To install these screensavers:

(Note: ~ = your home directory).

Copy the ScreenSavers folder into either /Library or ~/Library.  I suggest that ~/Library is safer.  Do *NOT* copy this folder into both locations.

Run the System Preferences application.  Choose the screen saver of your choice.  Sit back and enjoy the graphical fun.

If you already have a ~/Library/ScreenSavers folder, copy just the contents of this ScreenSavers folder into that folder.

You should end up with 7 bundles in ~/Library.

(Note - if your machine does not support hardware accelerated OpenGL, the OpenGL screen savers will run very slow.  Don't send me email asking why.)

SpiroScales.saver - a psychedelic screen saver.  Thanks to Bill Bumgarner.

Icon.saver - a little screen saver that fetches icons from applications and displays them.  This is not OpenGL.  It will take some when first run to fetch the icons.  the only one actually written by me.

Morphing Objects.saver - a little like the Windows/Mac/xscreensaver morphing objects OpenGL demo.  This is an OpenGL screensaver.

Pipes.saver - Draws a series of pipes around your screen.  This is an OpenGL screensaver.

Paper Airplanes.saver - Draw paper airplanes that circle around your screen.  This is an OpenGL screensaver.

Sproingees.saver - Ed Mackey's classic sproingees opengl demo ported to be a Mac OS X screensaver.  My favorite.  Q-Bert on acid and a really long staircase :)

Superquadrics.saver - Another Ed Mackey opengl demo.  

Source 

Source code for my screensavers is distributed on the disk image.  I do *NOT* distribute the private Apple header that I used class-dump to generate. Do *NOT* ask.  I will most likely not respond to such emails.  Use class-dump (as bbum did) or figure it out for yourself.  Without said ScreenSaver.h file - you will *NOT* be able to compile the source I provide.  Any one who is of skill level enough to know what I am talking about, can do it.  Once again, do *NOT* ask me.

More screensavers

If there are more screensavers that you want in this package, please let me know.  I would love to distribute them.  I will even compile up a nice one for you if you give me the OpenGL source.  *NO*, I will not make one for you from a description (Well gee dude, I saw this cool one where a monkey and a car ...).  It's not gonna happen.

For more information ...

mailto:screensavers@epicware.com

Eric Peyton
epeyton@epicware.com