Time Machine: The screensaver

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Here comes possibly the best screensaver for Mac OS X.

Time_Machine_Screensaver_by_bodysoulspirit.png


Time Machine: The screensaver. And what's more, even Tiger users (are there any of those?) can use it!

I haven't used it yet (downloading the 1.5MB file as I type this), but I'm sure it's gonna rock.
 
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It's a tiny little person who saves your screen in case it trips over and falls down. This one is particularly efficient.
 
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hot ! i've always wanted one of those little screen savin guys, but i heard they were expensive... :(

EDIT: Apparently d a.mn is a bad word... ooops sorry... so thats why it was bleeped out?
 
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The forum has it's rules...
 
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hmm...


lol
 
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so once you download, where to you drop it so it will show up in the screensaver list?
 
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fleurya said:
so once you download, where to you drop it so it will show up in the screensaver list?
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The downloaded folder actually has an alias already in it that directs it to the proper place.. just drag/drop the quartz file to the alias, and it will then show up in your screensaver list.


Great post Goobi!! (must spread around)
 
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Or the file goes in macHD/library/screensavers
 
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pretty cool...think i'll use it for a while..thanks!
 
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RiDE said:
The downloaded folder actually has an alias already in it that directs it to the proper place.. just drag/drop the quartz file to the alias, and it will then show up in your screensaver list.
Click to expand...

No go. "Volume could not be found"

goobimama said:
Or the file goes in macHD/library/screensavers
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This didn't work either. The folder was there, but there was nothing in it. I tried dropping it in anyway, but it still didn't show up in my screen saver list in preferences.

I found the correct folder though: macHD > system > library > screen savers
 
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Would this work with xBack http://www.gideonsoftworks.com/xback.html ?
That would be great :)

I haven't tried xBack myself yet as I reckon it could be quite resource intensive, just wondered ...

Cheers,

Hugh
 
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fleurya said:
No go. "Volume could not be found"



This didn't work either. The folder was there, but there was nothing in it. I tried dropping it in anyway, but it still didn't show up in my screen saver list in preferences.

I found the correct folder though: macHD > system > library > screen savers
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took me a while to find this folder, when i was doing a self project on the mac...
 
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You can also try Quartz Desktop. It allows for any quartz composition to be overlayed on the desktop. The best part is it allows you to configure how many fps you want so you don't waste CPU cycles.
 
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Wow!!! A ten year old thread brought back to life with an update I guess.





- Patrick
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pm-r said:
Wow!!! A ten year old thread brought back to life with an update I guess.


- Patrick
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Haha yeah sorry but I sometimes am asked if I still have that old screensaver. I had deleted it therefore the dead link and since this thread ranks pretty high in google when searching Time Machine Screensaver I thought I could just add the link ;)
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