Binary clock for your Mac

Minimalist application with alarm function or display the clock has long been proven in the iOS mobile platform, but it is unlikely our readers to think seriously about the individual clock for your desktop. But this is quite a good idea - to set the screen saver and enable the display of the time, the benefit of the latest version of the "apple" of the operating system, Mountain Lion appeared a rich selection of built-in screensavers.

French designer Frederic Hardy (in narrow circles he is known by the nickname mageekguy) decided to go even further - he has created a stylish screen saver, the main element of which is a binary clock. This screensaver immediately attracted me because of a passing man a computer, it will cause only bewilderment, and I can learn on the screensaver time. In this article I will be happy to tell you how to install and use a binary clock on your Mac.

First of all, we need to download the file BinaryClock.qtz GitHub repository to-developer. To do this, just click on the file name in the list and then click on the link «View Raw». Next, you need to run System Preferences on your computer, go to the tab "Desktop & Screen Saver" and "drag" the downloaded file to open the window. For some strange reason, I did not manage so install the screensaver on my computer, so I had to manually transfer BinaryClock.qtz directory

After successful installation the screensaver to do BinaryClock tuning parameters. Here are the appearance settings, colors and display digits for reading time. I guess not everyone can read the time on a binary clock, so you should take a moment in this process.

In fact, to read the time in binary clock is much easier than you might at first appear. In addition, this screensaver greatly simplifies the task, because the developer has decided not to bother with the display of seconds. The basic idea of ​​binary clock is by adding the highlighted numbers in the top row for hours and the bottom row for minutes. Screenshot above demonstrates this concept. When you get used to the arrangement of figures and learn how to quickly determine the time, you can disable the display numbers in BinaryClock settings.

[via osxdaily]