in 2K, is encoded as an HEVC.
Coates’ screensaver, called Aerial, is available for free from the developer’s Github repository. The clip is the first new screen saver to hit Apple TV 4K since the device debuted in September.