Features
What can Wallsaver do for you?
Wallsaver lets you run any screen saver as your desktop wallpaper.
Wallsaver is a clean and simple application that lets you run pretty much any screen saver as your desktop wallpaper.
Wallsaver uses OS X's built in screen saver engine.
Apple has already perfected a screen saver engine, so we saw no point in wasting time trying to write our own. Wallsaver focuses on ease of use and a clean interface.
You can use any screen saver.
Wallsaver automatically searches the three directories your Mac stores its screen savers in. Just open Wallsaver and you're ready to go. Drag and drop any screen saver into any of the directories, and Wallsaver can use it.
Wallsaver does what the other guys can't.
Wallsaver features full Front Row support, screen locking, and even lets you choose a screen saver different from the one set in System Preferences.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I have my screen saver start when I log in to my computer?
1. Add Wallsaver to the "Login Items" section of your user account (located in System Preferences, under Accounts). Do not select the option to hide the application.
2. Enable the "Start screen saver a program launch" and "Hide before screen saver starts" options inside of Wallsaver's preferences.
How do I fix the "AppleScript -43" error?
This error is displayed when any of the directories Wallsaver searches for screen savers does not exist.
To resolve this error, simply create the directory that Wallsaver cannot find.
Requirements
| Wallsaver requires: |
Mac OS X 10.4 or later. (Front Row options available via Wallsaver 2.3.2 and later require an Intel Mac running Mac OS X 10.4.6 or later) |
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Quartz Extreme capable graphics card with at least 32 MB of memory |
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A cool screen saver. |
Legal
The boring (but important) stuff.
Wallsaver is free for personal use. Any commercial use is prohibited without written permission from the author.
Every effort has been made to avoid any complications, however, please understand that NWW Network cannot be held responsible for any damages and/or loss of data that may arise from the use of Wallsaver.
Wallsaver is developed and maintained by student developer Nil Thacker and is Copyright © 2009 NWW Network. All rights reserved.
Wallsaver is a registered trademark of Nil Thacker.
Note to Webmasters: In order to preserve the viewing experience and to ensure users download the latest version of Wallsaver, you are not permitted to host Wallsaver on your own servers. Please link to www.wallsaverapp.com only.
Compatibility
The world's not prefect. But we're working on it.
The following screen savers and applications have been reported to be incompatible with Wallsaver:
| Screen Savers: |
Red Pill1, ChemicalBurn, Plasma Tunnel, The Red Baron |
| Applications/Developers: |
Screens Pro, Useless Creations, Little Snitch |
Have you had trouble with an application or screen saver not listed above? Let us know.
Screen savers written to use the OpenGL graphics engine are incompatible with Wallsaver under Mac OS X Leopard.
1 NWW Network has released a Wallsaver-compatible matrix screen saver, titled MatrixSaver.
Donate
Everything helps.
If you enjoy Wallsaver, and want to support student developers (who aren't getting paid for what they do), toss a few bucks our way (via PayPal).
You won't miss it, and it will really make our day.
| To name a few... |
$2 - A carbonated beverage
$5 - Lunch
$10 - A movie
$20 - A month's worth of web hosting
$99 - A 1 year student membership to the Apple Developer Connection
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Wallsaver and Mac OS X 10.4
It's not you, it's us.
The tools we use to develop Wallsaver are no longer compatible with Mac OS X 10.4, so we've come to a point where we're having to drop Mac OS X 10.4 compatibility with Wallsaver.
We took a look at our full usage statistics (public version here), and noticed that less than 5% were still running Mac OS X 10.4.
We're deeply sorry to have to do this, but we feel that in order to guarantee compatibility with the largest possible user base, we've made the right choice. This will allow us to keep adding new and exciting features to Wallsaver.
Users running Mac OS X 10.4 can still download Wallsaver 2.5.
Future Wallsaver releases will require Mac OS X 10.5 or higher. Maybe it's time to upgrade?
