kale-stew / starman-screensavers

🚀Step-by-step guide to hacking your MacOS screensavers with Starman videos 🚀

Hack Your Mac: Upgrade Your Screensaver to Loops of Starman Floating Through Space

Are you bored with the default photo reel screensavers that come standard to your Mac? Were you crazy excited about SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy test launch? So was I. That's why I put this repo together.

Don’t Panic — It’s easy. There are only 5 steps!

1. Download the cool Starman videos I screenshot from the live feed (RIP Live Feed, Feb 6 2018 — Feb 6 2018) by clicking here.

   

2. Download the package you need to actually set up the screensavers by visiting this page and hitting the big 'ol Download button in the upper righthand corner.

   • Note: This package (SaveHollywood) is a module designed for any Mac running OS X 10.8 or later. This package will allow you to loop over videos (not just photos) in your screensaver theme.
   
   

3. Upon hitting Download, you’ll get a .dmg file — simply double click to mount the disk image. Open that disc up and double click on the SaveHollywood.saver icon. This will install the module and take you to the appropriate System Preferences window.

   

4. Now that you’re in System Preferences, click on Desktop & Screen Saver, scroll down to the bottom of listed themes in the lefthand column until you see SaveHollywood as an option.

   

5. Finally, with the SaveHollywood theme selected, click on Screen Saver Options… and import all 3 videos by clicking the + in the upper section. These are the settings I prefer with this suite of videos:

   

🎉 Congratulations! 🎉

You are officially the envy of your office/school/home/friends.

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