Some users think that MacOS (OS X) is lacking when it comes to screen savers. But there are plenty available if you just know where to look for them. MacOS has much to offer any user, but it doesn’t come with a lot in terms of screen savers. And that has rankled an Apple redditor who expressed his dismay in a recent discussion thread. I’ll share my thoughts on MacOS screen savers below, but here’s the post from redditor Mrcruncher: The built in screen saver’s are old and quite poor. For example the photos screen saver keeps ‘forgetting’ to use my photos and goes back to defaults. Are there any good non-apple screen savers? More at Reddit His fellow redditors responded with their thoughts and had some good suggestions for MacOS screen savers: FoferJ: “There are tons of them out there. Here’s a good one: https://github.com/JohnCoates/Aerial” Wolverineoflove: “https://www.electricsheep.org” Christopherness: “My favorite is called lotsawater; a very realistic water droplets screensaver. There are also a ton of really good ones here: https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/” Terinjokes: “Here’s a few I use: Countdown by soffes Clock.saver by soffes XScreenSavers by jwz RandomExtra to pick which screen savers to randomly select, and to allow different screen savers per screen. If we find (or make) more, we should definitely add them to the Awesome OS X Screen savers GitHub repo.” MacintoshLover: “Plasma is my personal favorite. Check it out.” Sephinator: “Saver Screensson is pretty awesome.” NAME: “This flip clock one is pretty nice: http://fliqlo.com/” FoferJ: “Some more here: http://uselesscreations.com/wp/?page_id=151” More at Reddit What I use for screen savers on my 5K iMac When I first got my 5K iMac, I wanted to get some high resolution wallpapers that worked on its 27-inch screen. So I went looking around and found some great ones at sites like these: InterfaceLift WallPaper Up NASA Wallpaper Now what do wallpapers have to do with screen savers? Well, I like to use the wallpaper images in MacOS’ default screen savers. I simply use the folders that I have the wallpapers in as the source for the screen savers. So I see amazing photos of animals, landscapes and even images of outer space move across my 5K iMac’s screen. Here’s one of the neat animal images that appear in my screen savers: Once you’ve downloaded your images, just open the Settings app then click on Desktop & Screen Saver. From there you can choose your screen saver option and the folder to use as the source for your images. Apple offers a number of different options to have images displayed in screen savers: Floating Flip-up Reflections Origami Shifting Tiles Sliding Panels Photo Mobile Holiday Mobile Vintage Prints Photo Wall Ken Burns Classic I know that not everybody wants screen savers that use images like I do, but I really enjoy seeing photos of animals, landscapes and outer space appear in my screen savers. I never know which ones will show up so it’s always a treat to see them appear on my screen. MacOS has plenty of screen savers As you can tell from the links in the comments from Reddit, and my own commentary, there are plenty of screen savers available for Macs. You just know where to look to find them. And if the links I’ve included here don’t have screen savers of interest for you, be sure to open the Mac App Store and do a quick search for screen savers. There are plenty of them available to download right in the Mac App Store. Did you miss a post? Check the Eye On Apple home page to get caught up with the latest news, discussions and rumors about Apple. Related content opinion Why is Facebook’s iOS app so bloated? Facebooku2019s app weighs in at more than 380 MB when you download it from the iOS App Store. Is it time to just get rid of Facebook altogether? By Jim Lynch May 22, 2017 5 mins Small and Medium Business Apple Facebook opinion Is the iPad mini doomed? Rumors suggest that Apple might discontinue the iPad mini. Will Apple finally pull the plug on the diminutive iPad mini? By Jim Lynch May 18, 2017 6 mins Small and Medium Business iPad Tablets opinion Will macOS protect you from ransomware attacks? The recent WannaCry ransomware attacks on Windows have some Mac users wondering if they are safe. Is macOS secure from ransomware attacks? By Jim Lynch May 16, 2017 4 mins Hacking Malware MacOS opinion Should Apple News be released for macOS? Apple News has been out for iOS for quite a while now. Is it time for it to come to macOS? By Jim Lynch May 15, 2017 5 mins Small and Medium Business iOS MacOS Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe