Vortex - mesmerizing screensaver for Mac-style animations Time Machine
Tips Makradar / / December 19, 2019
You make backups using Time Machine? Then you probably know a cool animation, uses it as background. It appears when you select a backup, and is a slow motion through space, striking in its detail and elaboration. So chic renderer just a sin not to take advantage of that fact and made Christian Heudens designer Bodysoulspirit. He used this animation to create a screensaver, so that we more often, and not only during the work with Time Machine, could admire her.
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Vortex - is the work of a talented designer Christian Heudens, recently we told you about it screensaver-style lock screen iOS 7Which like the Vortex, is in the portfolio on his website.
Screensaver is absolutely free, also exists in two versions: one plain, in the second it is possible to display news from RSS-streams of your favorite sites (eg MacRadar.ru). Both are .qtz-files, so they must be installed manually or by using a script author. How this is done you probably know, but I will remind our newcomers:
- Load the screensaver site BodySoulSpirit or right here at this link.
- Open the downloaded folder.
- Drag the files on both screensavers drop.app folder
Or do the old fashioned way:
- In the Finder by pressing the shortcut ⇧⌘G call dialogue Go to Folder and enter here the path ~ / Library / Screen Savers /
- Copy or drag and drop files .qtz in open contact folder.
- Open System Preferences and go to the section Desktop & Screen Saver.
- Go to the tab headpiece and we find our installed screen savers.
- Optionally, it is very desirable to include a password to protect your Mac from unauthorized access.
Setting up RSS
Normal version Vortex requires no configuration, it simply displays smooth animation, which we see in the Time Machine. But «RSS-version" must be configured by adding your rss-tape. Here's how:
- We choose our image and click the button settingssaver.
- Clear the text from the field Source URL and trying to drive, e.g. feed: //macradar.ru/feed/
- We specify the duration of display of news moving the slider.
- press Done in order for the changes to take effect.
When you press review immediately you can see how it will look our screensaver. And it looks just gorgeous - feel like a hero favorite Star Wars or Star Trek, sitting in the captain's chair.
When the screen saver is active - the news will be displayed cyclically spinning around, with beautiful animation, lingering in the foreground, so you have time to read them.
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How do you like this screensaver, dear readers? Will you use it? If you know any more worthy screensavers, tell us about them in the comments. We are always happy to hear your opinion.