Geek Posted May 21, 2011 Posted May 21, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/6-free-screensavers-mac.jpg" alt="6 free screen savers for Mac OS X" title="6-free-screensavers-mac" width="620" height="364" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16291" /></p> <p>Bored with the Mac OS X default screen savers? I was too, sure <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/04/30/make-a-screensaver-out-of-your-own-images-in-mac-os-x/">you can make your own screensaver out of pictures</a> but I wanted something more than that. Here are six random and free screen savers for Mac OS X: a new fancy Instagram feed, two cool galaxy animations, 2001′s HAL computer display animations, flying app icons, and two different clock screensavers. </p> <p>Check them out!</p> <p><span id="more-16284"></span> <img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/instagram-screensaver.jpg" alt="Instagram Screensaver" title="instagram-screensaver" width="620" height="463" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16286" /> <a href="http://barbariangroup.com/software/screenstagram">Screenstagram</a>: this Instagram screensaver pulls images either from your own instagram feed or the popular feed. If you like to keep track of what’s going on in the world of Instagram or just enjoy looking at photographs taken by strangers, you’ll like this one.</p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/x-galaxy-screensaver.jpg" alt="x-galaxy-screensaver" title="x-galaxy-screensaver" width="620" height="370" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16288" /> <a href="http://www.multithemes.com/screensaver/index.html">X-Galaxy & X-Vortex</a>: Basically an animated version of the Aurora desktop wallpaper in Mac OS X, it’s attractive, spacey, and is kind of similar to the background animation you see in the Versions app of Mac OS X Lion. Screenshots don’t really do this one justice, and there’s two different variations in the bundle, one that is a swirling vortex and the other just an animated aurora with moving stars. </p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/hal-9000-display-screensaver.jpg" alt="" title="hal-9000-display-screensaver" width="620" height="347" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16287" /> <a href="http://www.halproject.com/hal/">HAL 9000</a>: everyones favorite sentient creepy computer HAL 9000 is now a screensaver, but don’t expect just the glowing red orb, this flips through a series of other HAL 9000 display animations from 2001.</p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/econ-flying-icon-screensaver.jpg" alt="flying icon screensaver" title="econ-flying-icon-screensaver" width="620" height="414" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16285" /> <a href="http://www.seoxys.com/econ-2/">Econ</a>: Econ gathers icons from your /Applications folder and sends them flying at you, kind of like those classic space travel screensavers, but with icons. My screenshot of this one came out terrible, but it looks a lot fancier in person.</p> <p><img alt="Retro flip clock screensaver" src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/flip-clock-screensaver.gif" title="Flip Clock screensaver" class="aligncenter" width="620" height="288" /> <a href="http://www.9031.com/downloads/screensavers.html">Fliqlo</a>: We’ve <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/02/14/flip-clock-screensaver/">posted about the classic flip clock screensaver</a> before and it’s always a popular one. Simple, low overhead, the only complaint is that it’s based on Flash.</p> <p><img alt="Minimalist Clock Screen Saver" src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/time-screensaver1.gif" title="Minimalist Clock Screen Saver" class="aligncenter" width="620" height="388" /> <a href="http://www.gingerbeardman.com/today/">Today</a>: Today is a <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/05/minimal-date-time-and-day-clock-screen-saver/">minimalist clock screensaver</a>, you can set it to either show the time or the date and select a background color, that’s about it. Simple and clean.</p> <p>I’ve been on a bit of a customization kick lately, you can grab <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/07/15-awesome-high-resolution-wallpapers-to-spice-up-your-desktop/">my own wallpaper collection</a> and the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/13/14-new-wallpapers-mac-os-x-lion-dp3/">Mac OS X Lion wallpaper packs</a> if you want to spice up the desktop background side of things. You can also <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/01/22/set-a-screensaver-as-your-desktop-wallpaper/">set a screen saver as your desktop wallpaper</a>, just be aware that it’ll eat more CPU if you’re using a complex screensaver, while things like simple image transitions don’t tax your processor much.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2LPv7NEt4vTPCQ1IMWOHzrbvgAQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2LPv7NEt4vTPCQ1IMWOHzrbvgAQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2LPv7NEt4vTPCQ1IMWOHzrbvgAQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2LPv7NEt4vTPCQ1IMWOHzrbvgAQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=BlNtbbUCJa8:vcRL_MrEkR8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=BlNtbbUCJa8:vcRL_MrEkR8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=BlNtbbUCJa8:vcRL_MrEkR8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=BlNtbbUCJa8:vcRL_MrEkR8:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=BlNtbbUCJa8:vcRL_MrEkR8:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=BlNtbbUCJa8:vcRL_MrEkR8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=BlNtbbUCJa8:vcRL_MrEkR8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/BlNtbbUCJa8" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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